Blitzen
To all who leave comments – sorry that I haven’t responded. Please rest assured that I appreciate every last one of them !:)
Stary sky above but not where the camera is pointed. About 10pm.
Rolleiflex 6006, 50mm Rolligon Lens, f11, Fuji NHG 400 ASA and who knows what the exposure time was.
The main strike was over 30km away and took out the power to the town it was over. In a whole roll of film this was the strike that drained the fierceness out of the storm – you know, its final big bang.
Taken from Yungaburra, Far Nrth Qld – Storm was over Mareeba.
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Naylor
OMG this is soooooo beautiful !!!!!!!! look at how it lights up the sky !!! Perfect timing on this …
I love how the car lights are so bright against the shadow of the trees and houses… Hope no one got hurt in this storm !!! WOOOOOW great shot !!
gerilou
wow this is amazing shot…
Shaun Johnston
Unbelievable. This is one of the best shots I have seen in a long time.
Chris Cohen replied
Ta mate – I look at your stuff and I’m gobsmacked. So a compliment from you is a compliment indeed!
ferndesign
wow stunning work so well done
SD Smart
Amazing strike… I think its the light and glow in the clouds that really makes the image though.
melbourneguy75
This shot is absolutely amazing… awesome nature image.
Zaldy Infante
brilliant
Michael Bermi...
What a real Beauty!!!!
Such a majestic Bolt is rarely captured…And On FILM?!!!...WOW
Chris Cohen replied
” and on film?!!! ”? There were other photographic mediums then (late 90s)? Of course it was on filum! I’ve been playing with digital lately from phd’s to professional but seriously considering resurecting the old Rolleis and using Velvia and buying a serious scanner – bu**er 12 megapixels and no grain! What about tonal gradation? I had afriend who used a Graflex Press Camera (5×4 inch) and he used to say ” the negs were so sharp you could cut your fingers on the image ”. I liked Sid.
Rikki Pool
Insane power in that shot!
Michael Bermi...
LOL
I didnt know it was the late 90’s!!
Lightning photography with film is always a shot in the dark (pardon the pun) I used to use my archaic CANON AE1 Program to shoot lightning, but you never knew if you had anything good or not.
Cant beat digital (IMHO) i’m afraid…
Chris Cohen replied
400 asa = f11 as long as it was really dark – shutter about 30~60 secs. No mystery, works every time (except the times it didn’t of course)
Michael Bermi...
Ha!
And except when the lightning touches down “Out of frame” and you dont know untill processing…
Chris Cohen replied
thats what wide angle is for
lisa1970
great capture, as good as any digital image i’ve seen.
LWCM
This is excellent.
CinB
fab, i love how the strike lights up the sky and high lights the cloud formation!
breath taking
Michael Bermi...
Indeed…
Cain Doherty
very apocalyptic, nice
Nikki Trexel
WOW…amazing capture. i can tell you had a really long exposure by that car light (i assume) in the foreground. it’s a great image, good work!!
Laurie McClave
Crazy amazing shot! nice colors too!
Tatiana R
“Life isn’t about surviving the storm, but dancing in the rain…”
Yeah, right!
cjane
Nice work Chris. i would love to take storm pics like this.
Chris Cohen replied
yeah, so would i – the opportunity doesn’t come often enough where i live
Roscoe Davis III
Damn. Amazing shot
EOS20
Wow!! Stunning capture!
Travis Easton
Absolutely breathtaking image Chris, awesome work.
Craig Watson
WOW…. what a capture of the bright flashy stuff from the night sky!!! Absolutely out of this world!!!
Kristie King
This is amazing! I cant stop looking at it. I think I have looked at it atleast 20 times today.
SMOKEYDOGSOCKS
WOW! OH YEA, DID I SAY, WOW! I LOVE LIGHTNING SHOTS. OUT HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE DON’T GET MANY ELECTRICAL STORMS LIKE THAT ONE. I MANAGED TO GET A COUPLE OF GOOD SHOT WAY BACK IN 1988 FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP OF OUR LOCAL RANGE, ABOUT 2800 FEET ALTITUDE. BUT, THIS SHOT OF YOURS IS FANTASTIC. NICELY DONE. BOB.
CathyJones
One of the most amazing lightening shots I’ve ever seen! Fantastic work!!!!!!
Magaret Meintjes
EXCELLENT CAPTURE! EXCELLENT TECHS, PERFECT TIMING! WELL DONE!
Brian Willocks
This is amazing, I love shots like this. You have done a very fine job here, congrats.
Rpnzle
Congrats! Well Done!
Andrew S
Absolutely terrific, well captured and a fantastic avatar….........
Mui-Ling Teh
Very cool! Looks like an eye in the sky shooting out electric eye beams! Congrats
Dawne Olson
Stunning! And Congratulations…. it is a spectacular image! (It scares me a little!)
Jeremy Harrington
this is an absolutely awesome shot Chris, love how the lighting bolt seems to link up with the time lapse of the car headlights..
Chris Cohen replied
TO ALL – thanks for the comments! it’s awesome to me too. it’s like having children – you do the business and then they come along and you’re absolutely blown away by how awesome they are and you think, i know i did made it but what a result!
Steven Guy
Congratulations, wow !
Virginia McGowan
congrats on the new Avatar. awesome pics, brilliant. tech stuff here all a mystery to me.
Jim Sugrue
Damn! That’s a FANTASTIC shot!! Great work!
David DeWitt
Great shot!! I think most of us have tried lightning shots but never to the extent of what you achieved. and congratulations on the new Avatar.
Joanne Bradley
Incredible shot! Just mind blowing! Congrats on being selected as avatar for Masterpiece!
micmac
Wow ! Masterpiece avatar ,this is just stunning ,fantastic shot.
Rikki Pool
Certainly deserved the avatar it got! well done!
Cassie Gannon
Jaw dropping capture!!! What a shot. Congrats on the Avatar as well, very deserving!
Matt Merritt
Wow, That’s awesome!
KevinH
Beautiful, Brilliant, B….WOW!!
I love the way the exposure caught the car dashing away from the storm, it makes it look as if he knows the lighting’s coming and wants to make a speedy exit!!
Amazingly captured Chris, Well Done!!!
Marilyn Harris
Brilliantly captured Chris!! Don’t think I’d like to be around when this was going on!!
Congratulations on having Blitzen chosen for the new Avatar!! Well done!!
Marko Palm
Perfect capture!
luxquarta
Amazing shot !
Perfect timing and exposure, whaow !
Matt White
Beauty what a monster great image.
Daniel J. McCa...
Beauty!!! Nature at its best! Brilliant capture!!!
ByrneFoto
Sensational Chris, this is the best lightning image I have seen in a long time!
Knobrot
Absolutely stunning
Mary Campbell
Absolutely fantastic, best lighting picture I’ve ever seen. All the side shoots too. Great (brave) capture.
Chris Cohen replied
not brave – my wife reckons stupid! – but the very top of the shot is the top of the cloud (as in the description – i had stars above me) and it was a wide angle lens (28mm equivalent).
Adam Jackson
WOW
Mark Greenmantle
bugger me Chris this is just FANTASTIC! I’m glad Michael linked me to it because I have a new fav lightning shot!
Chris Cohen replied
well, thanks – it’s in masterpieces as i don’t think i can top it. i’ve tried in other genres but no! all about being in the right place at the right time. and it was taken from home and as they say, most accidents happen in the home LOL :)
Cathy L. Gregg
This is just spectacular. I love the fact that you were able to capture so many different types of lightning in one shot. Great Capture!!!
Mark Greenmantle
Funny you should say that Chris, as my best storm shots have also been either from home or within a 1km radius of home as well.
Jacqueline Baker
This is going straight to my favorites!
Maureen Bloesch
This probably the best lightning shot I have seen in my life! Sure glad, I was not near when it hit…
hangingpixels
Not more one can ask for.
vonne
AMAZING Shot!
Stephen Thomas
Great capture of this awesome lightning. Just outstanding.
brianjarvis
neat
brianjarvis
neat
Anette Tyler
Perfect capture
phillip wise
awesome..wicked weather shot with a bit of guts and feel to it ..well done
Tony Elieh
Superb,Unbelievable
Jase812
Brilliant !
Helene Kippert
Amazing shot!
JennySmith
This is amazing!!
RebeccaT
Just Incredible! – the scene as well as your ability to capture it perfectly. I’m in awe:)
clarkey
Wow, that was some awesome storm. Wonderful capture of the lightning strike. The way the clouds are lit up makes them seem quite beautiful. Mother Nature never fails to make her presence known and felt. It was worth the roll of film to capture this savage beauty
Claire McAdams
Wow! So powerful and dynamic
JaredJames
WOW WOW WOW!!!!
Steve Chapple
Simply stunning, such amazing power captured so well!
painterman
wow what a fantastic beautiful shot so perfect
paul boast
such a dramatic capture , just great
Jamie Lee
WOW weeeeeee thats the most amazing lightning capture I have ever seen
djlampkins
This is some seriously awesome shooting…. AA++ definately a favorite!!
Angela Churchill
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kay… back to staring…..........
Alateia
how refreshing ….....and invigorating!!!
Roddy Atkinson
Absolutely spectacular shot, love the clouds!
Rangi Matthews
smashing m8. a loud roar with no sound. you can feel the power
Glenda Remaklus
This picture is a once in a life time shot. Ohhhhhhhh how beautiful. I have never seen anything like it before…......Absolutely magnificent!!!!!!
Joy Williams
This is fantastic. As a closet meterologist, clouds and lightening are two of my favourite images and this has both….... awesome :-)
keleka656
Most can only dream of capturing a shot like this. What a beautiful capture of Mother Nature at her best!! Nice job.
ScottH711
WOW….I hope we get some good storms like this here soon so I can try my luck at capturing some lightning.looks like you’ve certainly got the technique down. This one is amazing!!
Kane Horwill
awesome!
elisab
Wonderful lightning capture. Great timing. Took talent to get this shot.
Devika Fernando
geez, scary and powerfully darkly beautiful!
Josie Jackson
Magnificent capture, such fantastic lightening and what a sky, great lighting really like this one….
~ HEIDI HORVA...
WooooooooW ..
AMAZING SHOT!
Bones
Sensational
Bailey Sampson
Intense. I know it’s cliche to say…but this is very powerful.
Awesome details, absolutely perfect.
charlespadley
this is so awesome, the sky is amazing!!
Hiroko
striking shot!
Dragoncat
WOW nice and Amazing, rather shot , this must be a real toughy capturing a lightning boldt just as it hits!! how did you manage to do that?
mike schronce
one of the best pictures i have seen on redbubble or any where else
seanography
Awesome!
Stewart Laker
WOW excellent shot
harshcancerian
This image is beyond words.. this is truly amazing..
Nick Milton
awesome shot
Imakepplwonder
Truly stunning and absolutely flawless!! Well done!
Phil Deaves
OMG…You could wait all your life to get a shot like this. It is truly awesome.
KarliBelinda
Thats insane!
SpraggonPhotog...
Absolutely amazing. Well done for capturing something so random so brilliantly.
Freelancer
Extraordinary shot! Amazing catch of moment:)
dinghysailor1
astonishingly greatwork! nice capture indeed!
Flinders
wow…holy-electric-mushrooms batman!
That is stunning!!!
no pun intended ;)
Chris Cohen replied
Ta Flinders. The funniest thing about this photo is it was done on film and I have a large wall print of it. Do you know where it is in our home? In the shed! When we moved my wife told me that it didn’t match the decore/colour scheme. It will be coming inside as I have claimed the computer room and I told her that I’m covering the wall with my favourite photos – some of them portraits of brides and I dont care what she says. So it will hang again.
Flinders
A welcome return, I’m sure Chris :)
52oreoz
The best shot of lightning I’ve ever saw hands down.
Hiroko
Breathtakingly beautiful
micmac
Amazing !!!! wowhou !! Congrats for winning «Get cracking»
Sue Ellen Thom...
Great job & Congrats on being the winner.
Kaimaha
Wow . . . . I’m specchless! That is truly amamzing . . . .
Kaimaha
Excuse the spelling mistakes . . . . I just got too carried away with the effect of this shot!
AndrewBentley
Excellent capture !!!
NautilusBlue
Dramatic and amazing Chris
Antanas
Superb
Paul Thompson ...
Fantastic shot – instant fave
Mel Brackstone
My goodness, what an amazing capture! The might of Nature at her best!
amarica
WOW, this one really zaps me. Great job.
Sophie Treloar
this is really damn great
Paul Louis Vil...
Stunning composition! :D
LauraHartley
This is such a complex and amazing moment, I sit in stunned rapture. How? How? How? Good heavenms (literally) this is unbelievably gorgeous and is So all about odd lighting!
God bless the Rollei! And your eyes amaze.
mikepaulhamus
great capture.
James Millward
Absolutely fantastic
Debbie Stobbart
This is the most amazing lightning shot I’ve seen.
Breathtaking!
Chris Cohen replied
Thankx for that. I’ve never bettered this photo – ever !:)
Rita H. Ireland
WOW AWESOME CAPTURE!
Judi Corrigan
Wow Chris, this is absolutely spectacular ~ even better viewed large
Birgitta
Yikes. What a shot!
Joel Hall
Nice shot, looks unreal!
Squealia
An amazing capture, when you watch a storm the whole sky appears to light up, but this is just beautiful, the central electrical battle backlighting the clouds and the stunning forked main strike, fabulous.
Mohsen Bayramn...
wow! I’m just speechless by it’s mood… and depth!
RedRose1
Wow Chris, Thats a FANTASTIC shot !
ozrebelxti
Amazing shot!
josiem
incredible!!! the light is amazing
abfabphoto
What a beautiful capture, Chris!!
Christian Hartung
this is bloody fantastic, if i could swear i would, well done on the awesome capture
van049
Fantastic capture!!!!xx
Janine Hewlett
AWESOME capture Chris!!!
Scott d'Almeida
fabulous
bobbymcleod
one of the best strike shots i’ve seen!
Sharon Mau
This is an astonishing shot, brilliant work, it is very beautiful!
Paul Manning
extraordinary image so very well captured! cheers Paul
sharon wingard
wow!!! now that’s a great shot straight to fav..well done
Nvision Ink
awesome photo lov it:))
maxsz
This is really masterpiece Chris and also taken on the film. Congratulation!
hsien-ku
incredible shot! truly stand-out work – that sky is incredible
Puggs
Wow, that is just stunning… great capture…
John Vandeven
Brilliant capture
Lyn Higgs
Fantastic ; D
niki78
Love the lightning excellent capture.
Bill Marsh 16 days ago
Seems like all the other descriptions have been used up Chris :
Soooo….... how about Fantabulous!!!! Instant fav
Take Care.
Bill.
Edge-of-dreams 16 days ago
Oh wow – this is amazing !!
Clive 7 days ago
“The Perfect Storm”....You have done an amazing capture with this one Chris, perfection to a tee my friend, where the car has just pulled out makes it look as if the lightning has come right through….a fave for sure
kalaryder 7 days ago
What an impressive shot, excellent timing. A definite favourite.
nadine henley 7 days ago
stupendous x 2!!
emolena 7 days ago
AMAZING !!!
Rosina Lamberti 5 days ago
OMG Awesome!!
Mojca Savicki 1 day ago
Magnificent shot! WOW!