2006-07-09 21:56:48, Burlington, Wisconsin

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Thanks Dave, for a breathtaking look at Wisconsin weather this beautiful evening in Oakland. Awesome.

I have never seen lightening quite like this. It appears to come from (go to?) a patch of clear blue sky. Dave, please tell us more about this very cool shot! Looks like 10 seconds at f4.0, so you used a tripod, and probably tried many times. Anything else to share?

4 Comments Add yours

  1. Cindy says:

    The weather last night was the strangest I’ve seen in a long time. I don’t think I’ve ever seen clouds move like that. David – great shot!

  2. psycho says:

    Thanks Jim, The shot was taken on a tripod with a setting on the Canon 20d to allow the shutter to be open until it had enough light for a good exposure. This only works after dark. I do this so the chance of the shutter being open when there is a lightning stike is increased. I took 297 shoots of the storm as it aproached, with no success. and about 125 shoots as the storm moved away. This shoot was in that group. As much as I like this shoot, I missed a better one that happened between exposures. It had six of the same kind of fingers, all comming from a center spot. Glad you like it. You got to get lucky once in a while.

  3. Jim Pire says:

    Wicked cool. Over 400 shots to get this one. Persistence pays! Nice work.

  4. ccburt says:

    Great photo! I’m the author of a weather book ‘Extreme Weather’ and friend of Jim and Kelly Pire. I’m working on a new edition of the book and would like to use this photo. Please contact me at:

    ccburt@earthlink.net

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