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I had a pretty eventful day today--I watched storms popping up on the radar all day with the intention of grabbing a good one about sunset if one came up, but they were all too far to the north or south of me.

One popped up about 2 hours or so before sunset--it was a bit of a drive to get to it as it was several miles north of Sturgis--about 30 miles west, but according to the radar it was moving towards where I wanted to be to shoot so, I burned rubber to get there hoping the storm would a) be around Bear Butte State Park so I could incorporate the mountain into a shot and b) not peter out before I got there

The storm was still pretty active lightning-wise when I got there, but it hadn't advanced as far as I thought so I went a few miles north of Bear Butte and set up along the road (not the best position for lightning shots. I was right under two intersecting electrical transmission lines )

Anyway, I spent about an hour shooting the really cool sunset colors and managed to grab a couple of lightning shots in the process

I've cropped this shot by about 1/3 and adjusted the levels. I used two Cokin ND filters stacked to lower the light intensity of the sky. The colors are as you see them--I've made no color adjustments.

Thanks for looking commenting and faving!