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Published: 2005-07-21 00:32:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 1284; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 176
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I shot this the night before last. If there's one thing I love about Arizona it's the storms that we get during monsoon season. I was on my way to bed and got horribly addicted to try and capture the lightening. It was streaking through the sky like you wouldn't beleive and you'd think with the quantity it would be easy to phpotograph. Well it's not. One shot would be blown out or the lightening would strike as soon as I my shutter closed after a 15 second exposure, I took probably 75 photos and shook my fist at the sky to do what I told it too, I think it was just teasing me. So out of all the shots I took this is one of 2 that actually came out. I wasn't going to post it but my other half said it was awesome and that I should be proud because many people go there whole life trying to capture lightening in a good manor and fail. So here it is. This is what the sky looks like from my back porch.Related content
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Lightning strikes are extremely hard to shoot. That strike hits almost perfectly in that golden mean. And, the silhouette of the treesβdark contrasting the light,-powerful, powerful shot.
Way to go.
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thanks...it was a pain in the butt...I have to conquer fireworks next 
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yes, and I see that you got 2 great photos from the same location. How lucky is that, perhaps you should play the lottery.
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I tried scratch off tickets but the most I ever won was $20 and then lost it on more tickets...can't gample either I lose every time...but the people around me always win
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Ya I know what ya mean, I have the worst luck gambling too. My first time playing Bingo I got stopped by the cops on the way home. Hack, hack, cough, cough. and I think I have a defective lung now as a result.
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Gorgeoussss. I go out to Phoenix occasionally to visit my uncle. We went this past summer, and the second night we were there, was one of the greatest monsoon storms I've seen, yet. I stood out on the patio [and the balcony, once the rain stopped] for four hours trying to catch what I could. 700+ shots later, I only ended up with around 40 pictures that had some sort of lightning in them. Pfft.
ANYWAY! This is a great shot. Haha, nice work.
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Thanks...yeah it's not all that easy to do and I'm still learning. If there's something I'll miss from Phoenix it's ththe monsoons. They were the coolest. I like openning the garage door and just hanging out watching it. Seriously good stuff. I took a ton of shots too. I found it best to just hold the shutter open and once I saw the lightenning flash then release my finger. 
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thanks. haven't had any good storms in a while...I'm waiting
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well this was a wonderful capture my friend, can't wait to see more
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While I was going down the east coast of australia I tried taking shots of a storm out at sea, but my camera just wasn't picking up the show that was playing out.
real same!
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that sucks. I hate it when you see something so gorgious but your camera just won't get it. guess it wasn't meant to be shared
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yes, as a matter of fact it raining right now
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yeah, i know how you feel... i too, took around 100 shots the other night, with only 2 keepers...theres just too many damn streetlights in this city... im definately gonna try and grab some good monsoon photos this summer... its just too damn hard to find a good safe place to shoot from....
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I know that all too well. I ran around last night and gave up photographing as soon as I made it 3 feet out the front door. I put the camera inside and ran around in the weather being a kid for an hour or so after that. I highly advise it
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love it, simply love it! I'm so glad you posted it! I wish I could take lightning shots ... (we don't get many decent storms here)
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no? hmmm..we had a good one last night but it was raining so I couldn't get any good shots.
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fuck me..in all my years doing photography I have NEVER been able to capture lightning
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That is sooooo cool.
I love lightning. We never get it over here at all.
Also I laughed at the thought of you standing on your back porch shaking your fist and screaming at the sky to obey you
Love the pic
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I shook my fist a lot...it would of been a great comedy tape
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wahh 75 shots @_@
i like how you captured that one!
impressive >0<
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thanks...I'm hoping one day to get and even cooler one
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That's just breath taking! I'm so jealous you have lighting like that over there.
Fabulous shot!! I'll stick with taking pics of boring buildings :wink:
Keep it up! :hugs:
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we get it but only for a few weeks and then it's gone "POOF!"
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I can live with that! We just dont get it at all.. not even one *POOF!* Bit pants really
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Means I just have to go away to take photos 
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well that just sucks
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i remember living there as a child, and i loved the lightning there. if you ever party in the desert, you have to be careful of the flash floods.
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i dont really remember any fires,, we have those here every couple years. When i was out there last october we drove back from san diego to phoenix through the desert and thats when i realized that i want to camp out in the desert one day!! that would be so cool. you could see hundreds of lights coming from motorcycles and four wheelers. cool!
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how about the fires...seems like everything is on fire out here. I could smell stuff burning the other night, it was weird
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I have more photos but you get more favs on yours! lol not fair. I was hoping for another storm tonight, doesn't seem so though, the next few nights are suppose to ge tpretty active though. I may just go back to rustlers roost or south mountain, not sure. I'll add you as a friend since you're in arizona too!
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I only get more faves because I'm a girl
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I like your other half..
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thanks...I'll tell him you said so
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lol
not gay, but.. i think you two would look good in a picture together
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I have pictures of us together, just nothing really worth posting...for some reason those pics always turn out normal and nothing special...but that could be just me seeing it that way. It's hard to get him behind the camera without him making stupid faces
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hehe.. well take one with him making a silly face and label it Mid-Coitus.
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oh I have plenty...maybe one day I'll post one. I think there's one or 2 in my scraps, maybe I'll post another in there
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awesome!!!! That is soo cool. It would make a killer back ground!
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background for what? isn't that what it is already ?
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lol. Ment for a desktop. lol. Sorry I am silly.
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yes...yes you are 
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lol. well atleast some one does.
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Where the hell do you live? I don't think we've gotten a single drop where I live
Beautiful, beautiful piece.
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it hasn't really rained...I got like a few drops, it was mostly just HOT(and windy)! I'm in Scottsdale
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