Romance flowers undeterred by an approaching southwest monsoon storm in Kozhikode (aka Calicut) on the Malabar coast of northern Kerala.

In Calicut, Kerala
5D, 70-200L f/2.8 IS

Monsoon storm brewing in Calicut, Kerala
5D, 70-200L f/2.8 IS
Romance flowers undeterred by an approaching southwest monsoon storm in Kozhikode (aka Calicut) on the Malabar coast of northern Kerala.
In Calicut, Kerala
5D, 70-200L f/2.8 IS
Monsoon storm brewing in Calicut, Kerala
5D, 70-200L f/2.8 IS
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Here in New Jersey there is an approaching winter storm, but it is nowhere as good-looking.
Sanjeev, no it is not an HDR image. It was shot in RAW and standard processing techniques were used to recover details & highlights.
The frothiness is in the sky is reminded me JMW Turner. His ability to bring out the procellous. His ability to get those painted skies is attributed to his dad being a barber—frothy shaving soap etc.
Wow ! Is the 2nd image HDR processed ?