What an amazing evening this was! There was a vibrant sunset but also a lightning storm. I grabbed my DJI Mini 2 drone and flew! I wasn't sure how the footage would turn out but was pleasantly surprised when I viewed it. I've added sound effects to help highlight the contrast between the sunset and storm.

I hope you enjoy the video.


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Quite something, to capture lightning strikes on video.

Those colours are outstanding.

Nice skies.
Although the thumbnail is a bit 'misleading'.
I was looking all over for that woman

Blériot53 Posted at 1-6 06:50
Quite something, to capture lightning strikes on video.

I flew 4 batteries to get the footage. Very hit and miss.

DAFlys Posted at 1-7 00:33
Those colours are outstanding.

Thank you. It's a combination of factors. I used an old photography trick of ETTR (expose to the right).  I may well make that my next tutorial as it maximizes the retained data based on how digital cameras store the image data. But with a small sensor camera, it can be hard to adjust for in post. So I also use custom luts to correct the footage based upon how much i "overexposed" .  Yet another tutorial idea.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-7 01:19
Nice skies.
Although the thumbnail is a bit 'misleading'.
I was looking all over for that woman

If she'd been there I would have landed pronto and you wouldn't have had a video to watch

well captured, liked your explanation too about the lightning, thank you!

BigglesPippa Posted at 1-7 08:50
I flew 4 batteries to get the footage. Very hit and miss.

Worth the flight time, I would say.

BigglesPippa Posted at 1-7 09:00
If she'd been there I would have landed pronto and you wouldn't have had a video to watch

Muhahahahahaha!
True that!

Remarkable footage and timing!  

BigglesPippa Posted at 1-7 08:58
Thank you. It's a combination of factors. I used an old photography trick of ETTR (expose to the right).  I may well make that my next tutorial as it maximizes the retained data based on how digital cameras store the image data. But with a small sensor camera, it can be hard to adjust for in post. So I also use custom luts to correct the footage based upon how much i "overexposed" .  Yet another tutorial idea.

Ive never heard of that before.    Might be an interesting tutorial.

Amazing colors, the lightning was impressive.

Thank you for all the comments. It's very kind.