Hair Rasing Lightning Strike

[leon]

Hi guys, last night i ventured out again as a storm was brewing, I just cant keep away. :D :D

Anyway I set up and proceeded to start capturing in the direction of the storm, mind you here i am in an open field with a lightning storm closing in :screwy:

An then it hit just after my third exposure, I heard a deafening snap and it let loose not more than 300 meters away, :scared::scared: the hairs on my arms stood on end, and scared the crap out of me, but what a capture. :eyepop:

I was going for a second one but thought better of it, and retreated to a safe place while the rest of the storm passed. :rolleyes:

But it was exciting though :thumbsup: :D

Hope you like it.
Leon :thumbsup:

[niko]

AWESOME Leon!!!

well done

[hotspur]

WOW! Leon,that's really quite an amazing capture-well done.You should send that into BOM site,or weather channel,they would use something like that on a calendar. What settings did you use? and did you use a lightning trigger? I bought one for the summer,but its still in its box-never used,never had a lightning storm since I've had it!-this image reminds me I should put it in the classifieds.

Good luck with more images:thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Pretty scary Leon and beautiful at the same time. :thumbsup:

[Octane]

Oh, yeah -- that is awesome! Beautiful definition in the strike. :)

H

[Larryp]

That's a ripper, Leon!

[leon]

Thank you to all, and in reply to the setting, no lightning trigger, it all works fine without I reckon, I use a Canon remote, set at 6 -8 second shots with an interval of 2 seconds for the download.

Camera settings are usually F/11.0 @200 ISO with a Canon 70-200 F/2.8 set at 70mm

Glad you enjoyed it.

Leon

[Nikolas]

Great capture Leon!!

[Derek Klepp]

Top shot.Worth the jump.

[Regulus]

Wow. Excellent capture
I would love to do this but we don't get much lightning in Tas and I miss it having grown up in NSW.

I had a strike hit about 100meters away, it was the loudest noise I've ever experienced. I was blinded for a about a minute afterwards cos it struck right in the centre of my visual field. I don't blame u for retreating to a safe haven :-)

Trevor

[leon]

Thank You to all for your comments, have to admit it was a one in a lifetime capture, well for me anyway.

Leon

[gregbradley]

Incredible shots Leon. I love a good lightning image.

Greg.

[leon]

Thanks Greg, cant wait to get out again, but it seems that tonight it has died off a bit, always tomorrow.

Leon

[Osirisra]

Wow! what a capture, with a shot that close I sure would be jumping out of my skin too :)

[rcheshire]

Incredible. Little concerned that Leon might become Freon!

[ourkind]

Bang on Leon that's Top Shelf!

[leon]

Thanks ken yep it was a bit scary, like that Rowland LOL, and thank you Carlos it has to be the best capture that i have ever taken.

Leon

[Kunama]

Just found my next desktop background picture, well done Leon.

[Liz]

Brilliant Leon, well done!! :thumbsup:

[SkyViking]

What an awesome shot that is, congratulations Leon! Hope you get it published around, it really deserves it.

I had a similar experience as a kid. A fairly large thunderstorm was over our house and of course I was hanging half way out an open window on the top floor to have the best possible view... Then a strike happened a few hundred metres away. It made the loudest bang I think I've heard, and also blinded me for a while. I vividly remember feeling the heat in my face from the intense light. I did close the window after that!

[leon]

Matt, Liz, Rolf, many thanks, the funny thing now is that when i go out as i did last night and captured some nice strikes i tend to compare, and although the others are good captures they just done match up with the big one.

Leon

[Kunama]

Thanks for the HiRes Leon, its spectacular!

[leon]

Your welcome as long as ya don't sell it. :lol: :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

[astronobob]

Fantastic Leon, check the tendrills on them CG's, wow !
I seen them storms on the Lightning tracker, very intence, no wonder you went for cover !
I was once ontop of Ridgeback hill, here a year ago capturing a storm about 3-4k away, then all of a sudden Ridgeback was bombarded with CG's about a half doz in as many mins, one buckled me at the knees as I was scrambling, yes, very exciting :eek:

[leon]

Thanks Bob, yea they sure pack a punch when one is really to close, bur one never knows where it will hit.
I have been told CG's can land as far a 30 ks from the main storm, scary stuff but exciting indeed.

Leon

[Miaplacidus]

Bit of a jolt to the pacemaker, that.

Excellent photo.

What superpowers are you hoping to acquire, Leon?

[leon]

The rate I'm going I'll be fried before that happens. LOL, thanks Brian

Leon

[LewisM]

My first response started with the letter F...

GREAT shot!

I think that was an underpants changer ;)

[leon]

Yea nearly Lewis, thanks for comment.

Leon

[Paddy]

Great result Leon and well worth the fear!

[leon]

Thank You Patrick the fright was worth the end result, very exciting indeed.

Leon

[danielsun]

That's a cracker Leon!! Looks like something out of war of the worlds.
Well worth the fright I reckon.:thumbsup:

Cheers Daniel.

[StephenM]

Very cool shot Leon! Well done.

Cheers,
Stephen

[leon]

Yes Daniel, it was worth the fright, one in a million shot, well for mr anyway. thanks Stephen, it was a beauty.

Leon