It's like thunder....lightnin'

Have you ever tried to photograph lightning?

I've tried a couple of times with no success. Usually, my arm gets tired of holding the camera and my eyes hurt from looking through the view finder because I don't have one of those fancy remote trigger thingy's.

Well, earlier this evening my daughter and I were spending some quality time outside rockin' on the front porch and a storm started to roll in.  I figured it would be a good time to give it another try, so inside I ran before it could blow away.

Sure enough, there was lots of lightning around for me to try to catch, but that stuff happens fast & I was usually too late.  When you're trying to capture lightning strikes, you end up with a lot of shots that look like this:

But, if you're just patient (not easy for me to do) and  prop your arm up and wait.....

some of your photos turn out like this:

I was so excited I finally was able to capture that powerful strike with my camera.  I didn't get as many as I'd like and I would have preferred it to have been a little darker outside but it was fun trying.  If my daughter didn't have to eat dinner I would have stayed out a bit longer. 

Next time you have a storm rolling in, run and grab your camera.

It's Crazy Out There

All of this happened early this evening within about 30 minutes.

From one extreme to another.

We've got hail!

The promise after the storm.