Lightning and Storms

A group for photographic images of lightning and storms.

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Recent Work

Stormy Weather by djlampkins

From the shores of Jackson Lake a stormy Grand Teton. /
Ocean Storm by Kathryn J Miller

This photo was taken on January 22, 2008 at Long Beach, Washington. I used an ISO of 400, shutter speed of 1/50 and f/4.3. This was a very rainy and stormy day on the Pacific Ocean.
Morning After by Philip Golan

The morning after a storm in February 2008.
Storm Day by Crystal Zacharias

All artwork is © Crystal Zacharias, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent.
East of the Sun by Dave Pearson

Black and white detail of my image Storm Near Stow. / / Originally taken on Fuji Provia 100F with a Lomo Lubitel 166B. / / Hats off to Roy Harper for the title. / / Part of the series Against the Sky / /
Lightning Strikes by Crystal Zacharias

All artwork is © Crystal Zacharias, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent.
Arc Across the Sky by Randy Bynon

This is the best of several shots I took from my hotel just south of DFW Airport on April 23, 2008 as severe storms rolled through the DFW area at around 8:30pm CDT. The shot was taken with a tripod mounted Pentax K20D in aperture priority mode using a 18-55mm lens at 18mm. It’s a 30 second exposure at f22 and an ISO of 100.
Moon Over Felix by Randy Bynon

A lucky shot. It seems photography can sometimes be as much about luck as skill. It’s 2am, we’re at 10,000 feet. It’s pitch black as we enter Hurricane Felix for our first pass of this flight. It was a category 5 hurricane and NOAA had just aborted one of their flights due to severe turbulence so we were expecting the worst. The ride through the eyewall was probably the roughest I have encountered in 12 years of flying storms. We break out in the eye and found one of the most perfectly formed eyes I have ever seen. And as luck would have it (from a photographic standpoint) there was more lightning than I have seen in a hurricane and the moon is rising over the eyewall. I used the lightning as my strobe setting the camera (a Pentax K10D) on the Bulb setting with a wide open aperture (f3.5) and a 10-17mm fisheye lens set at the widest view. And I started snapping pictures. I’d leave the shutter open until there was a flash of lightning and then release the shutter. I took a number of shots. This was the best one.
Lightning Church by Benjamin Katz

No photoshoping. Single exposure of a church during and electrical storm.

About This Group

A group for photographic images of lightning and storms.

Guidelines:

1. I don’t want to limit the amount of images in this group from each individual, so please USE YOUR DISCRETION when placing images here. Only add your very best work. Image submissions are now on a “Moderator approval” Basis. This will ensure a high standard of work. And it will enable me to see multiple postings in one day.

2. Only place images here that are to do with the weather phenomenon known as STORMS. This can include things like- lightning, cloud formation, precipitation and storm damage.

3. Absolutely NO Photoshop composites. The images must be real.
4. Post processing is allowed, but don’t add lightning to a shot that didn’t have any. ( I am pretty good at spotting the real from the fake.)

5. I reserve the right to remove any image that appears fraudulent.

6. Critique is welcome, if asked for.

7. Tutorials are encouraged, I have been asked on many occasions “how do you take lightning shots” So please post the techniques used in your shots so others can learn the secret.

8. Please comment on others work, It makes their day.

9. Have fun chasing those storms. I know I do.

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