Black Hills Lightning

Exit78 Photo of the Day #11

Lightning in storm approaching Rushmore Shadows campground, south of Rapid City, South Dakota, August 19, 2007 (Pentax K10D)

Lightning in storm approaching Rushmore Shadows campground, south of Rapid City, South Dakota, August 19, 2007 (Pentax K10D)

This photo – one of 3 – is from the first time I ever successfully photographed a storm and its lightning.  At our home, in Arkansas, the horizons are blocked by trees, which pretty much precludes getting storm photos unless we go somewhere when there are storms in the area – I’m not very interested in chasing storms.

It wasn’t raining yet when I took the photos handheld, no tripod.  This one is an 8.9 second exposure, which is why the campground lights and campers are blurred, even though I braced by leaning my right shoulder against the camper. The lightning is of much, much shorter duration, making the lightning, the rain and the silhouette of the trees much sharper.


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  • Rummuser Feb 18, 2018 Link

    I will try to get some photographs this monsoon and post on my blog.
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  • Hilary Feb 20, 2018 Link

    Hi Mike – I really don’t like lightning … yet it draws one in. Terrifyingly dangerous at times, yet stunningly beautiful – cheers Hilary
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    • Mike Feb 20, 2018 Link

      I’m not a big fan of lightning and thunder, either. We had a round of that this morning before dawn, with an inch of rain overnight. More is coming in tonight, with a chance of thunderstorms and somewhere between 2 to 3 inch of rain is possible.
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