Daytime lightning is often ephemeral but to find a storm producing such phenomenal surge bolts in the late light of day is even more rare. Here the sun drops beneath the western cloud cover just as a bolt completes its circuit over the badlands in Knox County.
Canon F1N and 20-35mm F3.5L lens. Fuji Velvia 50 ISO film.
Wyman Meinzer is the only official State Photographer of Texas. He was raised on League Ranch, a 27,000-acre ranch in the rolling plains of Texas. Since then, he has traveled across the state many times to capture the first and last rays of sunlight as they kiss the Texas landscapes.
He started his career as a professional predator hunter. He transitioned into a research associate for the university and now teaches a senior-level course in Special Problems Photography at Texas Tech University in addition to his ongoing book projects and freelance magazine assignments.