1908_0051 Strike! - a photo on Flickriver

1908_0051 Strike!

            Last night, lightning started flashing to the southwest shortly after midnight. I walked out onto my porch, it looked promising, so I got my gear together and drove to a likely location to set up. By this time the storm was too close for me to get out of the car safely, so I shot through the open window, with tripod braced on the passenger seat and cable release to lock the mirror up before each long exposure. 

It was a perfect prairie storm: no rain, lots of forking, snaky charges flashing across the sky, and never directly overhead. Sitting in my car gave the illusion of safety. Most summers I get at least a few opportunities to shoot storms like this, but although we've had a lot of rain this year, this was my first photographable thunderstorm.

Btw my trip is still on. People are going to think I'm a liar or an idiot, having already said goodbye. Well, I'm not a liar. But yesterday I noticed there was a slight difference between the calendar in my head and the one on my kitchen wall, and in fact I'm not leaving until Tuesday :-)

Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: Canada / Saskatchewan / Val Marie (show map)

Taken on: August 3, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/9.0, 105 sec, 24mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	24.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-4.5
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	105
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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