When Lightning Strikes

I got the idea in my head that I wanted to get a photo of lightning. Up to that point, I had pretty much focused on landscape photography, but wanted to ...
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I got the idea in my head that I wanted to get a photo of lightning. Up to that point, I had pretty much focused on landscape photography, but wanted to do something different. After several failed attempts, I finally caught my first lightning bolt.
The beauty and power of lightning has fascinated me. Despite having the possibility of lightning nearly any day of the year, it’s still a difficult thing to find and photograph successfully. It’s also an extremely dangerous thing to photograph — always remember SAFETY FIRST.......

Canon 5Dmark IV
Canon 70-200 f2.8 USM
at 200mm
f/5.0
ISO 200
30 seconds
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