Lightning Hit - Photography Contest [4 entries]

Bolt  Picture

Winning entry, with a score of:
67.9%
Contest goal:

The goal of this contest is straightforward: Take a picture of an object that is being hit or was hit by lightning.


Status: finished. Check out the winners below!
Suggested by: Rod13

UncleJimmy: An object the 'is being hit by lightening'? LOL...I have been shooting for over 30 years and STILL don't have a shot like that...I can see this being a VERY small contest. ( 5 years and 3020 days ago )
TankRed: May I suggest this being a very ridiculous contest? ( 5 years and 3020 days ago )
locksmagic: I will second that motion Tank! ( 5 years and 3020 days ago )
MnMCarta: damn... and I was always told not to stand out there with an umbrella during a storm... maybe I'll get like a metal rod and stand in the road and use bulb mode... OH MAN! Just thought about it... then I can get it hitting me and me being the thing it hit! I am SOOOO gonna win this one!!! Yea ya'll this rocks! ( 5 years and 3020 days ago )
UncleJimmy: Amanda...if you get hit, who will convert and upload the files? LOL ( 5 years and 3020 days ago )
MnMCarta: Well dangit! Sometimes i think just cause i have many personalities that they come with their own bodies too... I really need to have a manual! Lmao! ( 5 years and 3020 days ago )
iquraishi: Lolz.. let us know Amanda where you are planning to do that atleast others can come and take a picture of yours.. hehe.. just kidding do not try it.. ( 5 years and 3019 days ago )
drskn08: damnn.. with so many efforts i took few pix of lightning but with free ends hanging in the sky.. in fact i have not seen any lightning yet hitting something... now i have to change my direction of view while searching for a good photograph...lol
I would not say its not a good theme but surely a tough one ( 5 years and 3019 days ago )
TankRed: Its not impossible, just find a lighting rod but its ridiculous because even that is difficult to find not to mention shoot in the rain unless you are in a lighting prone area and have weather proof gear (most likely not gonna be under a shelter if you are gonna find yourself a lighting rod as a subject) ( 5 years and 3019 days ago )
jfish: So...can you create you own lightning or would that be off topic? ( 5 years and 3019 days ago )
EmiK: Around the world, lightning strikes the ground about 100 times each second, or 8 million times a day. So don't get discouraged guys, lol. ( 5 years and 3019 days ago )
Contest Moderator: You lightning must be natural; you cannot make your own lightning. ( 5 years and 3018 days ago )
jfish: Sad times... ( 5 years and 3018 days ago )
TankRed: whoa I just noticed the "was hit by lighting"... did the guidelines change or was I just being a lousy reader? Maybe this contest isn't as ridiculous as I thought it was seeing how it doesn't actually require a lighting shot (Although finding something that "was" hit by lightning is pretty hard anyways) ( 5 years and 3017 days ago )
friiskiwi: TankRed, you are a lousy reader (Like me), description hasn't changed, so I'm surprised we haven't got more entries.
Being 2 such totally different things I think it's a shame it's in one contest.
( 5 years and 3012 days ago )

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Bolt - created by Derivatix


Bolt
Favs: 1SBS: n/aHi-resRank: 1/4Score: 67.9% (38)10127 views

this bolt definetely hit something, it's as close as you can get. :)

Picture taken just last night. (5 years and 3018 days ago)


I'm sure it hit... - created by MnMCarta


Im sure it hit...
Favs: 0SBS: n/aHi-resRank: 2/4Score: 64.4% (30)6914 views

This is as close as I can get at the moment of lightning hitting something. I've taken a lot of lighting but this one I'm about 99% sure it hit something... Remove if you feel it didn't or if you have to show what it's hitting though it didn't specify if the object/person it's hitting has to show... (5 years and 3020 days ago)


nightshot - created by stanmircea


nightshot
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(5 years and 3018 days ago)


Heard it ! - created by Remsphoto


Heard it !
Favs: 0SBS: n/aHi-resRank: 4/4Score: 61.1% (0)5433 views

We didn't see the hit, but a few years ago we came out of our skin when a strike hit our tall pine. At first we could see a grove from the ground up to the tiptop. Now we're just waiting for the darn thing to fall over. (5 years and 3018 days ago)