thanks for the comments GB and Allison! actually, it was just the beginning of the storm. at the moment I took the picture, it was raining, but not too badly, about 10 minutes later, the big storm came in with tons of lighting, thunder, etc and huge waves. but the lifeguard kicked us off the beach before unfortunately. I actually sneaked back for this one shot lol.

GB-now that's something I'd love to do! i always wanted to do a lightning shot, but i can never seem to pull it off. lightning is just too darn quick lol

Allison-yep, i noticed the rotation problem right after i posted it. nothing that can't be fixed though lol. thanks for pointing it out!