12 seconds, hand-held, on the way home from Boston, just before all hell broke loose... Amazing lack of noise for ISO 1600... 800 pixels can't begin to do justice to the level of detail in the lightning.
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Look close and see the double horizon and shoreline details. There were two lightning flashes, one high and to the right and the other the main one, so the scene was lit twice and the camera moved a little too.
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It sure makes your day or night when everything just does the right dance step to make a spectacular image. This was one of those moments, and you were ready.
Fantastic light - and lightning! I'm guessing the lightning provided most of the light on the scene, while the other part of 12 seconds it was too dark and the camera shake isn't too visible... Handheld natural flash photography? :).
Congrats on the top 10, stunning image! Like Ursula, I love the visible shake on the green light.
Beautiful, Robert! It looks fantastic big. I think it is cool how in the big version you can see the slight shake of the camera (on the green light at middle left), it makes the whole thing very real to me. I love the colours too.
Woah! Beautiful composition and perfect exposure! Very angry and sinister clouds unleashing their master weapon! Delightful! Wish you'd used a border that's less bold or no border at all on this one.
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