In this picture I was waiting in near darkness (aside from the light polls in our neighborhood that give off poor light). Anyway, I was trying to get lucky and catch some lightning photos. When I took this shot, it felt as though my flash went off simultaneously with me taking the picture, but brighter than you can imagine. It just so happened that as I pressed the shutter button, lightning struck a tree very near by. The large area of light all around on the ground is from the flash of the lightning that essentially struck right above me. The teenagers in the background all screamed out loud and immediately left lol The first transformer that blew up (for about one minute!)
