Lightning Storm!
Are you seeing this amazing lightning storm right now? We love storm-watching, so we couldn’t resist sitting outside while it was rolling in, and before it started raining. Wow, the lightning show is incredible! Every second or two the entire sky was lit up!
I took my tripod and camera with fish-eye lens out and snapped about 40 exposures… Literally every one caught some lighting, but these six were the best.
This next one really lit up the entire neighborhood!
If we ever move away from here, we’ll sure miss the storms. As dangerous and destructive as they are, the beauty is breathtaking.
*** UPDATE ***
Blogger was having seizures and fits for the last couple of days, so this blog is just now posting on May 2nd! Just wanted to explain in case you follow the blog closely and wondered how you missed this post for two days! It was going to be the quickest turnaround blog post ever… Took photos, uploaded and blogged all within about 10 minutes and then all that happened. Oh well. =)
I have been trying to get “lightning” shots during the last few storms but the rain scares me…don’t want to mess up the camera! Plus I don’t know the best way to catch them…I’m guessing long exposure and tripod? Great shots as always!
Nice! We want to get some good lightning pics, but in NC it seems to be a bit harder to catch a lot in one spot at once.
Brandi, you’re exactly right! Tripod and 5-second exposures. Still, that’s not very long… there was just SO much lighting, it was amazing!Brent, come visit OK in April and you’ll have your heart’s fill of awesome lighting. That storm was unusual, though, in that it didn’t rain until the lighting had pretty much passed us. Thanks for the comments! Brandi, you win our commenter-of-the-day award. I know you like a good contest. =)Better luck next time, Brent!
Brilliant. I love a good electrical storm!
Cool lightning images! Cheers, Charlie