I set up camp on the top of a mountain to capture clouds changing color at sunset, but I ended up capturing much more! The lightning continued for over an hour into the night, so I kept my cameras going while cooking dinner on a campfire nearby.

The lightning is striking Bald Mountain in the Wovoka Wilderness Study Area, as seen from the Bodie Hills across the Rosaschi Ranch on the East Walker River.

A new Nevada State Park on the East Walker River will preserve 29 river miles down by Mason Valley.

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Single press of the shutter release, several adjacent images moderately post-processed (about a minute to capture and a couple of minutes to adjust). Done.
No compositing/time-shifting.
No tracking mount.
No noise images, no long exposure foreground images.
No special lighting, or added light.
No new camera or back-lit sensor.
No multiple focal lengths, no focus stacking.
No Photoshop, no layers, no sky or foreground substitution (just Lightroom and a shareware app or two).

Night photography doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming, or involve special gear beyond camera, lens, tripod. Many cameras produced in the last 13 years and probably all in the last 4-8 years can capture shots like this. I've re-processed images and produced great results from my 2009 Canon 5D Mark II and crop sensor 70D. Join our workshops to find out how!

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Dark skies of Northern Nevada.

Nevada is considering a new dark sky program to preserve the night sky in places like this:

Dark Sky Program offers unique opportunity for Nevada
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Dark skies for miles, some of the darkest skies in the world!

This area is a short distance from an International Dark Sky Sanctuary.

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