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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Season is almost over... the temps were slightly cooler this morning.

SRQ Strike

z6
ISO 100
f8
1/4s
Strikefinder II

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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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Lightning bolt on the cusp of sunset. Sarasota Fl

Sunset Spark

Nice little evening bolt over the Gulf of Mexico. Sarasota Fl

Z7
ISO 125
f8
4's
Strikefinder2
Croped in PSE

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Day bolts aren't always as well defined. I was close enough to the cell to pick up some great tentacles up and down the main bolt.

Condo Valley ~ Sarasota FL.

Z6
ISO 125
f14
1/5s
Strikefinder2
Cropped 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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Power Bolt

Sarasota skyline as a night storm rolls through...

Z6
ISO 400
f8
15's
Strikefinder2

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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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June is the kind of kick off for storm season... The air is getting thick, the upper atmosphere is heating up...

Threatening skies give way too big boltz in early July.

D3200
ISO 100
f2.8
1/400s

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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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I had just checked into my hotel when this cell popped off.
Leesburg Fl early summer.
Shot through a pretty dirty hotel window.

Z6
ISO100
f8
1/8s
86mm

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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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Double Trouble

Twin cloud to ground strikes over downtown Sarasota

Nikon Z6
ISO 100
f8
1/4sec
58mm

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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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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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Day Jumper

This was on the cusp of evening, generally you don't get such good detail on bolts at this hour... super happy with the details.

D7100
ISO 125
f8
20sec
ND .9
Strikefinder2 trigger

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Lightning season is only two months away... Just reminiscing about past storm seasons.

A single strike in Sarasota Bay... Not a real fan of day bolts. You take what mother nature gives

Z6
ISO 120
f8
1/6
ND .90

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Widow Maker

A straight line cloud to ground strike over Condo Valley
Sarasota in the summertime ...

Z6
ISO 100
f10
46mm
10s

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Out of the Blue

One of my top ten sparks from 2020 ...

D7100
f8
ISO 125
25mm
20s

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Respect Nature... It will bite you in the ass.

Lightning can jump out of its storm cell as far as 10 miles.

"Out of the blue" it's an old saying.

Nikon D500
ISO 320
f8
15sec
30mm
Strikefinder2

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