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In the summer of 2014, I took a class from my very good friend Brett Erickson at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops; I struggled quite a bit during the week, and one morning was ready to put my cameras away forever because I was so frustrated. But, I’d already paid for the class, so I stuck it out. I’m frugal like that.
That evening, our plan was to shoot at a place near Abiquiu, New Mexico, but a huge thunderstorm thwarted those plans. The reasonable members of the class returned to Santa Fe. But Brett and four students decided the thing to do was to go higher into the mountains, and closer to the storm, so he could show us how to shoot lightning.
Safe, right? (Brett’s a lot taller than I am, so I figured…well, you know. Fortunately all of us returned safely to Santa Fe.)
Anyway, I just found out that my favorite lightning image from that wonderful night of shooting was accepted into the online gallery for PhotoPlace Gallery’s Landscape: Earth and Sky show. You can see it the entire show here.
And you can see my image here:
Posted on September 28, 2015, in Photography and tagged abiquiu, abiquiu new mexico, melinda green harvey, one day one image, photography, PhotoPlace Gallery, santa fe, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, storms. Bookmark the permalink. 25 Comments.
Holy guacamole! That is a beautiful, fantastic photo!!! I am so envious… And congratulations of course, you deserve it!
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Thanks, John. This shot used to be black and white (because I was taking a B&W class). Once I let it be in color, it took on a whole new life.
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Congratulations, Melinda! I have long loved this photo of yours and am glad to see it get more exposure.
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Thanks, Linda.
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The person behind the camera – that’s my wife! Congratulations.
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Yep, that’s me! Thanks.
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A real beauty of an image…
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Thanks, Robert!
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Stunnig scene – great photo you’ve captured there!
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That car driving by at just the right time did me a BIG favor on this one!
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great shot
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Thanks!
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This is amazing! Good for you for hanging tough and going for the big moment. And congratulations!
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It was an emotional day, that’s for sure!
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Congratulations. Outstanding photo.
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Thanks, Ken. That night remains one of my favorite photographic memories.
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I’m glad you didn’t put your camera away forever! I understand the feeling though and have felt it myself. Great photo!
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Yes, I’m glad I held on to it!
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Congratulations, Melinda. It’s a lovely shot.
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Thank you, Richard. I made a lot of images that night, and was plenty happy to get one good one!
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The red light trail adds an atypical element to your stormy photograph of lightning.
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This is a wonderful image, Melinda! Congratulations!
The (car) light trails are a very cool addition.
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Thanks, Karen. We were on a fairly remote road, so the car trails and the lightning all happening within one 30 second shot was a very nice happenstance!
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Wondrous – lovely to come across your work Melinda
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Thank you, Chas. And thanks for following my blog!
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