This is a hand held shot taken from inside my car in the midst of a heavy downpour of rain and small hail. I hoped that the spatter of droplets on the window would add to a feeling of getting wet. I don't usually attempt lightning photography during daylight, much less handheld, but the bolt that entered the frame flickered long enough to be captured during a short 1/200 sec exposure. The short exposure also allowed the capture streaks of falling rain and hail backlit by the clouds.
Post Processing:
Selectively enhance color saturation and contrast with curves in Lab color space. Sharpen the L channel. This helped tone down purple flare on the lightning as well. Apply burn brushing to sky for drama. Add border.
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wow, what a creative way to show the rain. great capture and framing. just for your hardware's sake, I hope that water was on a piece of plexiglas or something, and not on your camera!
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