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08 Electrifying Lightning Images

One Question that we’re regularly asked about here at Digital Photography School is ‘How do I photograph Lightning?’

Our wonderful forum administrator NaturesPixel has put together a brief how to photograph lightning tutorial in our forums that tackles the question. Also check out our more recent How to Photograph Lightning tutorial.At a little inspiration in your lightning photography you might also enjoy some of these 08 great lightning shots.

07 Electrifying Lightning Images Post 2

One Question that we’re regularly asked about here at Digital Photography School is ‘How do I photograph Lightning?’

Our wonderful forum administrator NaturesPixel has put together a brief how to photograph lightning tutorial in our forums that tackles the question. Also check out our more recent How to Photograph Lightning tutorial.At a little inspiration in your lightning photography you might also enjoy some of these 07 great lightning shots

Incredible Lightning Photography

Lightning is one of the most spectacular natural phenomena. Someone is scared by it and someone admires it. In any case, no one remains indifferent to this incredible sight. In this post we offer you some stunning pictures of lightning.

The lightning flash takes just a moment, so it is almost impossible to catch it in the camera lens. The best examples of lightning images you can see below. The pictures were taken in different places of our vast planet by different photographers.

Awe-inspiring sequence of pictures captures lightning bolts crashing into the Grand Canyon -

These spectacular photos capture a series of lightning bolts crashing into America's greatest natural wonder. 

Shrouded in darkness, the incredible images show the bolts repeatedly striking the Grand Canyon - illuminating the walls of its South Rim.

The breathtaking photos, featuring the Desert View watchtower in the foreground, were taken by fearless photographer Travis Roe.

Natural wonder: This stunning photo captures a lightning bolt crashing into America's greatest natural wonder

Breathtaking: Shrouded in darkness, the lightning repeatedly struck the Grand Canyon - illuminating the walls of its South Rim

Lightning

Lightning Can Strike Twice

Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon—about 100 strike Earth’s surface every single second—yet their power is extraordinary. Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity.

This enormous electrical discharge is caused by an imbalance between positive and negative charges. During a storm, colliding particles of rain, ice, or snow increase this imbalance and often negatively charge the lower reaches of storm clouds. Objects on the ground, like steeples, trees, and the Earth itself, become positively charged—creating an imbalance that nature seeks to remedy by passing current between the two charges.

A step-like series of negative charges, called a stepped leader, works its way incrementally downward from the bottom of a storm cloud toward the Earth. Each of these segments is about 150 feet (46 meters) long. When the lowermost step comes within 150 feet (46 meters)

Amazing Photos Capture Rare Lightning Storm Over San Francisco

From Tilden Park in the Berkeley Hills just before sunset.

Flickr: parksdh

And from San Francisco’s Potrero Hill overlooking San Bruno.

Flickr: dav

Lightning could be seen mixing with a layer of fog in the Bernal Heights neighborhood.

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“Lightning like this is almost unheard of, especially in the summer,” Mike Konvolinka said with this stunning photo in Pacifica, Calif.

Flickr: konvo

The storms were captured over San Francisco near the iconic Sutro Tower.

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Johannesburg, South Africa

Tall towers are frequent targets of lightning strikes, because there is less air to act as an insulator between the tower and a cloud.  In this case, it is the Hillbrow Telkom Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Tucson, Arizona

The Tucson, Arizona, skyline is illuminated by a bolt of lightning.

Hopewell, Virginia

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Circle of Lightning

Lightning forks and rejoins itself over Table Mountain and Lion's Head in Cape Town, South Africa.  Central Africa is the area of the world where lightning strikes most frequently 

Grand Canyon, Arizona

A dramatic cloudburst releases jagged bolts of lightning deep into the Grand Canyon near Point Sublime

On Assignment: Capturing the Birth of a Lightning Bolt

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Photo of the Day Lightning, Arizona

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Amazing Photo Of Lightning Striking The Willis Tower In Chicago

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Lightning Photographs - Gallery 62 {11 - 20 February 2012}

Lightning Photographs - Gallery 62 ,,                                                                                      A couple of weak thunderstorms passed nearby on 12 February 2012. These shots of anvil crawler lightning of a stronger storm on the Border Ranges were taken from home.  

Lightning Photo Tips

Lightning Photo Tips

I used a Nikon print film 35mm SLR camera from the late 1980s then made the move to digital with a Nikon D70 digital SLR camera in June 2004, and have since upgraded to a Nikon D90 DSLR. I use ISO 200 for almost all lightning photos. The D70 came with an 18-70mm kit lens, however I mostly used an old manual focus 50mm lens for lightning as it has aperture to F1.8 and precise infinity focusing. I currently use a 18-200mm VR lens on the D90 and a F1.4 50mm lens. Despite lightning itself being very bright, the more overall scene light you let in, the better the picture (in most cases), so use lower F settings at night. Zooming in on distant lightning often produces disappointing results.