Last nights lightning...some photos.

[Scott]

I've been waiting soooooooo long for good lightning at night:

http://www.weirsonline.org/temp/1.jpg
http://www.weirsonline.org/temp/l1.jpg
http://www.weirsonline.org/temp/l2.jpg
http://www.weirsonline.org/temp/l3.jpg
http://www.weirsonline.org/temp/l4.jpg
http://www.weirsonline.org/temp/l5.jpg
http://www.weirsonline.org/temp/l6.jpg

[Rattlesnake Gal]

Very impressive Scott! Thanks for sharing them with us. What kind of camera are you using?

[Scott]

It's a 2.1MP Olympus C2100UZ digital camera. They are 16 second exposures (to increase the chance of catching a bolt) at F4.5.

[trfour]

Excellent photos, Scott! Thank you.

[Lin]

Edxcellent photos, Scott. Thanks I've got an Olympus 2.1 D-490 digital Zoom. I think your photos are going to get me to take a look at the manuel again. Mine is pretty much set up all auto. I'd love to get lightening shots.

[Winnisquam Guy]

It appears that the storm was coming right at you. It is amazing how small a storm can make you feel.

[madrasahs]

It looks like you've found a good spot for lightning strikes in photos 2,3, and 4. The lightning appears to be hitting the same two spots over the treeline. Is there a tower, powerlines, or granite outcropping over your hill there? Joe Btfsplk?

It is amazing how small a storm can make you feel.

Hurricanes, thunderstorms, the open ocean, the night sky -- sometimes just leaning against a tall New Hampshire white pine with a strong wind whistling through it -- makes you feel small.

Maybe it's what Henry David Thoreau felt when he wrote about New Hampshire: "I long for Wildness..."