Last evening, some electricity transformer exploded, and several houses, including ours, were without electricity for 2.5 hours. At this time storm clouds were coming from the mountains and covering the sky.
It looked so formidable that I decided to capture a video, as the storm comes. Until the downpour began, I was recording video from the open window. When the rain approached, I had to close the window. After a heavy shower ended, I opened the window again. The sky blazed with dense flashes of lightning. The camera was capturing video, and I was photographing the sky, trying to catch the lightning with a 5-second exposure.
As a result, I got a few beautiful photos, and a small video, that I composed from the 2 hour recording. The first part of the video is accelerated by 1000% of normal speed, and the second with lightnings is slowed by 35% of the speed.
Unfortunately, my video camera and my photo camera are not professional, and therefore I apologize for the low quality of video and photos.
video camera Panasonic HDC-SD40
photo camera Canon PowerShot A460
exposure 5'
iso 100
Thanks to the failure of the transformer, I was able to take pictures of lightning for the first time. Otherwise, I would sit at the computer and miss this opportunity to capture a lightning.
Thanks for reading! :)
Sorry for my English :)
