A single but active lightning storm with little precipitation in a warm air mass, moving slowly north from France towards the Belgian border, only a few miles south. The lights in the distance on the slope are towns and streets in France, the foreground with tree and powerlines is in Belgium.
Apart from the powerlines, the view was great here, and the storm moved straight to us and died at a few miles from the border.
Multiple CG and clouds and last light
Multiple CG and clouds
Multiple CG and clouds
CG and clouds
Multiple CG and clouds
Multiple CG
Multiple CG and clouds
Multiple CG and clouds - Detail from photo above
Multiple CG and clouds
CG and clouds
Multiple CG and clouds
CG and clouds
Multiple CG and clouds
CG and clouds (5D MkII frame)
CG and clouds (5D frame)
CG and clouds
CG Striking BEHIND the church tower (5D MkII frame, CG partly behind right frame edge)
Power lines removed from the photo
Same CG as above with clouds (5D frame)
CG and clouds
Great clouds and CG combination
Detail of photo above
Last rather close lightning strike. When it struck, I guess some 3 miles/5 km away, both Bart and me felt an electric tic on our arms and head. Not a single lightning followed this one, not even an IC or CC. The storm just ceased at once, and even rain was no more than just a few drops when it came over. Very abrupt stop, I guess it was the Belgian border?
In this image, I removed the power lines.
Detail of photo above
Even smaller crop.
Detail at 100%! I love my 5D MkII with 24-70mm 2.8 combination!
Timelapse from the 5D frame series. I had to move the camera which causes a change in composition. The speed is high, but this is to keep cloud movement natural. Shutter time was 15", about the frequency of lightning. That's why I have little frames and what causes the high speed. I did slow it down from 2 to 10 seconds.