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During a severe storm in Santa Maria, California, USA. The coverage of these bolts stretch for miles. On the left is Orcutt, California and on the right is the Santa Maria Valley with Guadalupe, California being struck. Hence the name “Striking Guadalupe”. This was taken with a 30 second exposure set to f/22 at 24mm.
AVATAR – Canon DSLR Group – March 2010
WINNER – Long Exposure Photography Challenge – Canon DSLR Group – March 4, 2010
FEATURED in the Canon DSLR Group – 2010
FEATURED in the Canon DSLR Group – 2009
FEATURED in the Extreme Weather Group – 2009
FEATURED in the Severe Weather Group – 2009
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Canon 10D
Bulb at 30 seconds
f/22
24mm
200 ISO
I am self taught and believe that I have a gift and must share it with the world. The interplay of light in nature is one of the earths most wonderful gifts and I try my best to capture that moment in time.
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Another exceptional shot, Cathy. Nothing like the thrill of a nice lightning capture. Awesome work!
Thank you Daniel! Nothing like being out there and having the time of my life! I was in awe!
– Cathy L. Gregg
another beauty well done.
Thank you Matt.
– Cathy L. Gregg
Beautiful shot!
Thank you very much EOS20. This was just featured in the Severe Weather group along with Bolt Brothers. I’m pretty excited.
– Cathy L. Gregg
superb
Thank you Gaylene.
– Cathy L. Gregg
now that is some intense lightning! I know what it feels like to be that close to them as well. I just recently caught a couple of bolts at 20mm, and that was blooming close!
Hi Rikki. Thank you for all of your comments on my photos. Wow, 20mm…that is close. This was one intense night. Lightning was everywhere and striking at about 8 strikes per minute!! I have a movie on YouTube that has the 30 best shots I took that night. Just search for “Lightning Santa Maria”.
– Cathy L. Gregg
Yes i’ve seen that video. very well shot. :D
I bet it was hard to capture it, looks amazing!
It took quite a few tries as we don’t get storms like this, but I was finally able to hone it in. Thank you for commenting.
– Cathy L. Gregg
Superb shot
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Thank you very much Jesika.
– Cathy L. Gregg
Nice….. Y’all get many lightning storms out there?
Thank you Dennis! No we don’t. This was a very rare storm. The National Weather Service called it a 50 year storm.
– Cathy L. Gregg
BTW…is this shooting back toward Vandenburg or just north?
I am looking due west towards the Santa Maria Valley. Vandenberg is just south, south west of this. I take it you are familiar with this area.
– Cathy L. Gregg