Even a rather featureless, high-based, seemingly innocuous thunderstorm can offer a wild show. I had arrived here wondering what to do with the situation after an earlier, nearby, right-moving supercell died, with a rather extensive swath of multicell thunderstorms to the north through distant northwest. Seeing a few sporadic lightning flashes, I set up camera on tripod to see if I could get lucky and snag one. I’ve heard it said: “Better lucky than good!” Of course lightning photography does involve some skill, so I would add: “Best to be lucky and good!” This tremendous flash spread itself over both the sky and several square inches of landscape at lower left, during the mere 1/3-second exposure time of the photo, rendering an acoustically marvelous, deeply resonating cannonade of variably intense thunder for many seconds afterward. This is a wide-angle (25-mm) view, full-frame. Yes, it was close, and a sure signal that it was time to go.
3 W Kingfisher OK (11 Jul 20) Looking NNW
35.8465, -97.9921Electrified Twilight
Even a rather featureless, high-based, seemingly innocuous thunderstorm can offer a wild show. I had arrived here wondering what to do with the situation after an earlier, nearby, right-moving supercell died, with a rather extensive swath of multicell thunderstorms to the north through distant northwest. Seeing a few sporadic lightning flashes, I set up camera on tripod to see if I could get lucky and snag one. I’ve heard it said: “Better lucky than good!” Of course lightning photography does involve some skill, so I would add: “Best to be lucky and good!” This tremendous flash spread itself over both the sky and several square inches of landscape at lower left, during the mere 1/3-second exposure time of the photo, rendering an acoustically marvelous, deeply resonating cannonade of variably intense thunder for many seconds afterward. This is a wide-angle (25-mm) view, full-frame. Yes, it was close, and a sure signal that it was time to go.
3 W Kingfisher OK (11 Jul 20) Looking NNW
35.8465, -97.9921