On my little pic-amble last Saturday, out to my pocket sanctuary along the Kennebunk Bridle Path where it passes through a chunk of Rachel Carson NWR, I waited about an hour for these clouds to move out over the marsh. (There was plenty to keep me busy…see An Afternoon Feast of Odonata.)

The 23mm wide end of the zoom on the Nikon Coolpix P500 seems better corrected for horizontal than vertical distortion, so when you lay the camera over on its side for a wide portrait view, as here, distortion is really noticeable. I used the distortion tools in Lightroom to correct it some, but critical viewers will still notice that the house is not perfectly plumb. So it goes. I still like the shot.

Camera and lens as above. f5.6 @ 1/800th @ ISO 160. Program with Active D-Lighting and –.3 EV exposure compensation. I continue to be impressed with how well the Active D-Lighting captures high dynamic rage. The clouds are, to my eye, just about perfect.

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity, Sharpness, Distortion, and color balance (slight warming).

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