Last night’s lightning

A reader called Haresh sent me the picture above which he took last night around 8:45PM. I checked and the picture isn’t retouched, its straight out of the camera. That looks like a pretty big lightning strike.

Picture was taken with an Olympus E-520 with an f-stop of 5.6 and shutter speed of 5 seconds. Location is Salmiya.



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  1. Rafeek says:

    Nice!

  2. kadavul says:

    I was thinking to take one…:-(

  3. Bu Yousef says:

    What a shot… I was driving by Salmiya last night ans saw many big ones :)

    Great capture, Haresh.

  4. roxas says:

    Yep saw A lot of big one yesterday night

  5. naveed says:

    Welldone Haresh………..really good view.

  6. zaydoun says:

    I had a front row seat from my sofa… it was awesome!

  7. elwehbi says:

    That’s an awesome picture! It explains why there was so much noise last night.

  8. sman215 says:

    we were in fintas sitting in the garden puffin shisha with frinds and watching the game,when it strike we ran like mother#$%@ after :p

  9. ariston says:

    looks like doomsday is near! =)
    really good timing Haresh…

  10. UmmeKulsum says:

    What A Shot !

  11. Teddy B. says:

    Seriously what a shot! He got that in a 5s shutter speed??? Thats one big strike.

  12. Ramez says:

    So lucky, I kept the camera on the tripod facing the Sky, holding the remote in my hand waiting for the light, And I couldn’t catch any.

  13. Sajid says:

    Could I have a hi-res version please?

  14. Hozefa says:

    Really Amazing Picture…! It Shows natural beauty of lightning..!

    Good work …Haresh

  15. Name is bond says:

    Haresh…cool capture..
    Yesterday salmiya was getting pounded with lightning, not sure about the rest of Kuwait.

  16. TweeZ says:

    RAIDEN WINS!

    FLAWLESS VICTORY!

    FATALITY!

  17. samurai says:

    There was one particularly loud thunder. If I hadn’t known it was raining, I would be fetal positioned in my bath tub.

  18. Abdulla says:

    did anyone hear about buildings being struck frying the electronics?

  19. zero says:

    I wonder where was the touchdown.

  20. sabah says:

    That sucker was probably the one that caused the electricity to trip in my building yesterday (in Salmiya).

    Awesome pic indeed.

  21. Paula says:

    Fab picture Haresh, can i have a copy to put on my facebook? please..

  22. FaDy says:

    Nice shot! can we have the original one?! or at least a higher resolution one?

  23. s. says:

    awesome!!! please link to the original / high resolution one!

  24. Ozy says:

    No thumbnails?

  25. Mathai says:

    Wow awesome shot Haresh!

  26. Sami says:

    Great shot, i wish i had the time to take one …

  27. Aglocogirl says:

    Great pic, just saw the same pic on Arab Times Front page today, i assume Haresh might have sold them for a good buck.

    Regards

  28. T says:

    Well some one should tell “haresh” that that picture could be worth a lot of money!…

  29. Haresh Patani says:

    Thanks viewers for appreciating me,
    I have not sold this pic to anybody ( nor Arab Times ) for any money. It is my hobby and i see that many of you requested for the high resolution picture,Here you can download
    Kuwait Lightning = http://www.mediafire.com/file/orqknwntztk/P1312746.jpg
    Kuwait Skyline = http://www.mediafire.com/file/ctf1yja2h2j/P3211089.jpg

    I hope you will not remove the Copyright ;-)

  30. Name is bond says:

    Haresh you are the man…too bad that AT didn’t mention your name, forget the copyright!!

  31. Gilbert S says:

    Thanks, Haresh for that picture. Brilliant shot!

  32. Yousuf M says:

    AT does mention his name “Haresh patani” on the website. Dont know about the paper.
    P.S. This is my neighbor :)

  33. Spartan says:

    Tweez LOOOOOOOOOOOL

  34. dave says:

    @haresh: do you have a blog or flickr account?

  35. Thanks Harish for excellent shot, Arab Times has given you the credit in News Paper and Website.

  36. ariston says:

    Thanks Haresh!
    looks pretty cool as screen savers… :)

  37. geo4u says:

    Way to go Haresh!!! Keep clicking bro.

  38. Paula says:

    Brilliant, thanks Haresh

  39. Suzaan says:

    Haresh,thats an amazing pic.I have been dying to get that perfect shot but couldnt,,,yours is just great.

  40. Syed Sohail Qaiser says:

    Dear Haresh,
    Great picture ..and you really well deserved all the honest and real comments given by all .

    Keep lightning .


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