Lunar Strike
Captured in Cave Creek, Arizona, this was at the end of a short but powerful storm. The lightning was much too close, couldn’t stand with the tripod, just ran to it between strikes. Didn’t get too many keepers that night, but was happy with this one. Wish I had a better foreground, but sometimes you have to take what you can get.
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wdavies285
wow great timing, a stunning shot
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks very much.
Maree Toogood
Another Awesome shot
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Much appreciated.
susan davies
omg, just so awesome
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks : )
Jamie Lee
Spectacular capture
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you, Jamie : )
BluAlien
Awesome.. you keep amazing me over and over! ;)
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Much too kind. Thank you.
George Lenz
you have great lightning shots…. tell me how to do that…..
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks a lot, G. I’ll bmail you.
Christian Hartung
awesome capture
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Much appreciated, Christian.
nikki024
AWESOME SHOT! I’M JEALOUS …........ YOUR ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME:)
Daniel J. McCa... replied
lol… I’ve missed a lot more than I’ve gotten. Very much appreciated, Nikki.
Olga
Beautiful and majestic….
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks much, Olga.
carolspics
Beautiful shot!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks, Carol.
Daniel Rayfield
wow this is brilliant!!!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks very much.
Carol & Kev Ha...
Absolutely awesome!!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Much appreciated, Carol.
wildrider58
wow great image
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks very much.
gypsykatz
Great shot! I have tried but never seem to hit it at the right time. Keep up with these beautiful shots.
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated : )
gaylene
amazing shot – and you don’t need foreground distraction here.
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you, Gaylene.
Alan Findlater
very good shot well done very well caught
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks much, Alan.
Antanas
perfect capture
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you.
coffeebean
Yes I so totally agree…awesome capture. Talk about raw energy wow. That bolt had real “take that” attitude for real! Well done on all these stunning lightning captures.
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks so much, Jenny.
anaphotography
Awesome photo…wow!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you, Ana.
Kharma
thats what i call timing …
perfect wild nature
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks much, Wendy.
Jan Cartwright
Whoa! This is cool – I love your lighting shots!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated, Jan.
Michael Bermi...
As a fellow Lightning Photographer Daniel….I take my hat off to you (if I were wearing one)
Very rare indeed to get the Moon and Bolt in the same shot. (moon usually obscured by cloud)
Bravo…
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks Michael. Very much appreciated.
EOS20
Great shot!!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks kindly, EOS20.
Johanna Rutter
must be brave getting those shots, but i’m glad to see them!
Daniel J. McCa...
Thank you, Johanna : )
Ellen
How beautiful!
Daniel J. McCa...
Thanks much, Ellen.
Jeremy Harrington
awesome shot.. nice work Daniel
Daniel J. McCa...
Very much appreciated, Jeremy.
David Iori
Spectacular capture
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you, David.
mlgkats
this is a great capture , very nice work
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks very much.
mlgkats
this is a great capture , very nice work
mlgkats
you are do very welcome , it amazes me how you can do that , sorry for the extra comment
Daniel J. McCa... replied
No problem. Thanks so much : )
mlgkats
:)
conilouz
Brilliant and one of the best photographs I have seen, great job.
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated.
davesophfinn
Great series of lightning pix, isn’t nature a ripper!
Daniel J. McCa...
It truly is. Thanks very much.
AMHERN0525
great shot…that is the hardest to capture and you did it perfectly
Daniel J. McCa...
Very much appreciated.
WesternDreamer
Lightning shots are ALWAYS more than challenging… what a GREAT shot you have here!! Glad you were not a lightning rod in the end however… YIKES!! I know where Cave Creek is too, was there visiting friends not long ago in fact… what a small world it is….
Daniel J. McCa... replied
It is a small world. We could have shot some lightning together : ) Thanks, much, Wanda.
Charl045
Yes these are soo hard to capture and you’ve done an excellent job here. Well done!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated. Thank you.
CKEphotos
What an amazing capture! I think your perseverance paid off well on this shot!
Forest Friends...
Cracking!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you.
Nicole Weil T.
This is an AMAZING capture. Well done!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated, Nicole.
funkyfacestudio
Wow this is awesome, such a beautiful capture !
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you.
LoveMy7Cs
Wow. All these capture are brilliant. Fabulous work!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks so much for the nice comments.
DawsonImages
Nice work framing the moon and lightning in the same frame
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks very much. Always nice to hear from you.
MOC2
Excellent work.
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated.
Rany Lutz
Great capture!!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you.
paulscar
wow excellent pic!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated.
Glenna Walker
This is electrifying…great capture!!
Daniel J. McCa...
lol… Thanks very much, Glenna.
Wendy Slee
this is a powerful and stunning shot….. love the moon sitting in there amongst it all!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks very much, Wendy.
Nvision Ink
Great Photo!!! Where’s cave creek located in Arizona? And thanks for the comment!!!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thanks very much. It’s a suburb on the North side of Phoenix. And, you’re Welcome : )
eaglewatcher
Awesome shot—great timeing and composition
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated, Michael.
PablosVista
the moon makes up for the foreground. Great shot
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you very much.
Periwinkle
How amazing!! Electric fingers reaching for the moon! Great catch!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank kindly, Periwinkle.
Glenn Tuazon
This is a great shot… seeing the moon and the strike. Yes.. I have something similar.. but my long exposure really blurred out those cloud shapes… but you could see the storm front underneath the moon. Nice capture… looks like the lighting didn’t want to touch the moon.
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you. I thought the same thing about the lightning not touching the moon. Much appreciated.
Nuh Sarche
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Wow… lol… That’s excellent! Thank you very much : )
Starling
These shot are mother natures fireworks. It is fantastic how you got the moon and the lightening all in the same shot. The spirit of the night was with you.
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Yes, it was! I just wish it hadn’t made me duck & cover so many times that night, it got scary : ) Thanks again for the kind comments!
Bo Insogna
Love that moon. Great Job!
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated! Thanks James.
Cheyenne
Very, very beautiful :) :)
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Thank you kindly :-)
Cheyenne
You are so very much welcome. :)
Adam Bykowski
Great timing. Awesome capture. Don’t see the moon in lightning shots. Well done.
Daniel J. McCa... replied
Very much appreciated! Thank you!