Thunderstorm

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

What a storm we had tonight in Sydney!!
Composite of 2 images taken from my backyard.

[miketheobscure (Mike Kreuzer)]

Cool! If it's going to be cloudy it may as well be interesting.
- Mike

[bloodhound31]

Great capture!

Baz.

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

Thanks Mike & Baz
My son reckons the composite image didn't look right. He prefer the single one. What do you think??

[h0ughy (David)]

wow thats a brilliant shot given the daring and guts to take that photo!!! I chickened out tonight when the shelf was almost upon me (i posted that one in the terestrial photos section)

[Matty P (Matt)]

Awesome capture Vincent. Very cool indeed.

[iceman (Mike)]

Beuatiful!

[RB (Andrew)]

Vincent these are terrific shots mate.
I like both of them.

LOL they almost look like you shot them on location in Transylvania....scarry stuff

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

Thankyou David,Matty,Mike & RB.
I felt sorry for my neighbour's new HD LCD TV though

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Awesome shot.
You can feel the power!

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Excellent shot Vincent!

[Octane (Humayun)]

Vincent,

Lovely shots!

Regards,
Humayun

[TrevorW]

Striking shot

[bloodhound31]

I like them both mate.

[miketheobscure (Mike Kreuzer)]

Originally Posted by cookie8

Thanks Mike & Baz
My son reckons the composite image didn't look right. He prefer the single one. What do you think??

I like them both too - but if I was forced to pick, I'd pick the composite; it looks more dramatic, but the composition (if that's the word) is better too. I think, anyway.

- Mike

[Phil]

Nice shot. Great stuff.
Phil

[Kal (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by cookie8

Thanks Mike & Baz
My son reckons the composite image didn't look right. He prefer the single one. What do you think??

I like the composite.

Great pic Vincent, I would love to capture a pic like this myself one day!

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

Thanks everyone for looking.
I am very glad that you enjoy them as much as I do. Amazingly the rain wasn't that heavy during the peak of the storm and the wind was blowing the favourable way. I have the backyard security door open and camera on tripod under the eaves. It did not get wet at all. I must have taken at least 40 shots ranging from 10 to 30 sec each hoping that a bright one will strike within the frame when the shutter was open. I got two,feeling lucky

[AlexN]

10/10 Vincent! Fantastic!

I bet you'd have preferred clear skies and a shot of the moon though!