Herdsman Lake Lightning Storm
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A cloud-to-cloud lightning strike and stormy skies over Herdsman Lake.
I used to live around the corner from Herdsman Lake and I’d had my eye on this particular location for a while. After endless days of blue skies, I heard the distant rumble of thunder and glanced out of the window to see the trees and rooftops glowing under an ethereal orange sky. Grabbing my camera, I raced out of the front door and found the lake bathed in a glorious warm light.
After composing the photograph, it was down to luck as to whether the lightning would strike during the half second exposure. As the thunder grew louder, I became acutely aware that standing next to a metal tripod probably wasn’t the brightest idea, so it was quite a relief to finally capture one of the more impressive cloud-to-cloud strikes moments after a rain cloud burst open on the left of the frame.
This is a limited edition print with a print run of 100.
I used to live around the corner from Herdsman Lake and I’d had my eye on this particular location for a while. After endless days of blue skies, I heard the distant rumble of thunder and glanced out of the window to see the trees and rooftops glowing under an ethereal orange sky. Grabbing my camera, I raced out of the front door and found the lake bathed in a glorious warm light.
After composing the photograph, it was down to luck as to whether the lightning would strike during the half second exposure. As the thunder grew louder, I became acutely aware that standing next to a metal tripod probably wasn’t the brightest idea, so it was quite a relief to finally capture one of the more impressive cloud-to-cloud strikes moments after a rain cloud burst open on the left of the frame.
This is a limited edition print with a print run of 100.
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While the prints available on this website only represent a tiny fraction of my work, I am continuously adding many more new and older images to a my 'Photographs by Date Gallery' at pbase.com. I create images on a daily basis, so if there is a date without a photograph, I most probably will have one but have yet to add it to the gallery. The majority of these images are open edition prints with prices starting at $90.
A Year of Perth Sunrises Project.
On August 1st 2011, I embarked on a project to capture every Perth sunrise on a daily basis over the duration of an entire year. Each of these sunrises may be view at my galleries on pbase.com: 'A Year of Perth Sunrises'
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