Summer Storm

[Maureen Allen]

We had a nice show of lightning last night. This shot was taken from my driveway looking north.

Low opacity Nik color efex/tonal contrast, Topaz adjust/spicify

[Joe Senzatimore]

Great catch. Did you use a trigger or just good timing?

[Maureen Allen]

Hi Joe - No trigger, just a little patience.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Hi Joe - No trigger, just a little patience.

Great catch!!!!!!!

[Indranil Sircar]

Maureen, this is really cool... perfect timing! It almost like root of the tree in reverse I think your use of Nik and Topaz adds a lot to the image. I would love to know your camera settings for this shot.

[Mitch Carucci]

Maureen,

Great lightning. I love lightning pics! Florida is one of the great places for lightning, but even there it is not easy. Well done!

M.

[Bob Miller]

Very Nice! Camera settings?

[Cheryl Slechta]

Maureen, that lovely storm knocked my power out for about 10 hours - thank goodness it was cool. I can't image what the people up north are doing without power in that heat. Great capture

[Maureen Allen]

I would love to know your camera settings for this shot.

Nikon D3s
24-70 @ 24mm
ISO 800
f/11
Bulb
Tripod

There was a LOT of lightning with this storm (sorry about your power Cheryl, but I'm not surprised.) Basically what I did was to take 15 second exposures one after another until I captured a few images of the lightning. There's some ambient light on my street so I didn't want to leave the shutter open any longer than that.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice capture Maureen. We've had some good storms of late to shoot, especially when Debbie passed through.

If it were mine I might have removed the one "hair" in the lower left area. But otherwise, nice image.

[denise ippolito]

Maureen, great timing and the sky colors are lovely. Thanks for sharing your settings!

[Anita Bower]

Wow! Wonderful lightning image. Great lightning! The ambient light added interest. I like the colors in this image. Agree with Mike about cloning out that bit on the left. Patience paid off.