[Mee-n-Mac]

Talk about inter-cloud lightning ...

Just as the storms had passed last weekend I went out with a buddy to see "what's up". The rain had ceased but there was still some sporadic lightning. I had my dSLR on my "hip" but since you can't catch these things by pointing and shooting I had given up (tripod back in the cabin). As I looked out towards Sandy Pt my buddy turned around and said something which I lost, because just at that moment there was a cloud-cloud discharge that was multipronged like I had never seen before. All I could do was point and say "ugh". Had I persevered in my earlier attempts that day I might have caught it.




ugh




ps : Some of the Panasonic (?) digicams had a neat feature that would be handy in these situations. You hit the shutter and they kept grabbing shots until you let up, storing only the last five or so frames. So you only had to point and press and them let up after you had seen the bolt. Great for capturing a scene you expected to happen but didn't know when it was to happen. I wonder if they still have that feature ....