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Forces of Nature: Lightning
Not exactly from my corner of the world, but some hundred miles away. A lightning captured from our rented balcony on Lake Orta. Inspired by this week’s photo challenge: forces of nature.
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Excellent. Je n’ai jamais réussi à photographier un éclair. Je crois que je n’avais jamais de caméra à la main.
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Il faut un trepied. 🙂 Merci Brian. Comment vas-tu aujourd’hui?
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Wow. Great capture!
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😀 Thank you, Debbie. I believe you haven’t been on Orta yet (a lake next to Lago Maggiore in Italy). Are you back to UK now?
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love the recording and the photo
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Thank you Coolquilting 🙂
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WOW rewelacyjne ujęcie
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🙂 dziękuję
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Your lightning is quite spectacular, and as always your photo is beautifully composed – the diagonal of the forested hill; the layering of the lake, the mountains and the sky; and the forks of lightning heading off to connect with the trees.
I have a photo in my stair well at home of lightning over Baranguba, a gift from my son. Not something i’ve ever photographed myself. My forces of nature at the moment are a pair of twins and their parents!
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I believe you, Meg 🙂 Thank you for analysing the photo. It is always a pleasure to read you. Did you take a photography course… the way you talk and analyse – you know your stuff 🙂
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No photo course. Learnt a lot when I belonged, as a writing person, to a closed blog painting group. I needed to comment productively.
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LOVE this!
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Thank you. What happened to your blog? I can’t access it.
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Cool! Reminds me that I don’t have any lightning shots!
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I hope I’ll be able to shoot it again sometime 🙂
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Excellent!
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*Bow* 😉
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😀
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I don’t think I have ever managed to capture lightening. Great shot.
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Thanks a lot Annette 🙂 You can still do it. Just place your camera on a tripod and shoot with long exposure.
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We don’t get many lightning storms here, but have seen spectacular ones in Thailand. Yes, next time I will use a tripod and a long exposure. Thanks
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Amazing capture – I always wonder how it’s possible to catch the moment like this. Well done.
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The key is to keep calm. When I was little I was afraid of lightening, now not so much :D. I was in a rented house with a covered balcony and placed a tripod on it. I was shooting before the storm came and just changed settings to capture lightening. It was shot with an extreme wide angle lens and I had to crop it. Thank you for the compliment Leya.
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I understand about not being afraid. When I was a child and there was a storm I opened the door just as the lightning hit the apple tree outside in the garden. i will never forget that, and i still cannot stop being nervous and frightened …so I will enjoy your photo instead.
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I understand. I would be scared too.
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Brilliant capture. We don’t get many thunder storms where I live. But when I lived in Austria we got them just about every day in the mountains. I could never get a good capture like this.
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Do you miss Austria? I love going there in summer. Thank you for the compliment, Raewyn. I don’t see them that often so this photo is special for me too. That view even without lightning takes one’s breath away.
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No, I don’t miss it really as I am a born and bred Kiwi. I definitely don’t miss the snow in winter and the shorter summers.
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Brilliant picture and great take on theme..
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Much obliged Gerry 🙂 I am happy you like it so much.
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il est beau cet éclair dis donc !
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😀 Tu vas bien, Marc?
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What a splendid picture, Paula!
janet
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🙂 It was spectacular to see in person too. It fascinates me how fast nature can change. That same day the lake changed its colours and mood a few times.
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It’s no wonder weather forecasters aren’t always right. People get upset with them, but weather changes so quickly that predictions remain just predictions, not guarantees.
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Exactly. I would hate to do their job.
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Senza parole!!!
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Reconosci?
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Lago d’Orta?
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Siiiii 🙂
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this is awesome… 👍🏻
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Thank you for the thumbs up 😀
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You captured it very well, Paula. It’s not easy to catch those lightening since they’re gone as fast as they’re appeared..
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You are right, it is not easy to capture it 😀 Thank you, Nurul.
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Wow— what a beautiful and dramatic capture, Paula! Completely a force of nature. Thank you for the music and bells accompanying the post, too 🙂
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My pleasure Lola Jane. There is always music in my posts, and I hope you’ll like some. Thank you for your nice visit.
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Fantastic lightning capture, Paula. Perfect for the challenge. 🙂
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So glad you like it, Sylvia. Have a good weekend!
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Wow. What a brilliant shot . It definitely answers the challenge
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Many thanks, Suzanne. Your opinion matters 🙂
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I don’t have any lightening shots either 😦 This is superb. I had Lake Orta recommended to me many years ago, but sadly….
Driving back from Belchatow we passed through absolutely torrential rain, thunder and lightning. Maybe if I’d opened the window I might have got a shot, but we’d all have got drowned 🙂
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Better that you didn’t. it’s not the way to.get lightning shots.
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I spotted that surplus ‘e’ yesterday, and thought that I’d taken it out 😦 Never mind- the skies could do with some ‘lightening’ here today. It’s rather grey 🙂 Happy weekend! Tell me again your itinerary?
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I knew that your subconscious was acting out :). Lisboa -12 May. Plan to see, G. willing Sintra, Cabo da Roca, Cascais, Nazare, Obidos, Evora, then a bit south -Cabo Sardao- we’ll see. Return -19 May early in the morning. I don’t have to see a lot; we just want to have a good time and leave with good impressions.
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Fabulous! Sorry, I was just publishing 6WS. I remembered Sintra after I asked the question. Are you spending a night there? It’s well worth it. Cascais I haven’t yet managed myself. Obidos… very fond memories. Have a super time 🙂
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Thank you, Jo. No, our hotel is in Lisbon, and Sintra is very close.
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Great photo! I’ve been to Lake Orta and think it’s one of the most beautiful places.
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Isn’t it 🙂 I have been to many Italian lakes in that region (and also in the Alps) and this one is definitely the most picturesque of all.
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That’s amazing, Paula. That is definitely a force of nature! 🙂
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I’m glad you came to witness it here, Linda 🙂 Thank you for the visit, dear.
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Striking! 😉
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Fantastic shot!
I know that you enjoyed getting this one!
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🙂 I appreciate it, Allan. Yes, it was quite spectacular to see and to be able to capture it.
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Absolutely wonderful photograph!
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🙂 Thank you. I really appreciate your comment.
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What a superb capture Paula. Brilliant.
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Thank you very much Sue. I know you appreciate good photography 🙂 It felt very special being there on the most picturesque idyllic little lake, the last place where you would expect a storm coming, and then it came with thunders, bolts and everything, and the next day the nature was even greener than usual 🙂
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superb line made by Cloud
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🙂 Thank you!
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Excellent shot! I love trying to capture lightning!
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🙂 Very glad you like it. Thank you for your nice visit and comment.
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WOW ! How dramatic and beautiful ! I ❤ it.
Cheers Angela
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I like dramatic and beautiful 🙂 Many thanks Angela. Your opinion and comments are very welcome.
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Welcome
Where can I get this song?
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Interesting visuals in the video, Paula.
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What video?
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Oooops, when I pasted the url I did not realise the whole video would appear here 😀
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LOL 🙂
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Draco, thank you for bringing it to my attention. I changed the video 😀
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I was starting to wonder about you, Paula. 🙂
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A word of confession.. most times when I go over to Youtube I don’t bother to look at videos, I just look for the best quality recording :D, cause I download it just as mp3 anyway.
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Thank you very much
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Wow! What a stunning capture Paula.
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🙂 Thank you. I felt very lucky to be on a balcony at the time of the storm. Imagine what it would have been like if I were still in a little boat on the lake 😀
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Really nice shot. Were you deliberately photographing the lightning?
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Yes, it was deliberate.
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captured nicely
from a safe distance 🙂
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Exactly 🙂
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Love the lightening. Perfect for this challenge. I linked so my readers could enjoy as well.
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Thank you kindly Dawn 🙂
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I love the hint of purple in the photo.
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what a great view that balcony had! with or without the lightening – and nice take on force of nature 🙂 ❤
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This would work for the adrenalin challenge too – to capture something so violent and so transient.
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amazing. lightning is awesome when captured in photos. scarier when seen in real time 🙂
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Definitely scarier in real time. Thank you for the visit DM. I’ll catch up with you when I come back from my trip.
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Amazing shot…
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🙂 That was a bit challenging. Happy you saw it Lor, and thank you.
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WOW – what a shot. It must have taken a great deal of patience to capture that photo.
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You are right, Clay, and a tripod and a good covered balcony 🙂
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Excellent choice Paula – I’ve only captured lightening once and it wasn’t easy! Must give it another shot – love this one!
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🙂
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Great use of light, color, a captivating moment and correct composition — this image has it all Paula. Beautifully done!
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Thank you Uday. 🙂 I’m happy you like it.
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Great capture!
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Wow! Fantastic shot!
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