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Initial shock

For three years, I have been trying to capture lightning. On a warm Spring night in Charleston, South Carolina, my cousin and I saw a storm blowing in from the...
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For three years, I have been trying to capture lightning. On a warm Spring night in Charleston, South Carolina, my cousin and I saw a storm blowing in from the west. As we watched on our doppler radar, we saw the storm was heading straight for us. After chasing the storm for four hours, I finally got my first shot of lightning.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 500 Shutter 15/1 Focal Length 24/1

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Mar, 2017

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