Around 9pm or so last night, lighting flashed across the sky like an AC/DC song. A few seconds later, a low in the distance rumble rattled the windows. It really felt like a bomb. BOOM. I saw my lanai windows shake and rattle. It was awesome. I figured I’d pull the camera out and snap a few images.
I had a hard time with the lighting as it seemed the storm was actually right above our building or rather, just close enough but not in my camera view. I can’t go out to the street because there are way too many high rises around me and a late night trip up to Tantalus for a view risks myself and cameras being subjected to a tax by the locals in the name of reparations. Besides, it was raining. So, with my limited views, I set up my camera and walked away. I set up in a few locations in our condo finding the lanai shot was the most graphic and luckily I got a strike.
By far, my favorite shot was from last night through a closed window in the bedroom. The rain was pouring through so I shut the window but as I did, my camera fired off a frame and I caught the rain drops and purpled lighting sky. I like this shot. It doesn’t have a strike but for me, it has all the elements of living in a Honolulu tower at night…during a storm.
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