Lightning storm over Charleston harbor!
 

Driving home tonight from shooting a wedding, I was awed by the lightning storm while driving down the road in my fahbulous convertible, Dolores. (Yes, and shamelessly so, I really do love my car!) Anyway, I realized that I had in-my-immediate-possession the right camera, lenses and tripod so I drove straight to Patriots Point, found the best view of the storm over the Charleston harbor, and set up shop from about 9:40 till 11pm.

It was FUN taking these pics! As I set each exposure, I was cheering on the sky…“come on, come ON, sky! Show me what ya got!” and the moment I saw a big strike during one of my exposures, I found myself doing a dance on the dock that a bystander might say resembled a mix between a Superbowl touchdown dance, MC Hammer and the funky chicken dance. Oh yeah, I was cool alright. :shade:

Here are a few of my favorites. There are more on my blog!

WOW! Those are amazing pictures - I always love lightening pictures, awesome!!!

Those are incredible!!!! So glad you were in the right place at the right time with the right equipment!!!

Electrifying!

Great pictures!

Wow, Val!!! Those were great!!!!! They would be beautiful matted and framed!!!! Thanks so much for sharing them with us!!!!

My goodness Val, those are amazing. Such beauty...even during a lightning storm.

Gorgeous Val!!! Thanks.

Aw, thanks ladies, SO much...I'm really excited about how they turned out and I am planning to frame one (or several) in my living room...I am trying to figure out if I want to get a canvas or mat a print or how I want to do it. :-)