mL's blog
2008-06-28 -- Oregon Lightning
Now here's something I've always wanted to do... photograph lightning!
I suppose I haven't before now because the time just hadn't ever presented itself. Lightning doesn't happen very often in Western Oregon and I've generally been a) too tired to get out of bed to take the photo or b) without my camera.
Tonight, after a day of hot sunshine and a sudden change in the direction of the incoming weather, several great photo opportunities presented themselves..
Star trails were fun... set up the camera, break open a beer and let the earth do it's little turning thing that it does. But even the kids had fun sitting in for this one.
This last one was cute... I think it looks like a tree sprouting up from the hill top.
Unfortunately there were some tower lights and some dust specs that I had to go and clean out of these, but they turned out pretty nice despite it all. It's still going out there, but I think I'm too tired to take more.
;-)
~mL