We Had a Bit of a Storm Last Night by terryliv

We Had a Bit of a Storm Last Night

BoB. Taken from our front deck last night.

There is an old saying that goes "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
Well if that is true, photographing lightning is proof that he also loves screwing with us.

I had the camera set for 30 sec exposure so the shutter would be open for 30 secs, shut for 3 secs and then open for the next 30 secs and so on for well over 100 shots. During that time, I reckon there were twice as many good lightning strikes during the 3 sec periods than there were during the 30 sec periods.

Add to that, after a prolonged period where I just got photos of the blank sky I decided that the show was over for the night. I was in the process of taking the camera off the tripod when there was a huge strike right across in front of me. Easily the best of the night.

After I had retrieved the camera from its flight through space to the driveway below, I set it up again and managed to get this about 10 exposures later.

So I guess I had the last laugh after all - well almost.

fabulous capture
October 29th, 2020  
Such a fabulous photo and definitely worth all the effort.
October 29th, 2020  
Wow that must have been exciting!! Stunning capture!!
October 29th, 2020  
Wow must have been quite a storm. fav.
October 29th, 2020  
Nice capture Terry. Your persistence paid off :)
October 29th, 2020  
Wait, did you drop the camera?
Thank you for the story. It comforts me to know those 3 second intervals happens to other people too. Great shot for your efforts!
October 29th, 2020  
Great story of you exciting evening, fabulous result and capture.
October 29th, 2020  
Nice capture!
October 29th, 2020  
Nice capture of the lightning.
October 29th, 2020  
Wow - really gorgeous!
October 29th, 2020  
Beautiful shot
October 29th, 2020  
Well caught. Beautiful shot.
October 29th, 2020  
Instant FAV! Fabulous. One of my bucket list shots that I want to do some day.
October 29th, 2020  
Well done.
October 29th, 2020  
Wow stunning capture Terry well worth your time and effort, Fav:)
October 29th, 2020  
Stunning shot
October 29th, 2020  
@sherimiya No I threw it at the sky Sheri out of sheer frustration. (Well I certainly thought about it at least) :-)
October 29th, 2020  
This is great . I’m impressed and can only imagine what you would have caught had you shot in an alternate time frame. Your narrative was great.
October 30th, 2020  
Amazing.
October 30th, 2020  
FAVtastic :)
November 2nd, 2020  
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