A scrub fire flared up near our camp last night, and a passing thunderstorm provided low cloud for reflection. Quite windy, so there is a lot of blur in unavoidable foreground vegetation on the 30 second exposure. The phenomenon only lasted for around ten minutes --the pictures may appear to have suffered from a heavy hand with saturation in LR, but I actually barely touched it, or not at all. used slight adjustments in exposure balancing out with highlight reduction,plus some contrast and clarity . Colours were very vivid directly off the camera.

[GrimWolf]

wow, that is crazy awesome. Amazing luck on that opportunity!

[slowpez]

Great stuff. Must have been quite scary. The blurry vegetation adds to the atmosphere. Lighting is hard to catch at the best of times and you did a great job. The colors are stunning.

[ranmar850]

This may be a good time to start investigating PS, instead of always relying on LR. I'd like to be rid of that tree in the left foreground.,.

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[old4570]

Spectacular !

[jac]

Wow!