Maleny sits high enough on the Sunshine Coast hinterland escarpment to catch storm cells that pass over or build along the range. Blue hour – the short window between last light and full dark – combined with a lightning strike produces a very particular kind of image: the landscape caught in the transition between natural light and storm light, the bolt frozen in the frame while everything else is still soft.

Blue Hour Bolt – Maleny is a 3:1 panoramic fine art print of a lightning strike over the Sunshine Coast hinterland near Maleny, Queensland, photographed during blue hour when the fading sky and the storm light combine. The wide 3:1 format captures the full sweep of the hinterland landscape under the storm, the lightning bolt striking vertically through the frame.

Available as a fine art photographic print, stretched canvas, or glass print. Free shipping Australia-wide.