static discharge

They say a lightning bolt can have up to 100,000,000 volts (thats one hundred million) and be hotter then the surface of the sun. I can believe that:

http://home.comcast.net/~slitherjef/weather/strobe2.jpg

I shot a few others as well :D

I love lightning pics!

very kewl!! love lightning pics as well. post more pics please. :D

lightning pics are freakin' awesome! wonderful job! how did you shoot this? tripod and shutter release?

i missed my GOLDEN opportunity to shoot lightning, we were staying in a hotel on the 11th story in Vancouver, BC and there was a lightning storm that lasted approximately 6 hours, and i didn't have my tripod :( didn't get anything good without it :(

Thanks for the comments all, sorry it took me so long to get back to your questions. The set up was simple, albeit a bit dangerous because of how close the lightning was (it lit up the park I was standing in)

I simply set the camera up on a tripod with a remote switch. I would hold the shutter open long enough for a flash then right after I closed the shutter. The biggest problem is getting the shot framed and you need a really active thunderstorm.

I don't understand why they rate electricity in volts when trying to impress people.

It's AMPS that kill :P THAT is where lightning REALLY shines!

nice pick now if we could only find a way to store the kind of power and send it into the grid

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

I don't understand why they rate electricity in volts when trying to impress people.

It's AMPS that kill :P THAT is where lightning REALLY shines!

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The same reason that they tell people there are 100,000 plus burmese pythons in the Everglades: It's a big and scary number that gets more attention. That and I bet most people couldn't tell you what an amp was or the relationship between volts and amps.