Lightning on the 35E...

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Traveling south from Denton on the 35E towards Dallas, I was listening to the SMU game where they were talking about lightning in the area. As I was headed that direction I saw one long, thin cloud formation on the horizon.

All of a sudden a bolt started at the top of the cloud and spiraled down looking like a big candy cane. That was enough for me and I pulled off the freeway, set my camera on the roof of my car and did some interval timing shots (about 5 seconds per shot). As the cloud spread out the bolts thinned but I did manage to get this one before packing it in and heading home...



Joe

[JohnT]

Fantastic! You always seem to get the shot.

[smoothassilk]

That is awesome.
I was working, I tried to catch some of the lighting Sunday evening. Just couldn't get the timing on that Droid phone of mine to co-operate.

Mark

[texxter]

Great capture!

[TheFantasticG]

Pretty damn good!

Even better that the subject foreground is interesting.

[Jake]

That's awesome!

[Cerbera LM]

Originally Posted by JohnT

Fantastic! You always seem to get the shot.

Ditto

[jeffclow]

Best lightning shot I have seen in years.

Outstanding, Joe - truly outstanding.

[DigitalScape]

A fantastic capture, Joe!!

[hawkskater500]

Anyone else notice the second lightning strike at the very end of the light trails from the cars?

[bburton]

Originally Posted by JohnT

Fantastic! You always seem to get the shot.

Double Ditto!

[Fireball]

Wow, looks like the bolt is reaching out towards the cars. Fantastic shot! Thanks for the inspiration.

[prncfarquad]

That is simply amazing!!

[Heather G]

that is very awesome! I've tried lightning before and it is TOUGH!!!!! Can you share your settings?

[ScoobyRoo20]

Damn it! I'm jealous... I'm so envious of your work. Great job.