Robert's Ramblings

I've never attempted to capture the ultimate strobe before. Now I know why.

Adelaide bore witness to the most spectacular light show tonight with lightning in all quarters of the night sky. Still, capturing the raw intensity in an image is easier said than done!
I stood for nearly two hours in the rain on the beach holding an umbrella over my camera and staging 120 second exposures. For each shot I had to wait another 120 seconds for noise reduction before starting again.
One particular strike was so close and so bright it completely blew out the image to white.

Finally, a strike at just the right intensity and just the right shape and being soaked to the core did not seem so bad after all!


Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 310 - The Ultimate Strobist'. 120s f/8 ISO160 15mm crop