staccato lightning !

This is a great example of a staccato cloud to ground lightning strike. Staccato cloud-to-ground lightning is perhaps the most photogenic of all lightning. It is termed “staccato” because the lightning is comprised of just one single, rapid discharge and is typically accompanied by a myriad of interesting and intricate branching.

I caught this one at 5am on a sunday morning just off the Warrnambool coast a couple of weeks ago – very nice ! I cropped it square, but you can see the 2:3 image that has some extra cool squiggly branches here.

‘ staccato lightning – Canon 5d2 ’

~ by Tony Middleton on August 29, 2009.

Posted in australia, Australian coast, photography, stormchasing, victoria
Tags: Bass Strait, chasing, lightning, lightning photo, staccato, storm, stormschasing, thunder, thunderstorm, warrnambool

15 Responses to “staccato lightning !”

Very cool, Tony. This is something i’ve wanted to capture for a long time. Congrats.

Beau Mitchell said this on August 29, 2009 at 1:08 pm | Reply
- cheers beau – there’s plenty of op’s up SEQ mate 🙂
  
  Tony Middleton said this on August 30, 2009 at 9:38 pm | Reply
  - Yeah, they get some killer storms over there, but i’m in Perth at the moment. 🙂
    
    Beau Mitchell said this on September 1, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Brilliant capture Tony, that is a great lightning shot in the portfolio!

Flemming Bo Jensen said this on August 29, 2009 at 2:53 pm | Reply
- thanks Flem – there’s a few different ones in there now (just not online or here to date) 🙂
  
  Tony Middleton said this on August 30, 2009 at 9:39 pm | Reply
Very nice Tony Great timing

kirkhille said this on August 29, 2009 at 5:52 pm | Reply
- cheers kirk !
  
  Tony Middleton said this on August 30, 2009 at 9:40 pm | Reply
i will definitely have to get in on this storm chasing next winter! 🙂
awesome lightening

chloe said this on August 31, 2009 at 9:40 pm | Reply
- yeah Chloe – though spring and summer generally provide better opportunities, and it’s warmer so a bit more inviting to be out and about 🙂
  
  Tony Middleton said this on August 31, 2009 at 9:43 pm | Reply
wicked shot Tony.
love it, looks like a massive bolt you got there!

Stephen Williams said this on August 31, 2009 at 11:11 pm | Reply
- Thanks Stephen – yeah just managed to score this one before the downpour – gotta be some reward for chasing 7am at 4-5am on a sunday !
  
  Tony Middleton said this on September 2, 2009 at 6:22 pm | Reply
Wish I had weather like that around here! Cool photo!

Cody said this on September 1, 2009 at 5:08 am | Reply
- likewise Cody ! One photogenic thunderstorm at my house per year just don’t cut it for me… 🙂
  
  Tony Middleton said this on September 2, 2009 at 6:24 pm | Reply
I am envious mate! I am still to add a decent lightning shot to my portfolio!!

Well done.

Cheers,

Mark

truenorthmark said this on September 18, 2009 at 9:41 pm | Reply
- hi Mark, I’m sure you will get a killer shot somewhere down the track – when you do I wanna see it ! 🙂
  cheers,
  tone
  
  Tony Middleton said this on September 21, 2009 at 7:28 pm | Reply