Lightning over Lake Mascoma So I made up for yesterday’s lost photo opportunity with this shot here. After a lovely day soaking up sun lakeside, splashing around and even taking a sailboat out for a spin, we were treated to nature’s own fireworks show (and as seeing that this was New Hampshire, some of the neighbors were competing, and not succeeding in distracting me from what was right in front of me).

I’ve always wanted to shoot lightning, and after briefly being discouraged for not having brought my tripod with me, I shook it off and improvised with a picnic table sitting in the yard. This shot here turned out to be my favorite. And now I can say I’ve photographed lightning.

For those interested, here are the tech specs:
Exposure: 4.5 seconds at f 7.1
ISO: 1600
Focal length: 55mm