July thunderstorm
Jul 20, 2022 18:44:37 #
Sat in my garage on a bucket to enjoy the storm in relative safety
Jul 20, 2022 19:02:38 #
Nice. Did you use a lightning trigger?
Wish we had some of that down here in Texas.
Wish we had some of that down here in Texas.
Jul 20, 2022 19:03:41 #
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Jul 20, 2022 19:12:09 #
Leland22 wrote:
Nice. Did you use a lightning trigger?
Wish we had some of that down here in Texas.
Wish we had some of that down here in Texas.
Thanks for your visit... Yes i used a nero trigger... It was a crazy night with many strikes... And yes every time i moved the camera to try to capture where i had seen a bolt another showed up where i had been aiming...
I don't get a lot of opportunities as trees are in the way...
Jul 20, 2022 19:14:02 #
Jul 20, 2022 19:14:32 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Nature at it's most powerful!!
A power not to mess with... As a Ham radio operator i had a strike to one antenna where the lightning actually went underground and came in thru an aluminum siding, blew the pvc off the wall and 10,000 dollars damage... You can bet i try not to argue with her...
Jul 20, 2022 19:16:02 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Wow, great shots
Thanks... always fun when it storms... As long as you stay safe...
Glad you enjoyed
Jul 20, 2022 19:18:28 #
Leland22 wrote:
I've done the same numerous times. Called a "lightning tease" :>).
Sometimes lucky and sometimes not... Mother nature can be a real B..ch at times...
It happens to all of us...
Jul 20, 2022 20:05:20 #
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Jul 20, 2022 22:32:35 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
Great shots! I too like taking lightning shots, although I use the bulb setting and hope for the best.
One time by chance I saw a lightning bolt up close and personal, striking the ground probably less than 75 yards away. The shaft was approximately 3 feet in diameter and where it struck the ground it looked just like a big inner tube or donut, about 6 feet in diameter and 3 feet tall with the shaft sticking out of the center. The plasma caused the shaft to resemble the water that flows along the acrylic rods in shopping mall water fountains. So bright I was blinded for a moment and when I regained my sight, I immediately fled the tall chain link fence and twin metal flag poles I was standing immediately next to. And I considered myself very lucky. However, none of the hair standing up or the feeling of ants crawling on my skin like some people report.
And for the record, no I did not wet myself! I didn’t have time to...in retrospect I should have and then went and showed all my friends. I was young then, if I tried that now people would just think I had an incontinence problem and would never believe my lightning story.
One time by chance I saw a lightning bolt up close and personal, striking the ground probably less than 75 yards away. The shaft was approximately 3 feet in diameter and where it struck the ground it looked just like a big inner tube or donut, about 6 feet in diameter and 3 feet tall with the shaft sticking out of the center. The plasma caused the shaft to resemble the water that flows along the acrylic rods in shopping mall water fountains. So bright I was blinded for a moment and when I regained my sight, I immediately fled the tall chain link fence and twin metal flag poles I was standing immediately next to. And I considered myself very lucky. However, none of the hair standing up or the feeling of ants crawling on my skin like some people report.
And for the record, no I did not wet myself! I didn’t have time to...in retrospect I should have and then went and showed all my friends. I was young then, if I tried that now people would just think I had an incontinence problem and would never believe my lightning story.
Jul 20, 2022 22:45:22 #
Jul 20, 2022 22:54:55 #
NMGal wrote:
These are great. We don’t get much lightning here.
Thanks for the nice comment... I do understand the not much lightning... It usually occurs while i am sound asleep... But this time i got lucky
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