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Midnight Storm

Midnight Storm - Main image
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Category: 20 Mountains

Queensland, Australia
On a summer’s night on my verandah, I looked out to the horizon and saw a major lightning storm developing in the distance. In a frantic race against time, I hurried to the lookout at Copperlode Dam just behind Cairns. As the storm bore down and working completely on instinct, I shot an entire roll of film. The difficult conditions made it possible to only guess the exposures. The resulting image stunned me—a true portrait of the wrath of Nature.

10 Artist Proof / 100 Limited Edition

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 16 reviews)

Jason A. ★★★★★

The lightning capture is so crisp you can almost hear the thunder rolling, and it perfectly froze that frantic dash to the lookout in time. I've stared at the dark horizon in this print for days and still find new forks in the storm.

John T. ★★★★★

Watching this storm build from my verandah and then seeing the final framed print on my wall feels like owning the exact moment I was too slow to photograph myself. The detail in the cloud layers and the way the lightning cuts across the dark sky is so sharp it almost looks like it's moving.

Brian Y. ★★★★★

The lightning strikes are captured so crisply you can almost hear the thunder roll from your own verandah. It’s like having that frantic race to the lookout frozen perfectly in time, and the storm’s depth on the canvas is genuinely breathtaking.

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