I had a meeting in Downtown Miami yesterday afternoon I had to attend. Luckily I had my camera equipment with me in the car because a good lightning storm started building over the city about the time my meeting ended.
After assessing the radar and the storms position, I drove to the bridge that leads to Key Biscayne and parked under it to stay dry. The storm was very active and producing lightning bolts every few seconds. I wanted to try to capture some shots of lighting with the city in the background or foreground. Unfortunately, most of the lightning occurred out over the bay or beach and not over Downtown Miami. I still managed to capture three OK shots, but not what I was looking for.
I did miss a good shot when lightning struck one of the skyscrapers. Of course it struck one of the buildings not within my viewfinder. Eventually the wind and rain overtook my vantage point and I had to seek shelter.
I did get some funny looks as people drove or passed by as I was standing there with my camera and tripod shooting the storm still dressed in my business suit and tie.
