Amazing lightning photo from last night, plus more
// September 9th, 2009 // weather
I’ve been able to snap a few decent lightning shots since I started trying earlier this summer, but none of them came close to last night’s epic photo.
Epic in my world of course…because I know I can do better with some better tools, but for a little point-and-shoot camera, this is about as good as it gets.
I saw the skies starting to light up over Ocotillo and so I set up shop across Riggs. Of course, the lightning started to get close again, so I jumped in the car and had the tripod up against the inside of the car door and with the window rolled down, I grabbed the shot below.
There is a decent chance it might actually appear on Channel 12 news tonight at 4:30 pm. Also, if you want to help me out a bit, you can go vote it up over on Wunderground.com. I’m hoping it gets to an Approver’s Choice over there, but that’s a tough accomplishment.
Hope you enjoy the photo, I’ll be making a few Wallpapers of this and some others I took, which you can see below the lightning shot. It was also a stunning night with the sun setting and monsoons building, so I grabbed a few other shots.
These are the rest below…a nice sunset, and a few photos that I enhanced just a bit to bring out the colors and darkness.
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Really beautiful photos… I am looking for the cylons but I cant see them… I think we are safe for now…
Sweet pics Mike!
Nice job, Mikey! I like them all.
oh mike….GORGEOUS!!!
A beautiful shot of my favorite subject Mike! I’m amazed how you captured it with your camera(no offense)! I used to have a similar camera not long ago and found it impossible to get a great shot with it. You however, have had very good shots using it but this one is Amazing! Great shot my friend!
Shane
Thank you everyone, really appreciate the kind words!
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