A Very Lucky Test Shot

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southernsteve

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Bit of a back story to this. I was playing about on Camber Beach in Kent, UK, wasting some time on a clear evening, not long after sunset, trying out a few settings and throwing light on the groins on the beach, in readiness for a night shoot further down the coast after dark. I'd just moved the camera and tripod for a different angle, took the image then noticed a bright light to one side. Looking out to sea for a boat or light buoy, I couldn't understand where the light had come from on such a clear night. Then I looked closely at the image and found it was lightning strike over northern France, over 30 miles away. When I got home I checked a lightning app and found there had only been 6 strikes in the previous 24 hours in that area. Now that's what you call luck :):)
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southernsteve said:
Bit of a back story to this. I was playing about on Camber Beach in Kent, UK, wasting some time on a clear evening, not long after sunset, trying out a few settings and throwing light on the groins on the beach, in readiness for a night shoot further down the coast after dark. I'd just moved the camera and tripod for a different angle, took the image then noticed a bright light to one side. Looking out to sea for a boat or light buoy, I couldn't understand where the light had come from on such a clear night. Then I looked closely at the image and found it was lightning strike over northern France, over 30 miles away. When I got home I checked a lightning app and found there had only been 6 strikes in the previous 24 hours in that area. Now that's what you call luck :):)
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Beautiful, once in a lifetime capture.
 
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