Jeff Smith Photographer Severe Weather and Lightning Image Gallery

The lightning gallery and severe weather gallery are all available for stock usage. Fine Art Pints are also available of these lightning and the severe weather photographs. If you need instant purchase and download, you can click on the images bellow, and be taken to Jeff Smith’s lightningsmiths images at Alamy.com web site. You can view larger images, caption, available size information you can also use their pricing calculator to figure out usage cost. You can also purchase and download any photograph listed on this page 24/7. Any other image you see on this page and not at Alamy please contact Jeff directly. He is working at getting his photos uploaded as fast as possible.
Updated 7/15/05 We should have everything completed soon.
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My friend Tom Willett and I go out and shoot a lot of storms. The mountains to the east of Tucson are named the Rincon Mountains. They are a very thick group of desert mountains, and the access roads are limited. As a storm rolls into town, we try to be far enough away to not get struck, but be close enough that the lightning looks huge. This 3-5 minute exposure on 120 film shows just how many bolts can hit in a short period of time.

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Sunsets over the Catalina Mountains in Tucson, Arizona are special enough, but when they have clear clean bolts, away from the rain of the storm, they can take on a new dimension.

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My friends and I have been going down to Puerto Penasco, Mexico on holiday for many years. On this particular visit, I had planned to drive but, at the last minute, another buddy of mine (not Tom Willett) wanted to drive his new truck. I told him I was hoping to shoot some lightning, and that we had to make that a priority. He said no problem, so we went down to our rented house on the beach in Las Conchas. That night, I saw a storm forming over the city. I ran inside to grab my camera gear, only to see from the second floor my buddy speeding away in his truck. *%&#! I couldn't belive it. So I gathered up my camera gear and ran to the top of a sand dune and began to set up. (See image LIGHTNING 064). An amazing amount of lightning was raining down over the small Mexican city. That was cool, but I wanted bolts over the water! As I watched the storm, I noticed it was moving from right to left, across the town, and heading out over the ocean. I took three of my cameras and headed for the beach, sticking one at the halfway point, facing the city (see image LIGHTNING 019). I set the last two cameras up at the beach, pointing out into the dark Sea of Cortez and hoped for the best. I sat and watched as bolts dropped down directly in front of my camera. LIGHTNING 030 is one of my favorite images. After kicking out about 8-10 big bolts, it was over. I collected up my gear, and went back to the party! I talked to my friend to find out where he had gone so quickly in his truck and he said he wasn't sure where I had went, so he went into town to try and shoot lightning by the fishing boats. He said he got nothing.

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Severe thunderstorm over Tucson Arizona USA with lightning bolt coming out of top of thunderhead to the ground. The Saguaro cactus in the foreground is so sharp you can see the cactus needles. The storm top is around 22,000 feet which makes this a very long lightning strike. You always wish for a huge lightning bolt to coming from the top of the storm but it rarely happens. That night I could see green flashes of bright light on the horizon as some of these bolts struck power transformers down on Oracle road. This was a 100 megabyte drum scan from a 35mm file.

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Single gigantic lightning bolt showers down east of Tucson, AZ with Interstate 10 in the foreground. This is one of the largest bolts I have ever seen. I was out by myself and I asked god to give me one good bolt so I could go home- this is what I got, and I went home immediatly after!

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Jeff Smith Storm Cloud Photo Gallery

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Dust Storm over Tucson Az Arizona From A mountain
Dust Storm over Tucson Arizona photographed from A mountain
 
 
 

 

 

 
     
     
 
 
     
     
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
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