same front reached the east.

[HansE]

It was a bit slow getting here.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Hans

Wonderful pic - presumably over your back yard ....
My after-dark pics of this storm front are nowhere as good as this one

Phil

[Isac]

Now you're talkin' Hans! That's a beauty mate. Now you'll have to share your settings for all to see and learn.

[HansE]

Thanks Phil & isac I'm sure having a veranda in the right place helped a lot. As far as the settings 24mm at F5.6 128 seconds ISO 200 . I have a plug in shutter release, the camera was set to Bulb. Focus was set to infinity and camera on a tripod. I just waited until I got two decent flashes. The foreground was still a bit dark but it was 10pm after all. I would have taken some more but it started to rain and I had no wish to test the weather proofing.

[Isac]

Thanks Hans. I use BULB also. I think it's the best way to do it. Just hold the shutter open and close it when you see the strike. I'm sure others will try it out.

[HansE]

Same storm in the morning.

[Isac]

Powerful looking storm Hans and well photographed. Would have been great comp image with a large lightning strike. Go on give it a crack!

[HansE]

It sure knocked the roses around.

[Isac]

It did a good job of scattering those petals, but they will survive. I heard there was some detructive damage from that weather. It's good to see you're all safe.