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Posted by Michael Hackett on July 12, 2013 at 9:56 PM
Lightning
Here's a few lightning images from this summer around the Castle Rock area.
Posted by Michael Hackett on July 12, 2013 at 9:58 PM
Happy Canyon exit looking northwest.
Posted by Michael Hackett on July 12, 2013 at 9:59 PM
One more from the Happy Canyon exit
Posted by David Bartlett _CO on July 13, 2013 at 12:29 PM
Wow!!!
Posted by Paul DeCesare on July 14, 2013 at 5:21 AM
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Fred Weymouth on July 14, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Pretty cool, Michael. My favorite is the second one. Do you use a lightning trigger?

Fred
Tucson, AZ
Posted by Michael Hackett on July 14, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Thanks for all the compliments. Fred, I don't use a lightning trigger but I do use a remote. I use the B setting and hold the shutter open until I feel I'm getting close to overexposing the image or I have a few strikes. I set my f/stop depending on how fast the lightning strikes are coming.
Posted by Todd Caudle on July 14, 2013 at 7:23 PM
Yikes! Good stuff!
Posted by John Mumaw on July 14, 2013 at 7:39 PM
That second one is really great! You got some nice color and the bolts are very cool.
You don't really need a Lightning Trigger at night, Fred. Those work best in the brighter times of the dy.
Posted by Stan Rose on July 18, 2013 at 5:25 PM
Awesome, Michael! I knew i should have stayed in Colorado--the lure of the cactus was just too much lol! :cool:
Posted by Angela Classen on July 20, 2013 at 6:18 PM
Whoa, those are so cool! I like the first & second ones best.
Posted by Kurt Bowman on July 22, 2013 at 2:56 PM
Nice job on these. The darker blue, illumination of the clouds and vertical frame all make #2 is my favorite far and above the others and then #1 would be my second choice.