Lightning Striking Longs Peak Foothills
by James BO Insogna
Title
Lightning Striking Longs Peak Foothills
Artist
James BO Insogna
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Nature Landscape Photography Prints
Description
Lightning bolts, cloud to ground striking the front range foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains in Boulder County. A view of the Twin Peaks, Mount Meeker 13,911' and Longs Peak 14,256' in the distance. This storm came in fast about 8:30 pm, one thing I have learned about Colorado Lightning storms in the springtime... they come in fast and do not last long. For me as soon as I saw some flashed in the sky, out the door and landed where I could to get a composition view of Longs Peak. As I was set up shooting a farmer showed up to deliver 8 boxes of live bees, he told me hopefully it will all go well. Lucky for me it did.
The Lightning was all over in less than twenty minutes. It moved north but died out. Looking forward to the warmer weather when the lightning in the storm last a little longer. There are 8 Lightning images in the series. This is number one. Here are my settings for this Lightning session. ISO 100 - 20sec - f5.6 - 28mm. Hope you enjoy them.
Fine art nature landscape lightning photography prints, decorative canvas prints, acrylic prints and stock images by By James Bo Insogna (C) 2012 - All Rights Reserved.
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May 19th, 2012
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Comments (9)
Hanne Lore Koehler
WOW, James!!! Incredible capture of this spectacular scene!!! Breathtaking! L/F/T
George Leask
Outstanding shots James. We have had an unusual bit of thundery weather here lately, with some bolts of lightning, but nothing compaired to this. Thanks for your comment on my puffin shot, have you ever seen a puffin in the wild? All the best, have a great xmas and all the best for the newyear, George
Deyanira Harris
So incredible and dramatic powerful photograph James , you are so brave!! Take care!! lfv
Mick Anderson
Superb image!! Thanks for the tech info... in my attempts I set my ISO to 100 and my shutter to either 1/60 or 1/30 and hand-hold -- then hope my shutter finger is fast!! I do get one out of 3-5 -- but we don't get many lightning storms here in southern Oregon, so my chances are few. You live in a great location for these storms!! Again, great catch!! :) F/V
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