Electric Storm

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 9, 2010116 views9 comments

I had just finished shooting a sunset shot down at Two Medicine. Afterward I just sat on the beach until the light slowly dimmed. At around 10:30 I got up and went back to camp to sleep. When I got there, I noticed some lighting in the distance. The storm was happening on the other side of a mountain so I couldn't see it until I got back to camp. Also, it was so far away that I couldn't hear any thunder. So I got into my car and drove to a good vantage point.

This storm was incredible. Lightning was going off at least every second. This was one of the few I was able to capture with lighting outside of the cloud.

Canon 5D2
Canon 24-105mm @ 105mm
ISO 800
20 sec.
f/5.6
Taken around 11:00 pm.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on August 9, 2010 at 11:56 AM

That's a great capture of this spectacular moment.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on August 9, 2010 at 12:06 PM

Wow. I've never seen anything like this before. Bizarre. Great capture Ron!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 9, 2010 at 12:53 PM

Amazing shot, Ron. Awesome cloud and lightning. Good effort on your part also.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on August 9, 2010 at 12:59 PM

Amazing capture Ron. Very surreal!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 9, 2010 at 10:30 PM

Super cool! I love the stars with the lightning and great clouds!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 9, 2010 at 11:01 PM

Wow. This take photography to a new level, Ron. That cloud is lit by lightening, isn't it. The ultimate strobe.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on August 9, 2010 at 11:27 PM

What a cool shot Ron! Amazing and powerful image. The stars put it over the top. Just love it.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 9, 2010 at 11:52 PM

Ron,

What a great moment in nature to have witnessed and captured - you'll have this one forever. Too bad the storm wasn't closer... but then again...

Lon

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on August 10, 2010 at 4:21 PM

Very cool Ron! If the bolts were a bit closer.....this would be off the charts......with the stars though and the overall comp.....still at the very top of the charts!

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