Lightning from last night

Here's a couple of some lightning that was going on last night. It only rained for about 10 minutes here, everything was either west or east of us. I got lucky on the first one and a car drove by and lit up the foreground for me right before the exposure ended.

here's the second


50d iso 1000 30 second exposures f11

Cool. The second one is my pick, more emphasis on the lightning

I like the second one better as well

Lightning can be dramatic.
Do carbon fiber tripods reduce the chance of a stike on the photographer?
the fisch

I believe carbon fiber is a little less conductive than aluminum, but the lightning has already traveled over a mile through the air to hit your tripod. Aluminum or carbon probably won't matter at that point. The safest thing to do is to be done shooting before the storm reaches you.

Very cool shot.