Lightning bolt across the Lake

[jevidon]

Shot this an hour ago as a storm approached Minneapolis. Handheld at f/3.5 for 1/50s, ISO 640.

http://exposure.evidon.net/photos/198231503-L-1.jpg

EDIT: Here are the three images that I shot in a burst side-by-side. Big props to Ian a.k.a ifonline for putting this together:

http://www.iroshai.com/temp/potn/lightning.jpg

[theague]

awesome shot!

[skatchkins]

Wow, that's some current. No branch outs, just straight to the point. Great job.

[Jeremy92]

Very, very nice lightening shot!

Thanks for sharing! :)

[cheri]

Great shot! We are having some real wicked storms this week, the hail we had about 3 hours ago was huge.

[jdizzle]

Very nice!

[MJAM]

Looks like God just smote someone. Nice capture. Mike

[DocZ65]

Nice shot for sure!

[jbone]

awesome shot!! but just out of curiosity is there any way to get rid of the "deep water" sign. I think it might help. (just a suggestion)

[Cr4zYH3aD]

nice shot !

[ifonline]

That is fascinating. I keep going back to the image to look at it again...

[tomd]

I love the reflection.
Nice timing.

[kenyc]

awesome shot!! but just out of curiosity is there any way to get rid of the "deep water" sign. I think it might help. (just a suggestion)

I love that sign! That's the best part. :)

KAC

[andrewhuxman]

Nice catch!! handheld very impressive.

[burntpixel]

So just how loud was the crack that followed? Nice capture!

[T.D.]

Nice work!

We rarely get lightning here. I'd love to try to get a shot of some.

[Jayson Prentice]

Nice shot... Some nice storms moving through MPX, the best of the storms did occur just west of the cities though. Nice job doing that handheld, perfect exposure I think.

[integra_gsr98]

Looks good. We had some pretty wicked lightning up here in Fargo this morning as well.

[jevidon]

thanks everyone for the responses. Really was a shot in the dark!

[EmmyLou]

In a word -- incredible!

[R Hardman]

Very striking photo!

[Davy O'Brien]

A stunning shot, timing and detail are excellent.

Dave.

[roetevs]

Very nice reflection. Great shot.

-Roel

[i-gadget]

I love that sign! That's the best part. :)

KAC

Great shot - and I agree - leave the sign in.....

John

[cannylad]

Excellent shot.

[johnstoy]

The sign makes you read it, and draws you right into the rest of the awesome low light details... Excellent...

[S.Horton]

Nice shot! Nice scene, great reflection!

[Scunner]

Very nicely done.

[jevidon]

thank you everyone. I was really excited when I quickly glanced through the photos while out there and saw a giant bolt in the frame. In case anyone is interested, I'm posting the next two shots I took in that burst where you can see the bolt dissipating.

http://exposure.evidon.net/photos/198443371-L.jpg

http://exposure.evidon.net/photos/198443389-L.jpg

[theague]

You should create a series of three images next to each other, crop off the left side of the images... Might be cool. :)

[toneyw]

Great capture.

[dazzlebea]

Congrats on this super capture! Great timing :)

I like how the reflection on the lake comes to a point, kinda like a tornado.

[FlyingPhotog]

Looks like God just smote someone. Nice capture. Mike

Or the aliens are coming down to fire up the Tripod's (ala War of the Worlds.)

[Dan_S]

That is brilliant

[AngelKissed]

Very Nice!

[ifonline]

You should create a series of three images next to each other, crop off the left side of the images... Might be cool. :)

jevidon, because you have image editing turned on, I took the liberty to create something like what theague suggested. I replaced your copyright as I cropped it out of the images. I hope you don't mind.

http://www.iroshai.com/temp/potn/lightning.jpg

[fashioneyes]

WOW ... stunning shot

[jevidon]

jevidon, because you have image editing turned on, I took the liberty to create something like what theague suggested. I replaced your copyright as I cropped it out of the images. I hope you don't mind.

http://www.iroshai.com/temp/potn/lightning.jpg
wow....thanks Ian. I'll copy this into the first post so others get a glimpse.

[ifonline]

Great! Glad you like it.

[theague]

That's EXACTLY what I was talking about! Great job!

[ifonline]

Thanks.

[bonnybank]

The shot has everything going for it, dramatic ,foreground(the sign). Great shot

[Darsk47]

Print, Plaque, Hang.

Beautiful.

[runner10]

A once in a lifetime capture!

[inchman254]

Great luck (or is that skill!) to get these shots with a 1/50th exposure.

[Titus213]

Electrifying images! Excellent captures.