Acuity
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Posted by Rick (Toronto, Canada) on 25 June 2012 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
More burnt orange, with a slightly thicker main bolt touching down at Yonge and Bloor streets. Summer provides ample opportunities for these types of images, especially given my unimpeded view of much of Toronto's downtown area which includes the oft hit CN Tower at 1,815 feet. That will be a priority capture for my lens! Stay tuned, and thank you for visiting my blog.
@JacklineG: Ahh, merci ! All credit to the power of nature :)
@Ronnie 2¢: I was watching these bolts fly around and got to thinking about the history of electrical grounding within structures. It must have been one hell of a lot of trial and error and worse, getting to this place where our buildings can survive storms of this nature.
@Doug: That is very kind of you, Doug. High time I began to use my tripod, and it makes all the difference for this kind of shooting. I will exceed these images once our summer storm season kicks into gear.
@Nina: It is hard to catch them, but that is a lot of the fun. I look forward to the day when you share something crackling and bright from the sky!
@Francisco Romero: Thanks, Francisco. It gets hit quite a lot each year, and this is the first time I have had a great view of it. So far during three lightning nights, I haven't seen it get hit and most of the activity has been to the northwest, hence the views that I have been sharing.
@l'Angevine: Thankfully, it only *looks* scary 99.99% of the time!
@Curly: Very glad to know it, Curly : thanks ! I'll be trying for plenty more.
@Gérard Beullac: I was suddenly awakened when my bedroom was lit up violently, and leapt to my feet... I didn't have a job booked for the morning and took the liberty of going out to the balcony for an hour. Instead of a rain storm with lots of thunder, there were maybe a dozen decent flashes like the one above, and no precipitation. Odd and abbreviated, but a few good frames. I have been anticipating a real drama storm ever since! Thanks, GB.
@Bruno FROMENTIERE: Thank you, Bruno :)
@Stephen: Last year during a tremendous storm, living at a previous address, I had to go from window to window and make do with partial views of what was happening. This year I am well prepared and have a nice wide panorama available. Now it's all up to Nature. My thanks, Stephen. Love your shot for today !
@grouser: That tall building with the lit up "halo" design is a condo tower called Chaz. Well, this bolt made me smile because Chaz looked all aglow about it :)
@Martine: Merci beaucoup !
@digitalCG: Thanks very much.
@Mhelene: From pitch black to this, in a fraction of time. Wild.
@Thea: Of a dozen flashes in about an hour, I think I had six keeper frames. It was a good session. Plus, I didn't get fried!
@Joyce: Thanks a bunch, Joyce. Daylightning (making up words now) is harder to capture unless the sky grows suitably dark. I love how we get purple and pink and orange tones at night, especially if the weather has been hot and humid and a sudden cold front comes in... weird but amazing to behold. The bolts flicker so quickly to the naked eye, I tend to miss the wild colors until hopefully later when I've captured something like the three I shared.
@Lewis: I thank you !
@Anthony Morgan Lambert: I love that term "cracking", and it applies nicely in the literal sense sometimes :) - thanks!
@Irene: I appreciate your feedback, Irene.
@omid: Crazy forces at work in the natural world. Thanks, omid.
@Slackwater - Don: It's more a thunder sound, I suppose, but the visual of these bolts definitely says what the title does :-) - thank you, Don.
@Baldwin VW: Thanks! I liked this one second to the first one I posted with the pinkish sky.
@Steven: In the split second of seeing the bolts, my eye focuses more on the lightning and less on the wild sky tones. Thankfully we have cameras! Cheers, Steven.
@Phil Morris: Got set up and focused on the buildings in the hope that any strike near them would be in focus, too. Lots of luck involved, both in getting a shot and not getting a "shot" ! :-)
@Denny Jump Photo: I always loved a good thunder and lightning storm. My decade on lake Huron was amazing for that. Never say never when it comes to the "unattainable", good man :-) (and a big thank you!)
@RBL: No rainfall seemed to make a difference in the color and clarity. I'm looking forward to my next opportunity. Thanks!
@john4jack: Attacking all these polite nice Canucks... what is the galaxy coming to ?! ;-)
@Michael Fresh: Thank you very much, Michael.
@LauraS: Thanks a bunch!
@Carol: Thanks very much, Carol. I'm pretty excited, like a little kid, over the prospect of photographing/witnessing a lot more of the bolt action!
@morgan: Thanks a bunch : really enjoyed your photo for today :)
@Sue-Ann: All natural, Sue-Ann. I would never tweak something like that, lest the wrath of Nature send me a very special bolt-jolt ! Thanks for looking.
@klausZ: Nice to see you, klausZ : thanks ! I will capture more (some mono, too) this summer.
@ISA.H: Very nice of you to have a look and leave a comment : thanks !
@B.Sully: Thanks a lot. Mostly I am used to lavender into pink tones when there is a big bolt over the city at night. These orange colors were unusual to my eyes, but the flashes are so quick they barely register in real time. Cameras are incredible.