Odd lightning Strike

[Chris Kennedy]

Ive seen lots of lighting but never like this, I dont know if its the quality of the camera that gave the effect or what. The strike is at 2:07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2tzO29FzVc

 

[Andrew Ryan]

I could be wrong, but I don't see anything abnormal about it. I think the video may have made it a little weird but other than that, I say it's a normal cg.

 

[Scott Weberpal]

I think I see what you are talking about. It likes like the stroke goes up and down. The bolt you see that appears to go "up" is an illusion created by the camera lens.

 

[Brandon Headley]

I have a video clip I just captured that actually does have to strikes one down and then one up. I will grab a couple of freeze frames and throw it on here.

However, that one looks like a camera caused effect.

 

[Will Wilkens]

Looks like a typical CG strike to me. Most likely the video quality after uploading to YouTube washed out details that give it more straight line beam look. Honestly, nothing out of the ordinary ;-)

 

[Jason Foster]

Video cameras do wierd things to lightning. I know of a few times I got CG shots that were about 1/4 mile away...but the camera had captured it to make it look like it was a feeder off a pole nearby. Older cameras are worse. I also have noticed issues with shoting through the windshield of a vehicle. The slant of the glass in combination of the reflection and the limits of a camera don't make things look right. One of my shots in this case made the CG look like it struck inside my truck....which it didn't of course.

I'm sure YouTube's poor quality isn't helping either.