Travel & Humanitarian Photos
The evening thunder clouds came straight over the city, making a bee-line for my apartment tonight. I can’t resist trying to record storms but still images weren’t any good this evening as the lightning flashes were mostly above the clouds rather than bolts striking the ground and so didn’t record on even the longest exposures. Plan B: the video recording capability on the Canon G9 isn’t quite up to the reported standard on the soon-to-be-released 5DII but it’s good enough for a quick bit of web streaming.
So there I was tonight, sitting on the balcony, catching up on some BBC podcasts and sipping an iced tea with the camera on a tripod beside me, recording the action. If only all my photography could be made in such a leisurely fashion.
Come on admit it, those weren’t podcasts you were listening to, it was the Utd V Bolton commentary on 5 live
I always love lightning though, or indeed any of the elements. Somehow it always manages to make you realise that no matter how powerful and advanced we may think we’ve become, nature is still the real power in this world.
Congrats also on the new design
That’s quite a show!
Glad to see you worked so hard to capture it.
OMG, that gave me ashock. Clicked on the video and up came a message about quick view which of course I deleted, though nothing had happened. Then about a minute later the music blasts out when I have already gone across to other work! Gave me the shock of my life! Enjoyed it though!