Lightning Over Chicago

I cannot believe I captured lightning! AND, doing this handheld at 1.6 seconds! I didn't have time to set up my tripod (and didn't think I'd get a shot anyway), so best not to look too closely. But I'm totally thrilled by this and had to share!

[Pam Knowler]

Fabulous capture Taffy! You definitely nailed it!

[Dianne]

Wow - well done you. An incredible image. Fav

[Mary Siegle]

I’d be thrilled too. Fantastic shot—so beautiful!

[Korcsog Károly]

Amazing shot!

[Maggiemae]

Not seen too many lightning strikes here! I wouldn't have the patience but you struck it lucky here! fav

[Kathy A]

Fabulous!

[Helene]

amazing! huge fav

[JackieR]

Oh congratulations!!!

[Boxplayer]

Just brilliant with manmade and nature's lights.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Wow ! fabulous ! A huge fav !

[Casablanca]

Wow, well done! I have never yet managed it

[Joan Robillard]

I have always wanted to capture lightning but when the storm starts I get to afraid to get near the window. Great capture.

[Renee Salamon]

Amazing

[Pam]

Amazing shot!

[Nick]

What a great shot. Lightning is so difficult to shoot.

[Babs]

Wow well done fav

[Lou Ann]

Oh my. It is absolutely stunning on black. Lightning captures are rare!

[Stefano Trezzi]

Perfect timing! What a shot!

[Wylie]

congrats, great shot. fav

[Steve Chappell]

Fantastic capture! And handheld too, wow

[*lynn]

outstanding! fav

[Newbank Lass]

wow weee!!! that's amazing.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow. That would be so hard to capture.

[gloria jones]

Super timing and capture

[Caterina]

Fantastic capture, Taffy! And great foreground that adds to the magic of the picture!

[Leslie]

WOW , that's electrifying and amazing

[Call me Joe]

Fantastic 👌👌👌

[Peter Dulis]

wow - we just had a bad storm pass us - wish I were in Toronto to capture it :)

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

wonderful capture fav!

[Joanne Diochon]

Amazing.

[Jean]

fabulous capture!

[carol white]

Fabulous timing and capture.Fav😊

[haskar]

Fabulous

[Judith Johnson]

It's really wonderful. I have tried and failed to capture lightning before, so well done!

[Kathy]

Great capture.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Wonderful shot

[Jane Pittenger]

Boy, I bet you are thrilled…a wall hanger for sure. I love how the clouds are lower than the top of one of the buildings

[Mark]

Great shot, Taffy

[Milanie]

A MUST on black - fantastic shot!

[LManning (Laura)]

A simply brilliant shot. Terrific!

[amyK]

Amazing shot!

[KWind]

FAV.

[Rick]

Wow, and I thought my shot from last night was cool and I was doing 25 and 30 second exposures on the tripod. This is amazing and so clear. Especially for handheld. Awesome capture.

[Junko Y]

Utterly fantastic!

[eDorre]

Terrific!

[Allison Maltese]

Wow. Fabulous cityscape and lightning to boot.

[Rosie Kerr]

Wow, fantastic! So exciting! Nicely done!

[Taffy]

@rosiekerr Hey there! Nice to see you pop up! Time for a catch up call soon!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That is cool with a capital C!

[Granny7(Denise)]

Absolutely amazing Fav

[Suzanne]

Fantastic shot!

[Walks @ 7]

Snap crackle and POP, a dream shot for sure. 100 favs wouldn't be enough.

[Pat Knowles]

No words!! 😍

[Rosie Kerr]

@taffy Absolutely! :)

[Yao RL]

1.6 seconds, that is the trick I should try.

[Vesna]

This photo is the first on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[Jane Pittenger]

Well deserved # 1!!!!

[Richard Brown]

Wow! Congratulations on TT no1!

[John Falconer]

Handheld!! Great shot. Congratulations on Top Twenty.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Wow, not sure how I missed this....Amazing capture. Totally top TT #1 Did I say wow already...... WOW!

[Renee Salamon]

Well deserved top TT

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Very cool capture.

[*lynn]

Just saw this on 'Your Best Shot'. It is absolutely amazing!

[Taffy]

@lynnz Thanks, Lynn. It was interesting forcing myself to select a single photo and think about why I'd choose it.

[Kathy Burzynski]

I love this one Taffy! Happy New Year