Lightning Storm

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We've had thunderstorm after thunderstorm here in New York tonight, sweeping in from New Jersey. The two shots above are of strikes hitting on the NJ edge of the Hudson.

Photographing lightning can be amazingly fustrating. You're caught between issues of low light, high noise, and te need to both maximize the image but capture as wide an angle as possible (so you get it on film.) It took me forever to get a couple of strikes, I missed most, and now I have the camera set up taking photos once a minute automatically, just to see if it gets lucky.

Update: Chris Burrows from Gothamist Weather took a great multi-fork picture of the same storm. Shows what you can do when you're not too lazy to go outside.

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