Stormcaller
Called by gods, driven by demons, slicing the night sky with dazzling brilliance, the night sky lights up like a war on the plains of Vígríðr.
Surrounded by turmoil , lashed by driving rain , this is the calm centre of the nights fury. High over the Lakes of Tekapo and Alexandrina we watch this amazing show.
A late call at the weekend we head down to Lake Tekapo for some astro shooting. The skies were clear when we started, by the time we arrived we had total cloud cover and rain.
After a good feed at the grill, we headed out to see what we could shoot.
Finding ourselves on a hill above Lake Alexandrina we noticed some lightning in the distance.
This turned into an epic light show , with many strikes every minute in every direction of the compass. We were literally in the eye of a huge storm.
The weather turned wild and we rode it out until heavy rain drove us into our tents.
I've never experienced the power and frequency of a storm like this!
Sadly in the early hours of Sunday morning the wind blew my tripod over and ended the life of my poor 6D.
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