River strike

Artist: Tony Middleton
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River strike

Screaming down from the heavens – this bolt landing about 500m beyond the Bass River… Quite an active storm for a short duration as it peaked…photographically hopeless though – due to anvil precipitation and outflow winds…leaving me with only 1 chance of a photograph this particular evening…so here it is :)
On closer inspection you can see that a couple of the ‘leaders’ are a lot sharper as they are more than likely leaping a bit forward out of the raincurtain, therefor giving them a less diffused appearance.

EOS A2, Fuji Velvia 50.
©T.Middleton2008

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Christine Wilson, 5 months ago

very nice tony awesome shot
Els Steutel, 5 months ago

amazing shot!!
Jacqueline Bar..., 5 months ago

wow! that is absolutely amazing Tony! great capture! well done!
velveteagle, 5 months ago

Wonderful view of a great strike… Well done Tony..
Geoff Coleman, 5 months ago

Bloody rain – hate the way it gets in the way of a good lightning shoot. Been lucky here in the last week – had 2 great storms out to sea with no rain from where I was shooting.
This is a ripper – very obliging of it to strike just in the right place to complement the pier and the colour and exposure are perfect.
Darren Sharp, 5 months ago

Great shot Tony!!!!
Carmelh, 5 months ago

Well for your one chance what a fantastic shot.
Great capture of the strike of lightening!!!!
NaturalByNature, 5 months ago

Wish I could take only 1 photo that looked like that! Beautiful colour & composition.
Robert Mullner, 5 months ago

Brilliant capture Tony….Like Carmel said…for you one shot…you nailed it…Great work.
Peter Redmond, 5 months ago

Great work Tony.
Wendy Slee, 5 months ago

you know…for all the negative factors…you still came away with more than you started with….one helluva shot! This is so fantastic to view….
Matt Halls, 5 months ago

Amazing timing & capture Tony… Superb stuff! What a fine piece of electricity!!
Travis Easton, 5 months ago

Great shot Tone, been years since I’ve seen a lightening storm with bolts all I ever seem to catch is the sheet lightening ones, probably helps living on the coast, great composition and spectacular bolt.
Tony Middleton in reply to Wendy Slee’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks Wendy ! It may not sound like it in my description that I wrote but I like to think that for every negative I can find 2 positives :)
Tony Middleton in reply to Travis Easton’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Trav !It also mostly helps not living in Victoria…well…south of the divide in particular…
best of luck ! :)
MattTworkowski, 5 months ago

Awesome Tone
Cheri Perry, 5 months ago

Outstanding capture….Fantastic image.
LisaG, 5 months ago

Purple hues penetrated by the arrow of lighting….perfect timing and capture…..
elisab, 5 months ago

One great shot of lightning.
Jodie Carruthers, 5 months ago

One shot?? You are a master!
Amazing capture
Basia McAuley, 5 months ago

What an amazing capture! Love the colour too.
Andrew Bosman, 5 months ago

And on film too…...
Perfect.
Tony Middleton in reply to Jodie Carruthers’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks Jodie and everyone for your comments !
Yep on film..I don’t believe in taking loads and loads of shots to get ‘the right one’ then have to spend a whole lot of time in front of a computer sorting/editing them out etc…I prefer to take in the experience and try to get it right with a couple of shots – thus spending more time out amongst what I love so dearly and not at a computer… but hey ! that’s just me ! :)
Tracey Mac, 5 months ago

Awesome, what a powerful scene and you’ve captured it in all it’s glory.
Fantastic image :)
Anthony Mancuso, 5 months ago

great capture Tony, well done!!
Steven Sandner, 5 months ago

Stunning shot, love the framing and the processing! good work!
Matt White, 5 months ago

Fantastic yet again Tony just a great image