Thunderstorm over Beirut

Antoine Khater

Thunderstorm over Beirut

We had a rare thunderstorm in Lebanon yesterday night and I took some shots.

This one is take from “Ain Saade”, a village about 600meters above sea level from my balcony. the city that you can see is Beirut, Lebanon’s capital.

My camera was secured on a tripod and each exposure was about 25 to 30seconds with white balance set to tungsten to compensate for light pollution of the city.

This one is a combination of 3 shots each having 1 to 3 bolts in different places and merged in Photoshop using the “lighten” blending mode. After that mainly S-curves to increase contrast.

If interested you can check this tutorial for tips about thunder photography .

Location: Ain Saade, Lebanon
ref: 2008-10-27_EOS 40D_100-0864-086
MCN: CA0C4-572C1-B422A

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License .
© Antoine Khater 2008. Some rights reserved.

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Thunderstorm over Beirut by Antoine Khater
  • Tony Elieh

    Tony Elieh

    Wonderful :) photo

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thanks antoun

  • Jeff Palm Photography

    Jeff Palm Phot...

    WOW this is unreal!!!!! FANTASTIC CAPTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thanks Jeffrey glad you liked it

  • desertsea

    desertsea

    Wow…this is amazing, I’m so jealous…shame I was too busy enjoying the rain (& Drinking) in Gemmayzeh to get my camera out and take a shot!! :-(

  • Antoine Khater replied

    :) Glad to know your enjoying being in Lebanon! can’t wait to see some pics from you

  • Joseph Najm

    Joseph Najm

    Great Shot Antoine, Congrats

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thanks Joe

  • EvCohen

    EvCohen

    Excellent capture, Stunning image!!!
    my fav

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Ev ! Thank you I’m really glad you like it

  • Annemie Hiele

    Annemie Hiele

    impressive Antoine!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Annemie I just love your work and value your comment.
    Thank you for dropping by

  • Steven Maynard

    Steven Maynard

    makes a great shot Antoine

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you Steven !

  • Moshe Cohen

    Moshe Cohen

    Wow, wonderful work.
    The color of the sky is gorgeous.

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thanks Moshe!
    The question is which colors are you seeing ? Do you have an ICC aware browser ? calibrated monitor ? color shift is HUGE on that one

  • kozmix

    kozmix

    What a cool capture!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you Ruben

  • Alessandro Pinto

    Alessandro Pinto

    terrific capture.. truly spectaculr !

  • Wayne Pearson

    Wayne Pearson

    Antoine this is fantastic, so hard to catch lightening, love the colors.

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you Wane. you comment is highly appreciated

  • David Clark

    David Clark

    Hi Antoine - amazing image – wonderfully composed - thank you for the information on how you made the photo—dave

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you so much David

  • Carol Barona

    Carol Barona

    Wow, this is fantastic. What an awesome capture.

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you so much Carol. I’m glad you liked it

  • DawsonImages

    DawsonImages

    Very powerful and well timed capture

  • Antoine Khater replied

    thank you ! glad you like it

  • Flavia Di segni

    Flavia Di segni

    Absolutely perfect!!!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thanks :D

  • sandyibrahim

    sandyibrahim

    Ah I missed this picture! I find thunderstorms really frightening but men b3id la b3id bi soura biemche el 7al hehe Amazing shot, great detail and timing Antoine!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    hehe :) glad to know you’re still practicing arabic ;o)

    Thanks

  • Anthony Mancuso

    Anthony Mancuso

    fantastic captures Antoine. Wonderful composition and colour. Well done

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you !!! glad you liked it

  • RandyJayBraun

    RandyJayBraun

    ahhh! I can hear the thunder!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    It was one hell of a thunder Randy !

    Thank you for dropping by

  • simonesphotos

    simonesphotos

    WOW Antoine this is just absolutely sensational!!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you Simone. it means a great deal to me :)

  • Lois Romer

    Lois Romer

    fantastic

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thanks (=

  • Angel Warda

    Angel Warda

    this is fabulous!!!!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you

  • Aishling O'Neill

    Aishling O'Neill

    Wow!!! Beautiful!!!

  • Elana Bailey

    Elana Bailey

    Sensational capture. Well done. An instant favourite.

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you !!!

  • LukeAustin

    LukeAustin

    Amazing shot. I have been hanging out for lightning way too long now. Fingers crossed.

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you Luke & good luck

  • Steve Chapple

    Steve Chapple

    Stunning image and so well merged together!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank Steve. Glad you liked it

  • avalyn

    avalyn

    wonderful! I love the combination of the strip of city lights under the pathos of the storm….........

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Glad you liked it, one of my favs

  • Cheryl Dunning

    Cheryl Dunning

    wow..I have yet to get lightening…excellent work

  • Antoine Khater replied

    thank you Cheryl much appreciated

  • John Jovic

    John Jovic

    Wow. Really nice job!

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thanks

  • Jacky

    Jacky

    Beautiful photo !..and congrats on the weldeserved DD at Deviant Art:)

  • Antoine Khater replied

    Thank you so much Jacky :)

  • GabrielK

    GabrielK 28 days ago

    very spectacular shot

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