Photo Ops...

Two magnificent Bull Moose clash,horn to horn in mortal combat,over territorial imperatives in the lush green marshlands of Minnesota!

Taken at great risk to the photographer,..at night.

Okay,..that was lame.

But!..We did have a record thunderstorm right here in O-Town recently,and I managed to capture a couple of minutes on video for posterity!
This was a huge deal in this part of California.

Over one-thousand lightening strikes in a matter of just a few hours!

I know..It doesn't especially compare to those glorious and apocalyptic boomers that occur in many parts of the country..

Lord he'p me,..I miss those Jovian battles on The Grand Mesa of Colorado,that all but turn your bone marrow into Jell-O.

Still,this was pretty damm impressive,in a laid back Northern California sorta way!

Have you ever tried to grab a still shot of lightning?

You have to point your camera in an anticipated direction,wait for the flash of light,click the shutter on the camera,and hope that it digitally registers in time to catch the forked beast at the precise moment of optimum,..ummm,..fork-ed-ness.

Or,you can just take a video into Windows Movie Maker,and do a frame-by-frame search.

..That's what I did.