Awesome Sydney Lightning

[pluto]

Ordinarily I would be very unhappy about being stuck at work at midnight but not last night!
I noticed this display going on out of the office window so set my camera timelapsing. This is looking North-East from Rushcutters Bay in Sydney.

More/bigger/better on my blog: http://hughsblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/summer-lightning/

[cometcatcher]

Awesome!

[FlashDrive]

Great Shots......any moment now...' Thor's Hammer ' will come fly'n thru'

Col.......

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Wow Hugh !!!:eyepop:

Seriously they are some of the best lightning shots I've seen!
Just love the way the lightning lights up the thunder heads.

Awesome work!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[Larryp]

Fantastic shots, Hugh!

[leon]

Simply beautiful images, well done indeed.

Leon

[Astro_Bot]

Fantastic capture. Those clouds are really something else - almost alive. :thumbsup:

[SkyViking]

Wow those shots are amazing. They look really dramatic and with beautiful colours. Great work.

[Irish stargazer]

Straight out of Ghostbusters-amazing shots:thumbsup:

[Derek Klepp]

Great shots especially the first one.

[ourkind]

Wow looks like a volcanic eruption, great shots!

[Saturn%5]

Very nice.

[cybereye]

Very impressive shots!

Cheers,
Mario

[pluto]

Thanks everyone!
Right place, right time, right gear :D

I sent that first one to the ABC news site and they've put it up: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-13/lightning-arcs-across-the-sky-during-sydney-storm/5154064

[MrB]

That's an awesome looking cell, great shots!

[BlackWidow]

Wow fantastic. Gotta be real happy with those shots. Wish we got nice solid storm cells like that here in Adelaide.


Mardy

[astronobob]

Great capturing Hugh, really dig the proccessing too, shows the storms Hectic action very well . . excellant view and a top way to finish off an evenings work shift :thumbsup: envious . .