philmcgrew
SmugMug Photo Description <div style="text-align: center;"><big><big><big> <big style="font-family: Trajan Pro;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> <span style="color: rgb(102, 117, 130);">Bay Bridge Lightning Strike</span></span></big><br> </big></big></big></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trajan Pro;">San Francisco, California</span><br> </div> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Myriad Pro;"></span>This is the photo that started it all.&nbsp; I would like to think that I occasionally took a good photo before this one (and since) but none have ever garnered the attention that this one has.&nbsp; It was taken out through the window of my home office.<br> <br> Lightning is increidby rare in Northern California.&nbsp; I had often thought that <span style="font-style: italic;">if</span> lightning did strike, some large metal rods surrounded by saltwater would make a great conductor.&nbsp; I watched the storm approach the city on an app which plots lightning strikes.&nbsp; I set up my camera as close as I could get to the window and darkened the room.&nbsp; I set the exposures for 20 seconds and when done, I had take 136 shots.&nbsp; Three frames had lightning in them.&nbsp; This one represents the most stirkes.&nbsp; I cannot state that all stikes hit simutaneously but I can say with certainty that they occurred within 20 seconds of each other.<br> <br> This photo has appeared on local and national TV as well as numerous print publications.&nbsp; These include the UK Daily Mail, the NBC Nightly News, and The San Francisco Chronicle.&nbsp; I was interviewed by the local NBC and CBS affiliates and the interview aired on the local evening broadcasts.<br> </div>
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