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Pierce the Sky

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Posted by Todd Caudle on August 17, 2011 at 1:08 AM
Pierce the Sky
Took me nearly all freakin' summer to get one decent lightning photo, but I hope to have more opportunities before the snow starts falling. This is from about 90 minutes ago (Tuesday night). By the time I got to what I've perceived to be a dream location, the storm had moved east enough that the majority of the show was over. Most of what I saw was cloud-to-cloud lightning. Next time I hope to be there as the storm passes overhead, so that I'm ready when it moves only slightly east and I can shoot it in relative safety while it lays down some fire at closer range.
Posted by Richard Olsen on August 17, 2011 at 9:46 AM
This is WAY cool Todd! When I 1st looked at it I thought you'd caught some strange illumination on the mountains.
Can you give us your techs on the shot?
Posted by Todd Caudle on August 17, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Richard, thanks. This is 25 seconds @ f8, 100 iso.
Posted by Don Grall on August 17, 2011 at 11:51 AM
One of the best cloud to cloud blasts I've seen, that it is totally horizontal with a pano crop makes it even better. With my luck my camera would have been in a vertical orientation at this point in time.
Posted by Grant Collier on August 17, 2011 at 12:29 PM
Yes, one of the best cloud to cloud shots I've seen!
Posted by Eleanor Kee Wellma on August 17, 2011 at 5:04 PM
This is super! I saw it as lightning right away but now that Richard mentioned mountains that's what I keep seeing. Would love to see a huge version!
Posted by Stan Rose on August 17, 2011 at 7:31 PM
Hey, i can sure relate to the frustration of lightning photos! One of these days i'm gonna get a shot of the lightning and the power plant together--similar to one you posted a few years back--but i still haven't found the right vantage point. This is pretty darn cool though--the horizontal bolt works well with the format here. :cool:
Posted by David Kingham on August 17, 2011 at 8:31 PM
Awesome I love the glow in the clouds and the crop, wouldn't change a thing
Posted by Ken Einig on August 17, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Absolutely stunning, Todd. I'm super J.
Posted by Michael Hackett on August 17, 2011 at 10:33 PM
And the hits just keep coming! great image Todd it looks like a rip in the night sky to me, but you can definatly see the mountain range in neon.
Posted by Kane Engelbert on August 18, 2011 at 12:22 AM
That's pretty impressive Todd. Love the horizontal crop.
Posted by Jack Brauer on August 18, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Wow, that's awesome!
Posted by Phillip Noll on August 18, 2011 at 8:09 PM
I can feel the hair on my arm standing up just looking at this! Holy High Voltage! :toast:
Posted by John Mumaw on August 18, 2011 at 8:15 PM
Not only do you capture the best horizontal lightning image I've ever seen, but you get a cityscape to complement it!
Excellent capture, and I would truly love to see a large print of this one.
Posted by Ed Fuhr on August 19, 2011 at 12:17 AM
Nice original image!
Posted by Lynn Scott on August 19, 2011 at 5:00 PM
WOW! Great capture Todd----still working to get one :)
Posted by Morris McClung on August 22, 2011 at 10:04 PM
I like Richard's take on the mountain similarity. Otherwise, one of the coolest lightning shots I've seen!