Storm, Kankakee County, Illinois 07/20/2005

I was working in rural Kankakee County last night when this storm blew in. Half the horizon was just a regular thunderstorm, but the rest of sky was glowing with intense gold & orange & pink hues - the photos don't do the colors justice.







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Love it! That is awsome!

 

Those are amazing breathtaking photos Brian, must have been amazing being there.

 

thanks guys - yea Pav, it was beautiful & eerie, you could feel static electricity in the air before the lightning would fire up

 

That is absolutely gorgeous.

 

thoughs are absolutly incredible. especially the last one

 

wow that looks amazing!

 

Wow. You should post that last one on the Weather Channel's 'pic of the day' site.

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Way cool snaps. Thanks for sharing

 

Be careful with that lightning. I know someone in a town near me who was taking photos of a storm about 15 miles away. The air was charged up out ahead of the storm. Lightning struck his camera. His camera was on a tripod and the front part of the camera got melted.

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Those are incredible! Can I use one as my windows background?

 

Incredible pics, way to capture the moment, and the lightening

 

thanks everybody - feel free to use any pic flyingburrito

 

awesome..i live in rual kankakee ..but unfortunetly i was in joliet the night of the storm....awesome pics...
come visit me sometime!

 

Amazing pictures! It looks almost fake - in a good way!

 

Beautiful pictures!!

 

What kind of camera setup did you use to catch the lightning? I thought maybe you left the shutter open, but the rest of the pic is not washed out and I don't see any blurring on the tree leaves.

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Wow Bri those are amazing.

 

thanks Emily

shaggie ~~ These photos were taken with a Canon A80, in Landscape mode, with the flash off. We took a couple bar stools outside and I snapped over 200 photos at random intervals - after reviewing the shots on my pc, I only saved 15 photos - and only 4 of the saved shots had had visible lightning.


~~~ hey Rar1013 - I'll send ya a pm the next time I'm down for a show - I get out to Muggs & Sudds in Momence & The Parkway, out by the state park, for poker runs -- I heard that there's going to be a local battle of the bands in Bird Park this fall ?? I'll let ya know if get any more info

 

wow, thats good shit