Photographs of Lightning Over Boston

On June 1 a storm brought tornados to areas of Western Massachusetts--very rare for this area. I took the dog out around 10:30 that night and could see crazy-rapid flashes of lightning from my house. I shouldn't have waffled about jumping in the car--by the time I got down there with my camera it had mostly settled down. But I got off a couple of pics, anyway. And one of them even has lightning in it.







I've never been very good at taking pictures of lightning or fireworks. My technique is just to point and shoot until I get something that's not either pitch black or a complete blur. According to this article, taking photos of lightning is not nearly as hard as it seems. This also looks like an easy-to-follow tutorial. Something new to learn ...

I didn't find too many on Flickr from this POV, but here are a couple that are much better than mine.

This one from 40 Steps in Nahant looking toward Boston skyline is freaking awesome.

And here's another good one of a double-bolt strike looking from Somerville toward the Boston skline.