Taken in Grand Mesa National Forest looking south on to plains. The storm was below and s. of me, shot hand held (many shots trying to get a lightning strick), cropped, added a added some contrast, purplized the rain, which was gray in color selection, USMed, and degrained in Neat Image.
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Very interesting and great capture. Purple seems rather un-natural. You also have lots of compression problems. (Your image is just over 85k - use more of the allowed 150k to prevent banding.)