Like A Bolt From Above - a photo on Flickriver

            I was set up in the middle of the street when I got this shot!  The things I'll do....

This storm rolled in at around 10 PM last night, followed the pattern of the previous storms.  Came in from the North and headed South, pretty much bypassing Tucson.

I really was set up in the street but it was safe.  We live in a 55+ gated community with a 10 MPH speed limit.  Couple that with the fact that it was 11:15 and most sane people were home asleep and you can understand!  There is another spot just down the road that's outside the park that would give me a better view but I choose not to go down there.  It's a dead end road with no lighting and I've seen more than one "transaction" take place there and I'm not talking about buying Tupperware!

This is a composite of 2 shots.  The first was the main bolt and the second was the peripheral streaks/bolts.  I was shooting @ f/5.6 with ISO 100, 32mm of zoom, and a total of 35 seconds on the clock.

PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR.  For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!

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Taken in: United States / Arizona / Pima Ramada Mobile Home Park (show map)

Taken on: August 5, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7, f/5.6, 32mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS Rebel T7
Aperture:	f/5.6
Focal Length:	32mm
ISO:	100
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.10.18
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