Lightning shots of Felix 101

[Derf]

http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/316889004_aJqMG-L-1.jpg

I have more but this is the best of the set. :)

[MarkLawrence]

WoW!!!...that is an incredible shot Fred!

[cancidas]

that's amazing fred!

[Matt Molnar]

Stunning. :shock:

[T-Bird76]

Fred that is FRACKING amazing! I'm speechless....

[Derf]

Thanks guys... I think I am going to try to upload to jetphotos

[lijk604]

That's a killer shot Fred, I love it!

[nikon50bigma]

Increadible Fred!

[mirrodie]

ITs an eerie shot. I love it !
Nice job!

[Matt Molnar]

If you JP it I would be sure to add a watermark.

[nikon50bigma]

Fred, weren't you worried about being hit by the lightning?
Especially since the camera was on a tripod (I presume)?

[stuart schechter]

the lightning was far away...It didn't hit felix.

[Derf]

Fred, weren't you worried about being hit by the lightning?
Especially since the camera was on a tripod (I presume)?

Many years ago I was shocked for 30 seconds by 480 volts an industrial
building… I popped that cap on the pole outside and took down 2 residential
blocks and 2 small industrial buildings. I was in bad shape, lost vision, blood
was loosing its ability to hold oxygen. It took a while for me to stop
smelling the burning flesh smell.

I have been in PC hardware repair and I have gotten many low voltage jolts
from failing equipment. I got HIT by 60k volts from a monitor core 2 times
when other employees left monitors open on stacks of paper….when
something starts falling, YOU REACT….and as you realize what you are
grabbing as you are going to have a bad afternoon.

Of course with that I have popped 110 breakers in and out of a house a
dozen times or two….. (I always will find the short in an extension cord and
always find others bad patch jobs when they cut and fix the extension cords.

I almost got hit by lighting a few times and have a pretty good
understanding as I have been fine while within about 3 feet of a strike.


The chances of being hit are low, the get much better if you know the
weather and if you can figure out where the cells are in the area. Then
there is statistics on the likelihood of getting hit….and then there is
understanding your body and feeling the energy a few seconds before a
strike…and then figuring out what is likely to be hit.
(I was playing soccer in an open field…everyone went under the trees and
was yelling at me to follow then under the trees. I laid down on the grass in
the middle of the open field watching the lighting form right over head and
strike all around me…IT WAS INTESE as it can possibly get. A strike went
down a tree and I saw out of the corner of my eye about 15 – 20 people hit
their knees and all over. One guy died.

If you have your head on your shoulders and you understand what is going
on, you can be in a storm and minimize the risk…Just the same, you can be
in a house and put yourself in a position that you are much more likely to be
hit than in standing in an open field.



after all that reading, I needed to post another pic
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/318357322_DnjHv-L.jpg

[mirrodie]

Fred, just got an email from a friend in Palm Springs, works for NorthropGrumman, with a link to what? Your pic

they love it.

[Derf]

cool :borat:

[moose135]

I almost got hit by lighting a few times and have a pretty good
understanding as I have been fine while within about 3 feet of a strike.
Remind me not to stand so close to you the next time we're out shooting :shock:

Actually Fred is like Chuck Norris...lightning wouldn't dare strike him :wink: