I’ve captured images of lightning over Marblehead Harbor only twice previously (June 2012 and August 2015). I had been pleased with those efforts until the night of June 27th. I had gone out after one storm passed over town and set up along Corinthian Lane to capture the next storm headed our way. While I waited, I was treated to an incredible sunset and then this – my second favorite image of 2017.
My original thoughts on this image:
What an incredible night and an epic lightning storm over Marblehead Harbor. I left the house a little after 7pm hoping to capture lightning from Chandler Hovey park but kept missing bolts during the first storm. As the rain pelted the Neck, I waited in my car and saw another storm heading our way on the radar.
As I waited, I noted pink hues forming near the horizon and moved to a favorite spot on Corinthian Lane from where I captured a very nice sunset over the harbor. Just as the sunset light faded, the real show began and I was treated to an awesome lightning storm. The bolts kept growing in size and I managed to grab three huge bolts over a span of three frames. I decided to stack the three images to share all of the lightning bolts in the single frame affording the viewer a better feeling for the awesomeness of tonight’s storm.