Strike!

July 30th, 2008 | landscapes |

Strike!

We had an enormous storm last weekend here in Belgium. Unfortunately, we were not at home but driving through it. Enormous rain showers made it almost impossible to see anything and the road was slippy as hell. Fortunately though, I had my camera with me (we were coming back from a short holiday trip) and was able to catch this lightning strike. On the technical side, this pic was made in bulb mode at f11. I held the camera steady at the dashboard and used the remote control. I closed the shutter right after the lightning strike. The stripes of the movement are caused by the fact that we are driving. :-) I know this may not be the most photographically interesting lightning strike, but it is my first caught ever! And it tastes like more! Luckily, summers in Belgium are famous for there tremendous amounts of rain. ;-)

8 Comments on “Strike!”

  1. 1 Flickr: Jeronimo's Eye said at 11:34 on July 30th, 2008:

    great catch!

  2. 2 Flickr: Dikkie.net said at 11:42 on July 30th, 2008:

    Thx! :-)

  3. 3 Flickr: 53stude said at 2:44 on July 31st, 2008:

    Great Capture

  4. 4 Flickr: Young Crazy Fool said at 8:52 on July 31st, 2008:

    Heel knap

  5. 5 Flickr: penjelly said at 12:08 on July 31st, 2008:

    extraordinary

  6. 6 Frederik (FHFoto) said at 15:58 on August 5th, 2008:

    Mooie beeld !! echt!!

    Ik denk wel dat gij officieel de enige mens zijt die blij is dat het zoveel regent in de zomer :)

  7. 7 Dikkie said at 10:17 on August 6th, 2008:

    @Frederik: Merci! Ik vind nu wel dat die bliksem zich wat schoner in het frame had mogen positioneren, maar daar hebben we jammer genoeg zelf niet veel over te beslissen ;-) Ben al blij dat er één opstaat :-)

    Ik was alleszins de enige op de baan die dat onweer nog niet zo erg vond ;-)

  8. 8 Rulan Kurek said at 19:40 on September 1st, 2008:

    Prachtig…!

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