Thunder Struck! My first ever lightning captures

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Sooo excited, after scanning through more than 200 Raw images of these two seperate storms I came across two strikes.

The first image was taken late at night, the second image was taken a few days later just as the sun was setting in the back ground.

At this stage I'm just happy that I caught some lightning the next step will be to focus on framing too. Both times it was pouring and really windy so I constantly had to wipe the lens dry

Thanks for looking.

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

well done on your first strikes. Like them both. and good luck in the future with capturing more.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Good ones, Carlos! Particularly the first one

[leon]

Good effort Carlos, now that you have captured these two you will be waiting for every storm to pass by, well done,

Leon

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Originally Posted by Astroman

well done on your first strikes. Like them both. and good luck in the future with capturing more.

Thanks Andrew

Originally Posted by Larryp

Good ones, Carlos! Particularly the first one

Thanks Laurie

Originally Posted by leon

Good effort Carlos, now that you have captured these two you will be waiting for every storm to pass by, well done,

Leon

Thanks Leon You're absolutely right!!

[andyc (Andy)]

Excellent images! Particularly the second one for me - nice foreground and framing, but both are very pretty. Looks like you might have the bug now!

[xstream (John)]

Nice pics Carlos, I'm sure it would of been making Maria and the boys nervous though!

[skytry (Peter)]

hi Carlos,
I like the pic's of the lightning strike's,
you did well,

regards,
Peter.

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Originally Posted by andyc

Excellent images! Particularly the second one for me - nice foreground and framing, but both are very pretty. Looks like you might have the bug now!

Thanks Andy you're right I do

Originally Posted by xstream

Nice pics Carlos, I'm sure it would of been making Maria and the boys nervous though!

Thanks John Yes it was in the back of all our minds.

Originally Posted by skytry

hi Carlos,
I like the pic's of the lightning strike's,
you did well,

regards,
Peter.

Thanks Peter

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Wow ....they're good ...1st photo has nice color.
Both are excellent.....

Flash ..!!

[astronobob (Bob)]

Congratts Carlos, both well captured, it only gets better after the 1st's, before too long, youll be driving 100's of k's to get em

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

Wow ....they're good ...1st photo has nice color.
Both are excellent.....

Flash ..!!

Cheers Flash! Particularly with the first image I had to reduce the highlight bar in RAW just to see it. Sitting there watching the storm pass was blinding

Originally Posted by astronobob

Congratts Carlos, both well captured, it only gets better after the 1st's, before too long, youll be driving 100's of k's to get em

Cheers Bob! haha technically although it wasn't the point of the drive I drove 600k's and back for these ones But they've certainly left me itchin' for more!