i'm always jealous when i see other peoples lightning shots, which i think is because i've never taken one that i was satisfied with, nor had many opportunities to do so. i was lucky to finally have a go when i was on isla mucura. the first night the sky was flashing quite a lot, but on the other side of the island. the second night it started flashing exactly where the sun had set a few hours prior. what i found cool was that despite the big, black storm cloud there rest of the sky was still full of stars. it created a nice effect. the weather was producing far more flashes than it was bolts so i found the timing of the capture difficult. my solution for this was to increase the exposure time to increase the chances of snapping a bolt, as well as showing off the stars. this one was a little over two minutes but despite this slow shutter speed the final result is pretty similar to how it looked at the time - with the ocean and sky quickly illuminating with each spark from the sky. it was a beautiful view - just gotta get a cool city shot next.

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i'm always jealous when i see other peoples lightning shots, which i think is because i've never taken one that i was satisfied with, nor had many opportunities to do so. i was lucky to finally have a go when i was on isla mucura. the first night the sky was flashing quite a lot, but on the other side of the island. the second night it started flashing exactly where the sun had set a few hours prior. what i found cool was that despite the big, black storm cloud there rest of the sky was still full of stars. it created a nice effect. the weather was producing far more flashes than it was bolts so i found the timing of the capture difficult. my solution for this was to increase the exposure time to increase the chances of snapping a bolt, as well as showing off the stars. this one was a little over two minutes but despite this slow shutter speed the final result is pretty similar to how it looked at the time - with the ocean and sky quickly illuminating with each spark from the sky. it was a beautiful view - just gotta get a cool city shot next.

here's the original