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Footage from an intense lightning storm that rolled through the islands last night... lasted about 2 hours with lightning strikes every four to five seconds.

Shot on an HVX-200 at 480i 60i -- On an incandescent WB setting (for blue effect)

Nature performed for us last night. Thank you nature...

Music: Four Tet- I've got viking in me

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  • Audrey plus 2 years ago
    beautiful!!
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    :)
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  • Charlie McCarthy plus 2 years ago
    That is the best lightning capture I have ever seen. Beautiful wide shots, editing and the natural sound.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    Thanks man... the sound of rain and thunder is actually done in post.
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  • eric cwiertny 2 years ago
    Very cool...are these stills from video? Awesome effect in the editing..agreed, beautiful!
  • heather 2 years ago
    this is what I was going to ask, I wasn't sure if most of it was done in editing or if that was just really awesome video, either way it's great.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    thanks guys :)

    this is all video... just slowed down a lot at times.
  • heather 2 years ago
    that's amazing. thunder/lightning storms are my favorite thing about summer, I could sit out on my porch and watch them every time.
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  • Capucha plus 2 years ago
    fabulous ! And even better in full screen !
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    love the full screen function!!
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  • PEIKA plus 2 years ago
    fantastick peice loved it Blake!
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    Thanks Peika!
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  • CTD3 2 years ago
    Holy Mackerel Homey!
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    Cheers Chris!
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  • 3d60 2 years ago
    ace...nature really is the mustard
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    I think this is the best comment I have ever received.
  • 3d60 2 years ago
    happy to oblige.......p.s mint is the best comment to receive....gots to work hard to get 'mint' from me..
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  • Pants 2 years ago
    awesome...looks like the scar on my forehead.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    you're still in Harry Potter world aren't you?
  • ryan brown 2 years ago
    the pants cameos were my favorite part
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    that was actually the geege...
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  • Scruff_E_Guy plus 2 years ago
    well done....very cool
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    i was lucky to escape alive.
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  • Nisarga 2 years ago
    very strong... the full screen viewing is captivating
  • ryan brown 2 years ago
    i entirely agree. full screen is enchanting.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    thanks Pop, thanks Narnia...
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  • Emily Qualey plus 2 years ago
    yeah. wow. totally.
    friday night was pretty much amazing.

    i haven't seen a storm approach in such beauty in ages.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    it was fucking amazing.
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  • islebehere plus 2 years ago
    really awesome shots!!
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    Thanks!!
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  • Ben Millett 2 years ago
    Beautiful footage. I like the treatment you gave it.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    thanks Ben... I was amazed at how well the lightning came out! This camera is pretty much amazing...
  • Ben Millett 2 years ago
    what camera is it?
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    Hvx-200
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  • loonachic plus 2 years ago
    very nice!
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    Thanks, Loona!
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  • Steve Holt 2 years ago
    Really nice shots.
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  • Jesse England 2 years ago
    Haunting images. Bravo.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    its was a haunting night.
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  • alissa 2 years ago
    1. listening to four tet now.
    2. project: WeatherProject (see project forum)
    3. radical.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    i use four tet all the time. their music is perfect for a lot of the stuff I edit.
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  • Pirata718 2 years ago
    wow.


    thats all i got. fuckin wow.


    :D if there were a "love" button id pick that. but alas there is only "like" so ill have to settle.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    i was saying that the whole time...
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  • bucky716 2 years ago
    awesome footage!!!
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  • sherski 2 years ago
    I was just asking Duplo yesterday if she's enjoying the thunderstorms and lightening back east. We don't have any of that kind of fun and beauty here in Portland. I loved your video because it reminded me of how I used to stay up all night watching thunderstorms when I was a kid growing up in Ohio. Where are you located and what is the body of water in the vid?
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    This is an island in Penobscot Bay off the central Maine coast... I hadn't seen lightning like this there in over 8 years!
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  • editorlisa 2 years ago
    Wow. Seriously beautiful Blake!
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  • ed 2 years ago
    I love a good lightning storm, especially over the water. Great shots.
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  • Emmanuel Tenenbaum plus 2 years ago
    it was veryyy nice, and so impressive...
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  • aaroneous 2 years ago
    Nice footage! I covet any HVX-200 I hear about. Lucky you.
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  • Bill plus 2 years ago
    Stunning.
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  • keith 2 years ago
    This is awesome! You could totally sell this as one of those environment dvd loops, but this would be way better.
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  • Alex Simoes 2 years ago
    I really like the way this is edited, watching it full screen with headphones on and the lights out it remined me of my granparents old cottage on Thompson Lake in Casco that used to loose power a lot when it would thunder and lightning.
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  • mitch phillips 2 years ago
    wow, awesome.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    thanks mitch.
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  • Wow blake.
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    wow you.
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  • Lobo 2 years ago
    It really had the feeling of watching at a thunderstorm. Really likes it!
  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    thanks!
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  • Brian Boudreau 2 years ago
    Great footage Blake.. Id show my mother in law but she would be hiding under the bed...lol
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  • ghastlycavendish 1 year ago
    Ah, makes me miss the East Coast :)
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  • Sylvain Bourjac plus 1 year ago
    very beautyfull lighting captur.
  • Blake Whitman staff 1 year ago
    thanks dude, it was a freaky storm.
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  • EpicMovies 10 months ago
    OMG... I saw the capsule...the invasion has begun!
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