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One of my favorite things to do this time of year is to sit on the beach in the evening and watch the storms off the coast. The air is cool and clear on shore, but violent storms are raging out over the water. The lightning rivals any fireworks display.
The storms were getting close and we decided to head indoors after this particular lightning bolt.
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We've been having some unusual weather this year like most of the country. I ran outside with my camera a few nights ago hoping that the booms I was hearing would lead to lightning. The sky was lighting up for a few minutes and I kept clicking hoping that I would get lucky. This was one of two that I thought were worthy enough to share. The wind was blowing hard and it starting raining, so I had to call it a night after this one.
Taken earlier this month, this is just a 5 stacked image of the best lightning flashes during this storm. Lightened in Photoshop.
I got a chance at some lightning attempts this morning.( inside my garage). This one was a little too close for my liking. Not all that great of a shot, but still it was a blast trying.
lightning over Yenyenning lake, was lucky enough to have a lightning storm over the lake while camping at Yenyenning, Western Australia
Another lightning capture from storms that rolled through the Central Texas area in late May, 2025. Taken from Liberty Hill. Single exposure.
I set out at 4am to shoot some new marketing content for a regular client at the Antioch, CA marina.
Well, as luck would have it, just after I framed up my shot, a burst of cloud to ground lightning struck directly behind the building. There was not a hint of any lightning after that, so I was pretty sure I was done for the day, as none of the subsequent photos were anywhere near as exciting as this one, lol.
Lens is the DFA 25mm on the 645Z. 3 exposure bracket.
Double lightning with water droplets on the lens.
Amarillo, Texas.
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When stacking lighting frames (in this case 18 frames), there is always a tendency to overdue the number of strikes. A balance between too many and too few is challenging. In this image, I could've used more than twice as many frames but the impact due to the loss of detail would have been obvious.
This lightning storm was captured using my Fujifilm X-T3, Fujinon 16-55mm @ 16mm, f/2.8, iso 3200, 0.25s exp per frame (movie mode @ 4K), I cropped the clip and extracted only the best strikes. Most lightning occurred between 15 and 25 miles to my south. This activity was over a 6.5 minute period.
Images or an RAF F-35b Lightning (ZM157) as it finish's its short display at the RAF Fairford Airshow (RIAT) 2022
A spectacular lightning heat the sea off the coast of Kavala a city in the northern part of Greece. Clouds are cover the blue moon in the sky
Knowing a thunderstorm was passing by, I rushed out my home trying tofind a good view location but in vain. Upon returning home disappointedly I found my balcony was the best position where I set up camera and waited patiently for these fierce lightning.
My first ever lightning photos.
I went down to the beach to have a quiet dinner and shoot a few sunset pics. A typical summer storm rolled in from the south, moving off shore. I must have shot 40-50 pictures until I got two strikes. They are not the best, but I am realy happy to have finally taken a lightning picture. I will have to read up on suggested settings...
Next time I will bring a tripod.
Thank you for taking the time to look at my photo..... Mike
A strong thunderstorm over Story, Wyoming (north central part of the state) had continuous lightning for nearly an hour. Taking 5 second exposures with my GoPro, I was able to stack the best 19 frames for this shot. Most lightning was in-cloud or I would have had more images.
* This is my 7,000th upload on Flickr in 13 years!
Lightning behind Darwin harbours tug boats, from a multi cell thunderstorm that lasted several hours in the early hours of 17th December 2016
Bolt of the Day.
Taken at 240 fps (0.025 sec lapse time), this sequence shows a fainter downward step leader stoke and a brilliant upward return stoke (CG then GC). The human eye can see at a frame rate of 1/10th of a second, so the finer details are missed. Even at the standard 24 to 30 fps movie, much of this event would not be recorded.
This lightning occurred ~6:49PM on 6 August at about 1.5 miles distance. Recorded with iPhone 11 Pro Max.
In late July of 2016 we were treated to some insanely beautiful and powerful lightning displays in the midwest. By all accounts I probably should be dead from having been this close!
This remarkable lightning was taken 30 May 2020 about 20 minutes after sunset from about 14 miles away. It moves from right to left, never reaching the ground.
My calculations indicate that this lightning was about 4 miles across.
Taken with Nikon d3500, Nikkor 35mm f/1.4, iso 400.
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