Lightning drop over Longboat Key Florida

Season seems to be coming early this year.

From June 2019 which is closer to real start of lightning season.

D500
ISO 320
f8
15s
34mm
Strikefinder2 trigger

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Lightning season is months away... Diving into archives to stay motivated.

D500
ISO 320
f8
1/5sec
35mm & cropped in PSE

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Crawler over Condo Valley downtown Sarasota Fl

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SRQ After Dark

Sept 2022 shooting SW from
Sarasota City parking deck

Z6
ISO 250
f8
13sec
24mm
Strikefinder2
Benro Mach III

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Sparks over downtown Sarasota last night.

It was a really nice cell that produced bolts for a good two hours...

Z7
ISO 200
f8
13s
42mm
Strikefinder 2

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Downtown Sarasota Florida
Evening light show

9/5/2025

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Lit

Back lit cloud structure, you never know until the spark goes off.

Z6
ISO 320
f5.6
45mm
Cropped in PSE
Strikefinder2

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National Photography Day

Out of the Blue refers to bolts that jump out and away from the core cell.

D7100
ISO 125
f8
20s
Strike Finder II
EDITED in PSE

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Condo Crackle II

Same neighborhood, different spark. It's all just a blur in real time,

Z7
ISO 500
f9
15s
Strikefinder2
Croped in PSE

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Condo crackle

Big bolts light up Condo Valley in downtown Sarasota

Z7
ISO 500
f9
15's
Strikefinder2
Croped in PSE

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First Strike June 2025

The only downside is it's a day bolt, you don't get the same deep contrast...

Z6
ISO 100
f9
1/13s
.06 ND
Strikefinder2

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Season is building...
We could have fresh bolts as early as this weekend.

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Huge cell drifting off into the Gulf of Mexico at night.

Nikon Z6
ISO250
f5.6
15s
31mm

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Sparky

West winds off the Atlantic collide with easterly breezes over the Gulf on Florida's west coast.

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Lightning strike over Long Boat Key Florida

Coastal Chaos

Big Bolt cracked over Longboat Key Florida.
Shot from under the John Ringling Bridge spanning Sarasota Bay

Nikon Z6
ISO 100
f5.6
1/2 sec
ND .09

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Finger licking good...

This cell produced well over 100 bolts in the 40 minutes it hung around...

Nikon Z6
ISO 100
f8
20sec
58mm (cropped)

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Jumping Juice

Sparks were flying just outside the core of the storm.
West winds bring us the best shot at early even lightning.

Nikon Z6
ISO 250
f8
10's
24mm cropped

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June '22

Im over anticipating lightning season which more or less starts in June.

Z6
ISO 250
f8
15sec
41mm

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