Photo Friday: Lightning and Thunder (And 300th Post!)Posted by drfl on July 30th, 2010
Besides being Friday, of course, today’s Photo Friday is a special one because it represents my 300th blog post! I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon so to quote Buzz Lightyear, ”To infinity and beyond!”
Today’s post was taken the same evening as “Ominous Overhead“, a spectacular storm and subsequent sunset that had everyone in the city talking. I managed to make it to the country, and watched the incredible lightning. You could pretty much just point a camera, click the shutter for 20 seconds and get a spectacular show, it was that crazy. This image is a single shot taken in rural Sarpy County in eastern Nebraska. Another cool Midwestern storm!
Technical Details:
Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40 f/4l @ 17mm, f/9, 13 sec.
Rural Sarpy County, Nebraska
August 4th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
OMG!!!!! Ack! I hope you stayed in the car nice and grounded. I’m particularly nervous about that bolt hitting the ground in the distance. Amazing this burst you’ve captured. Wow. We don’t get much in the way of lightening here. I’m jealous
Congrats on 300 postings!!!
August 16th, 2010 at 8:13 am
Superbe photo.
August 17th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Amber, I tried to stay in the car, but of course, I had to make adjustments. The ones that hit the ground were definantly making me nervous. Needless to say, I didn’t stay long!