It Was A Warm Late Summer Evening ..
And there was humidity in the air. It was one of those nights, and you just felt in your bones, like there was going to be a thunderstorm. they had been calling for thunderstorms all day and we hadn’t had one yet and it was nearing 9:00 PM.
Just as Molly settle down upstairs in bed, I saw some flashing on the horizon through the shades in the living room. I immediately open my weather app and notice a line of thunderstorms moving closer to our home from the west to the east. Me being curious, I arise from my seat and head out the front door to take a look.
A Thunderstorm Was Quickly Approaching
The thunderstorm that was approaching, was one of those which was producing a lot of lightning. It was lighting up the clouds like holding a flashlight behind a balloon. I couldn’t see the Lightning bolts but I could see the flashing occurring every few seconds. I knew this might be a bad storm due to the frequency of the strikes in the distance. I didn’t hear any thunder yet so I knew the thunderstorm had to be at least 25+ miles away.
I sat outside for about 10 to 15 minutes enjoying the natural light display. I then began to hear thunder I knew I should be heading into her soon. I couldn’t do that just yet. I grabbed my iPhone and began recording the show in the sky. Of course when I picked up my phone and started recording it’s sort of fizzled out.
Enjoy the show!
Just before I decided to call it quits, there was one huge lightning bolt that spread out through the sky, consolidated then flashed one huge bright flash of light.
The Order ..
I took several photos from the video and they are listed below in the order the lightning bolt began, until it had ended.
BAM! BLINDED BY THE LIGHT!!!
After that last flash of light which practically blinded me, there was a huge clap of thunder and MY BUTT RAN INSIDE!
I’m glad I got some great video and some great photos, but I’m not about to wait around for more just so I can get struck.
Colorized Trickery ..
I thought it would be fun to throw some color into some of these still shots. I added purple and blue and enhanced the reds and oranges for a couple of different artistic manipulations.
I hope you enjoyed the lightning show!
Have a great weekend and stay out of harms way. Obviously I need to heed my own warnings. LOL.
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I love lightning shots... and they are incredibly hard to capture. Great shoot here and i like the color magics you did too! Thanks for sharing. =)
Thanks man! How have ya been? Hope all is well or better than expected at least. Thanks for swinging by the post and for the support! 😁
I have been well, thanks for asking! Hope you and the fam are doing good too! I just got back to the states from 3 months over in Sweden. It's been nice. I tried to capture lighting one time back in highschool with my 35mm and a roll of b&w film. I didn't get any shots but i almost got struck by lightning on my porch! hahaha
The first bolt (i missed) hit my neighbor's roof across the street and lit it on fire for a minute until the rain put it out. Then the second bolt (which i also missed) hit in my front yard in a puddle. My front yard back then used to pool around the sidewalk and have a few puddles leading up to the house. It was a pretty large front yard. I saw the bolt strike the big puddle and felt the heat. Once my eyes readjusted i saw electric shards jumping from one puddle to the next. It was at that point i decided to head on inside! hahha
Great post brother!
Oh great! Glad to hear your doing well. You had a rough go of it a while back, I know. Glad life is getting better.
That's an absolutely crazy lightning story! I would have loved to be there, except I would have been inside at that point looking out at you. That would have been so cool watching those electrical charges hopping around from puddle to puddle.
Thanks bro! Yep, life has it's ups and downs. I guess we just gotta roll with it! It was a cool experience. I am pretty careless at times and that was one of them. All in the name of art though... i suppose! =)
That red colorization could be Hell or Mars, What a great edit that was.
I was torn between that on and the bluish purple one I used as the cover shot. I do like the red as well. I wish they were clearer shots, but hey.. made for something decent to share anyhow. Thanks for the support and leaving the compliment! Hope all is well in good old Alaska 😁
Even though winter is coming fast and cold temperatures faster, things are going pretty good. I think the wife and I are ready.
I am ready for your snowfall reports! Well sort of ready.
I just hope we have a few less days than last year.
really cool buddy. Does el doggo get scared and move really close to you during these events? I know Nadi does. She looks at me like I am the one making it happen.... "stop it!" she says!
Oh Yeah! She hates boom boom storms. Her hearing is not as good anymore, but if she sees the lightning, then it's all over for my beauty sleep 😆
Nadi sounds like Molly a bit. Molly hit her head the other day on a cabinet, while trying to make a bed out of the clean sheets, and she looked at us as if we ran over and clunked her on the head. Silly doggos!