Monday, August 22, 2011

lightning on demand

We just returned home from a dreamy trip to Costa Rica, and there are hundreds of photos to sort through. I wanted to quickly post what is probably the most incredible photo of the whole trip now though (I can say that without sounding like a braggy-pants because I didn't take it-- John did). On one of our last nights there John, Pearl and I ran down to the beach from our hotel room (which took oh, you know, about 20 seconds-- I said it was dreamy, didn't I?), to catch the sunset. John was taking pictures (you think I am the only one in this family that is borderline obsessed with the camera? Wrong. I take most of the pictures of the people, but John is just as into taking pictures of nature and landscapes), and he had Pearl and I get into the frame for a few silhouette shots. Off in the distance I noticed the lightning and mentioned that it would be freakishly awesome to get a picture of the sunset with the lightning. But what are the odds, right? As we were walking back to the hotel I was clicking through the pictures on the camera to see a few and I seriously screamed "You got one with lightning!!!" We were both pretty excited. I've tried to capture lightning on camera before and it is almost impossible to time it. You just have to get lucky. And we did.

And just for the record, this is the picture straight out of the camera-- no editing to enhance colors, saturation, or contrast at all. Go John.

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More from Costa Rica soon :).

10 comments:

Mama Janet said...

Oh, this is amazing! I'm so glad you got back, can't wait to hear about your adventures.

Katie said...

WOW!

Teacher Mama said...

That really is spectacular. It deserved its own post. :)

Amy said...

Wow! Amazing!

Kaylie and Mike said...

Beautiful!!!!

Tiffany said...

Stunning. That is seriously one of the coolest pictures I have ever seen! Wow. I love it!!!

Sassy Rachel said...

WOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW! That needs to be submitted to a magazine STAT! Amazing.

My favorite part of the movie is you saying in response to George saying he has a bloody nose "I'm sure it's not..." :) Hilarious, and I so just get it and have been there:) So cute

Liz said...

Amazing! What an incredible photo to remember what I'm sure was a perfect vacation. Nicely done, John!

Angie said...

It's breathtaking!

moiety said...

All of the green pixels in that image bled out of the scene and landed in my emoter. That is one fantastic image; well done indeed John. :)