Yesterday evening I finally had the opportunity to photograph a thunderstorm. The direction was right, the number of lightning bolts in the forecast was right, and most importantly, it was timed so that it was not yet too dark.

Before the storm

 

First timelapse with the position shown above.


 

 

About 20:15 clock started and on site it was then quite fast. Slider with the Fuji X-T20 set up and started to photograph. But, wait, there was something … OMG, I forgot the adapter for the ND filter. Well, you can’t have everything. So the chances of many lightning bolts were then also quickly gone. Nevertheless, three times I caught one.

At 21 o’clock I was already on the way back, after heavy rain set in.

Before the storm

 

Second timelapse with slightly changed position.


 

 

In the meantime, I took a few handheld shots with the IR camera.

Before the storm

Before the storm