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Every article on Lightstorm USA is an invitation to look up and wait for the right moment. Here are some of the latest notes on light and weather in the Carpathians.
The story of a photograph taken after hours of patience, when the sky split into orange and violet. I climbed to Omu Peak three hours before sunset, knowing that cumulonimbus clouds were gathering on the horizon. As the sun descended, the contrast between the storm's darkness and the warm light became overwhelming. I used a 30-second exposure time to capture the movement of the clouds, and the result was a play of textures and colors I had never seen before.
Read the full articleHow I documented a summer storm without sound, only with lights and shadows. In the Danube Delta, summer storms have a unique stillness. I spent an entire evening on the bank of a canal, with my camera on a tripod, waiting for lightning to illuminate the horizon. I chose a wide frame, with reeds in the foreground and the dark sky in the background. Each lightning bolt was an explosion of light that revealed hidden details of the landscape.
Read the full articleExploring the effects of diffused light and soft contrasts in the mountain landscape. Autumn mornings in the Southern Carpathians are a special spectacle. Fog rises from the valleys, and the first rays of sunlight pierce through it, creating columns of light. I photographed from a ridge, with a long exposure time to capture the slow movement of the fog. The contrast between the diffuse white of the fog and the warm tones of the autumn leaves created an almost pictorial atmosphere.
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