STORM2K

I'm curious to know, do you think that this video is fake? I do, and for good reason. I would presume that any bolt of lightning that close to the camera would "play" with the camera settings. In other words, a flash that close would create an astonishing amount of light energy; enough to overexpose that entire segment of the video, which is something that we do not see.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn65RFvJKnk[/youtube]



Edit: Well, after re-reviewing the video, I noticed that the first part of the segment did get overexposed while/after the bolt occurred, but I still think the video is suspicious.

By the way, what I'm referring to is the acute transition from a low-lit area to an extensively high-lit area. Maybe the camera's light sensing equipment is faster than most, but regardless of that, it still is odd.

If you have a camera, you can notice that, too, when you turn on a light in a previously dark room. Of course, the intensity of lightning does not compare to that little bulb in your room.

Im not to sure about the electronics, but I've other videoes of lightning with that amount of distance between camera and strike with no damage to the camera.

Looks pretty convincing to me. I think it'd be a lot of work to fake the detail of that strike (the light though the leaves of the tree and the movement of the sparks as the camera moves rapidly sideways and down).

I've actually been a bit closer than that to a strike on a palm tree. Knocked me down and several feet backwards. Scared the you-know-what out of me.

Looks real to me, and I have seen quite a few serious lighning storms.
Thats amazing footage, I bet his hairs were standing on end after that.
I have also been really close to a few bolts myself and it gives you a wierd feeling throughout your body for a few minutes afterwards. Freaky for sure.