Emily's Escapades

The new best lightning photo

by emily on August 27, 2009

I thought it was special to get lightning shots before, but it’s actually not that hard.  Basically, you keep the shutter open and hope a bolt appears in at least a few photos.

This one hit really close.  This photo is not Photoshopped (well, basic levels and cloning out some dust.)

Close up, lightning looks just awesome!  You can see little white particles of energy all around in the air.

Tags: cool photos, lightning, Weather

More lightning strikes

by emily on August 26, 2009

Last week it poured rain every afternoon.  Along with the rain came a few huge lightning storms!  I took a couple hundred photos, and captured about eight different strikes.

Who said lightning never strikes in the same place twice?  I have two photos of it hitting the Pearl TV Tower now, and saw it happen close-up another time.

This is a composite of five different photos.

You can see that each one is hitting a building!

More lightning photos to be posted tomorrow.

Tags: cool photos, lightning, Weather