We had a fairly active pattern of storms at the end of August with this image being captured on August 23 (4 days after the outing with storms and rainbows). I had gone out to a favorite spot along Corinthian Lane to watch this storm coming towards Marblehead just as sunset approached. I set up to try to capture lightning while also keeping the shutter speed fast enough to keep the boats in sharp focus. There’s a lot of luck when it comes to lightning shots and I definitely lucked out when I saw this huge bolt just as the light of sunset hit its peak.
For the well-timed captured of a bolt of lightning at the peak of sunset over a full Marblehead Harbor, this is my second favorite image of 2020.