lightning picture from a moving car...

[Mike Hollingshead]

Wow, quite a shot! I'm probably just being stupid, but I'm interested to know how you were able to get the powerlines so sharp while moving enough to create the blurred lights effect on the road. Fascinating!

The powerlines and pole would really only show up during the brief moment of the lightning flash....dark over there otherwise, unlike the road where the headlights were shining.

 

[Doug Raflik]

Yep. Mike hit it right on the head. Oh, and to address a quote that was said a few posts up... I wasnt driving. My chase partner Todd Sprinkman was.

Doug Raflik

 

[Mike Hollingshead]

It is a cool photo btw. I used to fart around with various car mounted shots and now am getting the desire to do some again. I wonder if you could do that from like a behind the driver perspective.....and use a follow up flash at the end of the exposure for the car interior. I guess it'd only work if the angle was right, to avoid the flash off the glass(or maybe it wouldn't work at all, I did it towards myself driving, with my window down when I tried it). I bet it'd be a freaky shot though, with the interior lit up, the dark outside with motion and lightning.

 

[David Schuttler]

I use to do this with a Canon A70 by resting the hand on the dash or against the passenger seat headrest. Just hoped for no bumps. These two are from March 12th of last year.

This one was done with a 20D just missing around .
Not great but it gives an idea of potential things to try.