Loft apartment Lightning

Finally got a chance to attempt some shots of lightning. It happened around 6pm on November 2nd, while me and my friend Dave were busy stuffing our faces with bacon in the loft apartment we'd rented for the weekend.

 

Ignoring it at first thinking it was just fireworks we soon realised that we suddenly had a panoramic view of one of the most active lightning storms i've seen in years! (The apartment giving us views from Whitby Abby, right over the town up to the moors and round to the sea at West Cliff)

 

This resulted in us running around like excited kids at christmas, Attempting to get the window open as wide as possible so i could try to set my tripod and camera up.

The best result i found was to wedge myself and the tripod in the window frame and kinda hang out the window (act first, think later kids!).

 

This was the FIRST shot i took! After this all i got was illuminated clouds at the lightening went through the clouds towards us.....then it all got a bit wild and sorta started raining inside.

Done