Lightning Strike in the Great Plains (Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA)

WOW! a very dramatic image

Well done!!

this is amazing. how do you capture something that happens so fast! great job.

Great photo Brian, could be an album cover! Storm chasing company…. how cool is that, any jobs going? lol

Congratulations :) And a very nice photo!

I have hundreds, if not thousands of lightning photos that I’ve taken over the past 15 years. Most of the time I take them after dark so that I can leave the shutter open for as long as 30 seconds without worrying about overexposing the film (or sensor). This image however was taken during the evening hours while it was still daylight. Lightning was hitting the ground in front me of, so I setup the camera and starting snapping away just hoping I would be lucky enough to get one strike captured… I never really expected it to be dead-center in the frame like this though. I think I snapped over 1000 images in just a few minutes hoping for this shot. Out of all my lightning photographs, this is by far my favorite and I doubt I will be able to really “out do” this shot. But, I’ll never get tired of lightning photography! Thanks for all your kind comments.

Great strike and capture ..brilliant

Straight into the favourites !!

this is beautiful!

OMG, perfect timing and a fabulous shot,love the colors.

brilliant, so vibrant and alive

This is an amzing capture! WOW

wow, nice and dramatic and the colours
are brilliant. Nice job.

thanks.

Gorgeous colours – great capture!

thanks Helene. -Brian

Brialliant capture Brian!

Thanks Peter ~Brian

Can you stand one more “wow”? You can? OK – WOW!!!!!!!!!!! This is an incredible photo. And the story of how you captured this shot – well, it’s the existence of a photographer, eh? Shoot a ton of photos and hope for the perfect one. But when you get it, aint it grand? THIS photo is grand!

lol. I can handle all the “wow”s that people can wow out! Thanks birdinsun! I appreciate the comment.

WOW, yes… this is a great shot !!!

Thanks Phil.

Great shot – Love it

Thank you Stuart.

I love this. Very good work.

Thanks for the comment Mardynn.

know its been done before, but its true -WOW!

That shot is awesome

It’s the perfect shot :)

This is incredible, a shot i would kill for to have taken!

WOW!!!!!!!

Gosh Brian how fantastic! My twin brother lives in Colorado Springs and I remember the amazing storms that would come in in the evening. He would be so jealous of your storm chasing! I think I am too!

nice colours

WOW!! Thats a fantastic shot!

This is the best I have ever seen, congratulations Brian Regards, Ronald

Just amazing – and the depth of colour is incredible!

Amazing shot. Reminds me of the cover of Neil Gaiman’s novel, American Gods.

What a picture! Really vivid!

wow – gr8 capture! sensational colours too…

Holy crap nice!

You Have really been right place right time, Great depth.

I’m stunned ~ And, I greatly appreciate all the comments! Now, if only I could find a royalty deal for the image. ;-) Thanks!

Great capture, I was sure there would be some PS in here! Reminds me of the Jerry Bruckheimer logo (I think it’s his …. ?).

fantastic shot

Simply amazing shot Brian. Wow. Love it

Thanks Jeff! And there are a few Pauls in there to thank as well.

Would make a fantsic CD cover

Thanks Lance!

Another wow from me Brian. Superb, instant favourite

Breathtakingly superb – yup, it’s another wow!!!

thanks Jenny.

Wow Great color! Very dramatic. Well Done.

I love this pic. I agree I’m adicted to RedBubble too. talk about split second photo.

A storm chaser …. Excellent !! Great image !!!

This is really good. I wonder what its like to be a storm chaser? Would like to try

Hi Daijiro – want to try storm chasing? I got a fix for you – www.violentskiestours.com. ;-) Thanks for the kind comments!

I enjoy this very much. the colors are so vivid. Nicely done.

Thanks Steven.

Great capture! What an experience it must have been!

Thank you German – lightning photography is ALWAYS an “experience”!

Brilliant capture.

wonderful shot,good job!

The whole picture is just one big amazing frame for that spectacularly timed lightning strike. Like it a lot!

Have a Very Merry Christmas And a Happy New Productive, Artistic, Inspired New Year!!! Great Work!!

Thanks Big, Jerry and Pandey!

awesome capture :)

fantastic shot

pretty cool

Amazing and even better off centre

WOW!! that’s amazing… Great shot!! =D

beautiful!
what an amazing experience to capture!
well done!

what a fabulous shot congratualtions!

awesome capture

Love This!

Stunning shot

Amazing and beautiful,the rewards of patient photography….

Well your chasing was totally worth it, amazing!!!!!!!

So electric! Not only the capture of the lightening, but the blue tones in the photo are so vibrant. This shot is ALIVE! Very exciting and awe inspiring! Well done. :o)

Fantastic shot! Love that you actually are out there taking people on storm-chasing tours! The light is just amazing.

Amazing moment ,unreal ,beautiful shot …congrats for the home page.

cracking shot excuse the pun

matches your eyes~ : ) beautiful image

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well done

wow

oh my …............... this is so totally fantastic.

You’re a very lucky person!

A one in a million capture!

Wow!!! this is perfect!!!! WOW!!

Glorious colours and fantastically framed. Beautiful!

Amazing capture!!

Lovely shot. Lighning photography always makes me gasp. Just how is it done? I’d love to do it!

Awesome Capture Brian!!!
Indeed you should be proud of it…

Wow – stunning shot

Brilliant capture – right time right place!

great job. This photo reminds me of the logo in the beginning of some movies.

A 1 in 10 million shot! Fantastic.

awesome capture! yeah like what crystal zacharia said, it’s like from some movie company logo

Absolutely perfect! Color, composition, subject, timing, exposure….all great! Well done!

are you kidding me??? fucking amazing this photo is…. A mazing. lol

WOW!

awesome work!

Way cool!

Amazing colors. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.

Wonderful shot Brian!! The colors are just superb!! I’m glad that you were able to get your “dream shot!” Congrats on the front page!!

Beautiful shot, Waiting for what you want is worth it, Great capture.

Awesome capture. Great timing. Love the colors. Nice work!

This is an amazing image!! Congrats on being on the front page.

What a wonderful capture,,Kudos !! great job :)

very well done

Magnificent capture, wow awesome colours and congratulations on being on the home page with this great photo.

fabulous!

Great photo! I see you like taking awesome lightning shots too!

WOW Brian you nailed this! AWESOME shot! well worth the wait! Sound like me I am in Oklahoma too and when there is a storm people will call and tell me watch the weather! I tell them watch hell I am taking photos of it lol I love the storms here. I dont think there are very many places with skies that talk quite so pretty and scary as Oklahoma’s!

Yes, oh yes this is marvelous! I love lightning photography as well, take a look if you would like.

awesome shot

Stunning…should be an album cover.

What an extraordinary image. I love your PP. Congrats that this one made it into PAX! (that’s how i found it)

Wow! Amazing picture!

perfect

Fantastic love the colours

Fantastic Brian. Must make you feel alive when you see that coming down the road! We don’t get anything like that over here in the UK. Its kind of tame in comparison!

very gorgeous!

Wow, absolutely brilliant capture!

Beautifully captured. I recently captured my first lightning bolt and fireworks in the same frame. It’s pretty exhillarating when it all comes together. :)

Awesome! Great Work!

This is just Awesome…Great Photo!

Beautiful and awe inspiring image. Beautiful colours too :)

I’m speechless…this is incredible! Fantastic shot!

this is absolutely amazing
the colours and the lightning striking the road in the distance.
mind blowing shot.
keep it up

Amazing!

STUNNING

wow…this is stunning!!!!

This is soooo amazing!!!!!

awesome;

How can you frame a lightning strike better than this??? Unreal…. solidly unreal…

This is amazing!!!!

Amazing capture!

I love this shot so much. Great job :)

This is awesome

wowie zowie beautiful

Super shot!!!

Brilliant work!

A simply stunning image. I like the way you used the single point perspective on the road to assist the composition.

Thanks all! I just picked up a D500 and it’s made me think – “I really don’t like digital photography that much”. Why you ask? (you did ask – right?). Because for example I shot this photo with a Nikon D70s and every year I get a camera capable of bigger and better things with better quality and I want to go back and re-shoot all the photos I’ve taken with DSLRs of the past. We never had this dilemma with film, unless it was “Velvia or Provia”... Know what I mean?

how perfect!

far-out!!!!

WOW! What an amazing shot. Just awesome.