Susan S. and a lot of you all have real nice lightning photos before, during and after chases.
Post them here.
Also include some information about these memorable photos or videoclips, date, time and additional information as needed.
In fact, I found this website that might have some of your works already. Check it out.
Enjoy.http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif
http://bizprodirectory.info/light.html
Oscar I like that badland shot for sure and the green building with the crawler over it in France.
23 May 2002, Tx/Ok pan. Supercell of the century ;)
http://www.mhweather.co.uk/mhwphp/images/Lightning/photos/texas%20pan%20scell.jpg
Mark
Excellent pictures everyone! Mike, I love that Devil's Tower shot. Talk about being in the right place at the right time.
I want to play too :) Sorry about the annoying frames.
http://www.langfordphotography.com/photos/37631896-O.jpg
I captured this the first time I ever tried shooting lightning. I was so stoked after seeing it that I jumped up and almost knocked over the camera. :)
http://www.langfordphotography.com/photos/37611422-O.jpg
My all time favorite. The storm that had gone through earlier in the evening knocked out many of the green argon tubes in the main building.
http://www.langfordphotography.com/photos/37631894-O.jpg
http://www.langfordphotography.com/photos/37631915-O.jpg
The previous 3 shots were all taken on the same night.
http://www.langfordphotography.com/photos/43607695-O.jpg
Another of my favorites, shot from a very bad part of town at about 1 am.
http://www.langfordphotography.com/photos/43607702-O.jpg
I shot this in big bend during the most incredible thunderstorm I have every witnessed.
http://www.langfordphotography.com/photos/37631884-O.jpg
Another of my favoites. The headlights going by are a police officier who drove by several times. I'm surprised I didn't get talked to, as it was around 1 am. Arizona Monsoon Lightning Photography Photo Gallery by Steven ::
For someone who is terrified of lightning,i certainly respect the person who is brave enough to sit outdoors and snap this kind of photo.thank you
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Lightning behind Windmills: Photo by Photographer Jaap Hart ::
Photograph by Jaap Hart. Camera: Nikon Nikkormat FT2 Lens: Nikon 85 mm f/1.8 Photo taken in: N/A Schermerhorn Netherlands.
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Tree Line Lightning, I actually didnt think the picture would turn out good. I was wrong.
http://www.severeidaho.com/gallery/albums/spring2007/100_0916.jpg
Very Close Lightning
http://www.severeidaho.com/gallery/albums/spring2007/spring07_17.jpg
Monsoonal Thunderstorm in my Backyard.
http://www.severeidaho.com/gallery/albums/monsoon/100_0516-400.jpg
Daytime Lightning Twins
http://www.severeidaho.com/gallery/albums/new1/Image2.jpg
I (heart) lightning, and the monsoon starts in 2 weeks so I'm stoked!
No Doubt Susan, I too am on the edge of my seat waiting for the monsoon to start. My Local NWS already made mention of it possibly surging North by wednesday to the ID/UT border? Not sure about that this early, I could be wrong tho.
Happy Chasing everyone....
-gerrit
This doesn't hold a freaking candle to the shots posted before me, but I nabbed this one tonight. This is my closest one yet. Unfortunately it didn't come out very well, but still made me jump quite a bit.
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The weather in Delhi has been super freakish lately (for this time of the year). Daily thunderstorms have become a norm and it's getting to be quite a
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http://i17.tinypic.com/5079hea.jpg
Wow Verne, That photo is awesome. Very nicely captured.
-gerrit
Thanks Eric. Do we post our personal favorites? If so I like
because the detail is silly (plus the eye can't see all this stuff but the camera can)
http://www.lightninglady.com/photos/StromSeptemberMoon.jpg
it was huge and striking two places:
http://www.lightninglady.com/photos/LLWildOne.jpg
over Superstition mountain:
http://www.lightninglady.com/photos/StromDutch.jpg
in the outback of the world LOL the Central Deserts:
http://www.lightninglady.com/photos/LLCallofthedesert.jpg
took me 5 years to get:
http://www.lightninglady.com/photos/LLAmericanFlag.jpg
tree looked cool:
http://www.lightninglady.com/photos/StromLaceTree.jpg
just got lucky:
http://www.lightninglady.com/photos/StromCompetitors.jpg
sand turned the sky red:
http://www.lightninglady.com/photos/StromTower.jpg
and my most favorite is the moon one on my homepage, it took me 7 yrs to get http://www.lightninglady.com/
I (heart) lightning, and the monsoon starts in 2 weeks so I'm stoked!
I used to live in an apartment with an excellent west-facing patio, which gave me a good opportunity for lightning shots... Here are a couple of my faves, shot last year:
http://www.tornadocentral.com/events/090106lightning/IMG_2527-01.jpg
http://www.tornadocentral.com/events/090106lightning/IMG_2510-01.jpg
Not a fan of shooting lightning after long chases, but I'll do it every once in awhile. I always either 1. Miss it, or 2. Overexpose it.
Here's one from March 12th, 2006 near Marshall, MO...just a few minutes later a nice wedge would appear.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/DickTwister/lightning1-1.jpg
Others:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/DickTwister/girardcg3web.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/DickTwister/hallam1-2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/DickTwister/buffalo1-1-1.jpg
Here are a few of my best:
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/5060701.jpg
http://realclearwx.com/images/0017eee.jpg
http://realclearwx.com/images/040eee.jpg
On a side note.. I really f'ed up some lightning last night. I haven't shot that much night lightning this year and it showed. Good lightning photographs arent easy and sometimes we forget that I think... I sure did.
All these beautiful photos have proven my theory... I suck at photography!
Seriously though, those are some amazing photos. Definitely belong on the walls!
Lightning examples from the Florida Keys. The very best period for lightning in the Keys is during August and September which goes along with the hurricane season and the greatest threat for waterspout activity... very exciting, busy time of the year.
http://www.floridalightning.com/images/Lightning_09_16_06.jpg
http://www.floridalightning.com/images/Superbolt_06_16_2006.jpg
http://www.floridalightning.com/images/Lightning_Aug20_2006_a.jpg
http://www.floridalightning.com/images/July_21_Lightning.jpg
http://www.floridalightning.com/images/4479400-R1-E004.jpg
http://www.floridalightning.com/images/338.jpg
http://www.floridalightning.com/images/DSC_05012.jpg
Hard to choose! But heres 3 of my favorites
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q248/John_Olexa/Lightning2.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q248/John_Olexa/Lightning3.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q248/John_Olexa/Lightning1.jpg
James
Those are gorgeous pics. I love the one towers of light particularly. Everyone has placed some real nice ones as well.
Well this year I finally got some decent spark pics, thanks to my new lens.
May 28, 2007 South Dakota
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/laurawx/Weather/20070528_lightning1.jpg
June 2, 2007 Texas - probably my fave to date, minus the power lines but hey, it was dark out! :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/laurawx/Weather/20070602_lightning1.jpg
June 3 in the TX panhandle:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5315/6307web10yj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are my top 5 in no particular order...
http://www.tornadoeskick.com/images/2007/070412086.jpg
http://www.tornadoeskick.com/images/2006/060723d.jpg
http://www.tornadoeskick.com/images/2005/050518f.jpg
http://www.tornadoeskick.com/images/2007/20070611_11.jpg
http://www.tornadoeskick.com/images/2007/20070531_01.JPG
My personal fave in terms of artsy-fartsy...
James: that church is awesome foreground scenery! Go back there and try to get a bigger lightning and you have an unbelievable shot!! Great composition!
Marko: You made some of the best lightning shots I have ever seen in Europe. My favorites are the ones with the high vantage point so that you can see the contact point with the surface. Amazing!
I hope everyone has a great photography season this year.
Oscar
http://www.lightningwizard.com (http://www.lightningwizard.com/) I just have added some new ones.
For lightning photos taken while chasing, go to the Thunderstorms & Lightning gallery and select 2006 (page 4 and beyond... my favorites are the Badlands shots) or 2001.
Soon I will add a gallery with sprites too.
Oscar
Few more pics from yesterday...
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/29_06_2007mk6.jpg
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/29_06_2007mk9.jpg
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/29_06_2007mk10.jpg
A few favorites from the past 14 years:
First chase, Washington PA - July 1993
http://wvlightning.com/asp/thumbnails/pa-72903a.jpg ('http://wvlightning.com/windsor1.shtml')
Return stroke 'ribbons', Dunbar WV - June 1994
http://wvlightning.com/galleries/dunbar1.jpg ('http://wvlightning.com/gdunbar.shtml')
CGs at 500 and 230 feet, Pittsburgh PA - June 24, 1995
http://wvlightning.com/asp/thumbnails/pa-72495a.jpg ('http://wvlightning.com/large2.shtml')
Strike to tree and house at 1500 feet, Charleston WV - May 1998
http://wvlightning.com/galleries/scenic.jpg ('http://wvlightning.com/large1.shtml')
WV State Capitol, Charleston - July 24, 1999
http://wvlightning.com/asp/thumbnails/wv-72399b.jpg ('http://wvlightning.com/asp/largesize/wv-72399b.jpg')
Tower strikes, Oklahoma City - May 29, 2001
http://wvlightning.com/asp/thumbnails/ok-52901c.jpg ('http://wvlightning.com/asp/largesize/ok-52901c.jpg')
American Flag, Milton WV - September 18, 2002
http://wvlightning.com/asp/thumbnails/wv-91802a.jpg ('http://wvlightning.com/asp/largesize/wv-91802a.jpg')
New River Gorge Bridge, Fayetteville WV - July 19, 2003
http://wvlightning.com/asp/thumbnails/wv-71903a.jpg ('http://wvlightning.com/asp/largesize/wv-71903a.jpg')
Nice pics, everyone. And Susan, you're definitely persistent. Seven years to get your moon picture was well worth the wait, IMHO.
Here's a couple of my favorites:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n142/skywatch7/Img_3126.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n142/skywatch7/Img_3305.jpg
John
VE4 JTH
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z210/mesocyclone70/16july2003.jpg
Shot with good old Kodachrome-64 film....
One of my first shots...
http://www.wxnut.net/storm1.jpg
Closest I have captured...
http://www.wxnut.net/storm6.jpg
http://www.wxnut.net/storm13.jpg
Over a local prison...
http://www.wxnut.net/storm21.jpg
http://www.wxnut.net/storm26.jpg
http://www.wxnut.net/storm37.jpg
Doug Raflik
This great site has nice directions and procedures to how to take lightning photos. Insightful. Also many links to some of you other great lightning chasers and photographers
http://www.uscoles.com/phlightn.htm
I have a couple from spring '07. Although I just started lightning photography this year I was very pleaed with achieving something that I always wanted to capture together... Lightning bugs and Lightning!!!
When the bugs first emerged there were everywhere!
http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/4464/2058393650040169191S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2058393650040169191XJgdNj)
A first for me with stars above the thunderstorm:
http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/3670/2854921210040169191S600x600Q85.jpg (http://news.webshots.com/photo/2854921210040169191uPYWIh)
And of course the cleanest, sharpest shot to date:
http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/3309/2081354590040169191S600x600Q85.jpg (http://news.webshots.com/photo/2081354590040169191dnnatN)
The moon, an iridium flare and ISS/Shutlle.... those are my next challenges.
ooooo nice job on that Devil's Tower Mike, sweet...
http://www.stormchaserco.com/20060727_L1_sm.jpg
Lightning shot over Denver from last July, still my best to date. Hope to top it with this year's monsoon! :)
A few of my best so far...
may 23rd, TX Panhandle
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/23_05_2007mk66.jpg
And a few from ne Italy/Slovenia...
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/24_08_2006mk20.jpg
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/24_08_2006mk35.jpg
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/25_08_2006mk33.jpg
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/12_06_2004mk%7E0.jpg
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/15_10_2004mk4.jpg
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/01_08_2006mk23.jpg
And these two... probably my best storm in EU...
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/14_08_2006mk52.jpg
http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/14_08_2006mk53.jpg
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2007/2877wp.jpg
That's a new favorite of mine.
Dan, the shots with the courthouse and the one at the bridge are awesome. The stuff I see from you and your brother always inspires me!
Thanks for all of your comments.
James
Here are a couple from last night in Tulsa
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1362/575066300_40113114b0_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1200/575281735_6ea3df4163_o.jpg
More are slowly being put on Flickr HERE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourtulsaworld/tags/lightning/)
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