Lightning Every Which Way

[JimFox]

The Lightning didn't seem to know which way to strike.

This is from Blue Valley just East of Factory Buttein Utah last September. Another in a bunch of lightning strikes from that evening I had captured. This is a single shot, no Lightning trigger, just my remote release locked in and shooting away.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[dan swiger]

Ha! The upper strikes look like the eyes. The lower three, it's breath

 

[JimFox]

Ha! The upper strikes look like the eyes. The lower three, it's breath

Ha ha, love your imagination Dan! I kind of see what you are seeing!

 

[AlanLichty]

Lightning storms are really neat to watch from a distance. Very interesting colors within the strikes.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Neat. Nice skies and colors to go with the lightning.

 

[BlackRockArt]

The Lightning didn't seem to know which way to strike.

This is from Blue Valley just East of Factory Buttein Utah last September. Another in a bunch of lightning strikes from that evening I had captured. This is a single shot, no Lightning trigger, just my remote release locked in and shooting away.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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Jim, I am envious of the moment! Did you use a flash trigger?

Oliver

 

[JimFox]

Jim, I am envious of the moment! Did you use a flash trigger?

Oliver

Thanks so much Oliver.

You won't believe this.... I bought one 6 or 7 years ago when I finally started getting into locations where I seemed to be catching lightning. But... I have never used it yet. I have been in positions to catch lightning maybe 20 or 25 times since, but every time I am, I get in such a hurry to get things set up that I just go back to whats natural for me, and that's just to lock in my remote release. That's fool proof, and in the age of digital cameras its not hard to do.

Lightning can be so fleeting. Lot's of times I have seen it while driving on the freeway in Colorado, by the time I pull off (which is often just 5 or 6 minutes) the lightning has gone. So I have learned one thing, speed is of the essence. It's not the time to mess around with some new gadget.

So... I have replaced the batteries in it twice.... and yet the lightning trigger still sits in my bag... one of these days.... I might just use it.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Awesome image Jim.

 

[DougW]

Nice lightning capture and colors of the sky are wonderful!

 

[Alisa]

Great shot Jim!

 

[JimFox]

Nice lightning capture and colors of the sky are wonderful!

Thanks so much Doug!

 

[MonikaC]

Fantastic colors in the clouds, Jim!