Louisiana Lightning

I was driving back to Venice LA from the New Orleans area when a large thunderstorm was brewing. The lightning was unreal. I stopped to get some photos but realized I left my remote at home. I raced home just ahead of the rain, got the remote and raced a little farther south to set up. This was taken at 9:37pm. After the lightning struck in this photo, I closed the shutter and was reviewing the photo. I forgot that the BOOM was coming and when it did I jumped about 5 feet off the ground. After that I would trip the shutter and go sit in the car until it was ready to close.

Shot with a Canon 7D, 24-105 f/4L @ 24mm, ISO 100, f/11, for 71 sec.