lightning
the first storm of the year
shot with a nikon D300
18-200mm vr nikkor lens
shutter speed 8 secs
iso 200
no flash
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DeviousLili
Beautiful!
drec
excellent
Garth Smith
Wow! this is a glorious shot. Great work.
JennyDean
Amaaaazing.
josiem
incredible!!!!!
joanne hope
thankyou everone
hologram
just wonderful, what a gem of a capture !
francophotos
Fab!!
joanne hope
thankyou everyone for your comments, i also was pretty stoked with these photos but with lightning i am sure its just luck
Matt White
What a supurb shot dark and dramatic great setting you ave to be happy with it.
down23
Phenomenal capture! WOW!!!! Sooooo beautiful!
Heather Mudge
this is a beautiful! very nice!
Matthew Walters
Lovely shot, great timing!
joanne hope
thanks
Gavin J Hawley
Beautiful.
Daniel Doyle
Very nice capture, thanks for sharing. LOL….............;o) Daniel.
Lindsay Oram
Awesome job
Catherine Howell
WOW!!!! Beautiful capture:)
Fiona MacNab
Excellent shot.
Deanna Cicchino
awesome
Elysia Ranking
beautiful!!
simonesphotos
Stunning love the way it goes behind the cloud great capture!
J. D. Adsit
perfect
Colleen Milburn
This is simply stunning, Joanne – I adore midnight blues! Well done :-D
whittyart
Dramatic shot—- brilliant!!!
Richard Murch
Spectacular and very difficult to capture … Well Done….~!
joanne hope
thankyou i do think its a lot of luck and a good storm that helped me
Ashley Crombet...
WOW!!! Stunning shot
MattGranz
This is a spectacular capture! Great timing and clarity. The cloud that the lightning is passing through is really what makes it for me.
Pamela B
Fascinating work!
phil1950
Aesome! shot, love the colours, well done
Sharon Ulrich
Great framing, color, details, depth, everything!
don quackenbush
fantastic image. well done
Debra Willis
Awsome capture
joanne hope
thankyou
Amandalynn Jones
Beautiful, the cloud cutting through the middle of that bolt gives a nice sense of depth there.
joanne hope
thanks i was just lucky
Shell59
Lovely Shot! Although I doubt ‘luck’ was worthy of this..
a gift maybe?
Cheers!
Cathryn Swanson
That’s a great shot of lightning.
rupertrussell
Great shot!. I have tried without success to caputre lightning. One day… (or night)
Aaron Lawrence
Great photo Joanne, you caught it at the perfect moment. It looks so powerful, but gentle.
Imber
Wow! Superb work!
Mark Lee
Great shot. Any good advice on shooting lighning?? I had failed many times trying :(
guitarman
Powerful capture!!!
joanne hope
mark a tripod long shutter speed and plenty of patience :)
Mark Mitrofaniuk
your patience paid off, its clear by the amount of comments that people like your work me included.
Countrygirl
WOW! wonderful shot!
enchanteries b...
stunning capture! I love how elusive lightening is, yet, you caught it perfectly.
michael langer
wonderful shot
Mandy Keller
Stunning!!
joanne hope
well thankyou everyone
Steven Agius
Brillant capture top stuff !
Stefán Kristin...
Great capture!
terryt
Magnificent work!!
joanne hope replied
thankyou all
benluxford
Great snap keep up the good work
ejacent
Oh my God, this is amazing – cracking shot!
Michelle Barlo...
BRAVO
Alexander Butler
Amazing Capture, every time I see outstanding captures like this it really makes me want to get seriously into photography
josiem
wow! incredible capture!
Dream Vision I...
great shot & exposure
Hannah Fenton-...
AWESOME!
Louis Powell
Hang on, let me get my jaw off the floor…
Fantastic shot!!!
lanyon12
Amazing, isn’t our planet amazing
albutross
Stunning image.
david bryant
WOW