04.08.2014 Always chasing rainbows

29.07.2014 And the heavens stayed open

Dark Skies

Two images, both made up from four stitched pictures, taken one after the other, the same settings applied to both in photoshop, with only one difference in the camera settings. Which one do you prefer? The first or the second image?

Thunderbolts of lightning...

Standing on a balcony, with a metal railing, holding a metal camera during a lightning storm...sounds like a good idea. I have never photographed lightning before and I had no idea what I was doing, apart from point, shoot and hope. As you can see, there was not a huge success to be had...