Catched on 12th of April, around 8pm.
An impressive one, with very bold and powerful lightning strikes ^^

Sky with strange colors:
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050412_storm02.jpg

Distant lightnings make the sky look like by day:
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050412_storm04.jpg

Respect the power of nature ! ;-)
http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050412_storm03.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/050412_storm01.jpg

Today's thunderstorm was tremendous. I was at Bukit Merah vicinity and even witnessed a horizontal lightning, probably 1-1.5km long striking through the clouds.

About your photos, great shots! Once in a lifetime.

wow... how did you capture lightning?

i was about to go cycling at 730 but was held back by all that noise and light. but it didnt rain at all so went out at 945 :)

Yes, I noticed, it was surreal, with lightning every few seconds. Yeah, how did you capture the lightining?

VERY NICE PICS!!!!WOW!

Cool Shots! Can see the lightning forked out beautifully!

I wanted to take lightning shots too yesterday... but, I am staying too low to see any lightning... :(

Can't feel any tremor too... which is a good thing... :)

oh my! so dramatic! :eek2:

the lightning yesterday was ferocious! kept striking every few seconds with lots of thunder! :eek:

Great work Pengui..I guess you were expecting the lightning when you took those pics :)

Wah thats cool.......:eek::cool:

Hehe thanks ^^
I kept shooting as many photographs as my camera could, those shots are the best out of about 40 ;-) I first set a correct exposure to capture the natural light (ie the light from the city and the sky without any lightning), and then I kept shooting with a 4s exposure time (that is about every 10s considering how slow my camera is ^^ ).
Then I was hoping to see some lightning strikes in the 4s ;-)

The thickness of the strike on the last shot is not due to overexposure, they were really very very bold ! I also witnessed some horizontal strikes, and some much more good looking than those, but couldn't catch them ;-)

first pic at the bottom...freaking awesome man!!!!!

i wonder what those bolts of lightning struck.

^
Electrons.........:yes:

huh no i mean.. like did it hit a tree? or a body of water.. hopefully not anyone.

If the last one hit someone, he must be roasted like on a BBQ ! ^^
seriously, I think it happened other JB :-)

it happens like every year or so i think :/

i have but one thing to say: physics rocks!!! And storms too...

GREAT photos of the thunderstorm, Pengui! :okay: Thanks! :)

Some more lightning pictures from Singapore Clubsnap Forum.

http://tchuanye.smugmug.com/photos/19513714-L.jpg

http://tchuanye.smugmug.com/photos/19513711-M.jpg

http://tchuanye.smugmug.com/photos/19513709-L.jpg

http://tchuanye.smugmug.com/photos/19513712-L.jpg

He mentioned his settings in this thread
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=126055&page=1&pp=20

Muahaha.....

Btw yesterday got lightning meh?

nice pictures on lightning:eek:

Muahaha.....

Btw yesterday got lightning meh?

Think he took it on the 12th too.

No lightning, but heres a stormy pic by redstone.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/redstone/storm.jpg

Found this online

http://megaweb.clubsnap.org/images1/lightning.jpg

My humble work....:D
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ylstan02/Ang%20Mo%20Kio/DSC_0052r.jpg

Eh, that ain't all that humble, babystan! :applause:

I noticed this thread was opened by Pengui in April of last year. Is this the stormy season in Singapore?

Its easy to forget that we live in a very active weather zone... I certainly did!

Eh, that ain't all that humble, babystan! :applause:

I noticed this thread was opened by Pengui in April of last year. Is this the stormy season in Singapore?

I don't know, better ask the locals but for the last one month or so there was a lot :-) Almost every day.
Now it seems to have calmed down.

Yes...it was pretty stormy last month.

Many times the day starts off scorching hot, but quickly darkens in the mid-afternoon to evening with a huge thunderstorm.

You know when a thunderstorm is coming...the air smells different

sorry. its not as dramatic. but i took this pic last year.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/janus020/PICT0145.jpg

Did the dark skies strike you as dramatic though?

I believe it can be quite dramatic if you're about to take off... ^ ^

i thought it was absolutely beautiful. i had never seen rain from a storm falling that clearly before from afar. it was wonderful. its hard to tell from the picture, but the skies were actually only partly cloudy, so i wasnt too worried about taking off. seeing how active the region is, i know my pilots had probably seen a lot worst.

i was rewarded with this on takeoff...

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/janus020/PICT0151.jpg

ah... rainbow.

that rainbow is lovely :happy: