Close to 12:00 midnight, getting ready to fall into bed.  The dog is in and asleep. The kids are asleep.  Everything is shut down.

My wife quietly says “lightning”, and I pull back the curtains on the door to our small balcony. Although the storm wasn’t hitting us, it was definitely hammering folks up north.  The clouds would ignite like big hot air balloons getting a blast of fuel. I reluctantly stumbled back downstairs, and halfassedly snapped these quick shots with my f1.4 50mm lens. Long exposures made them kind of blurred and weird… give me a break, I was half asleep and in a hurry.

Although they’re a bit glowy, ghostlike, and strange… I like them.  Let me know what you think. I know I’ll be able to use them somewhere, sometime.

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