Our first major milestone in our 2024 Lightning Photo of the Year Award, the Top 30 Selections! Incredible imagery submitted this year, cannot wait to see who make it as Finalists! Thank you for all the entries! Please watch the video above for the full critique and commentary on all the photos by Mike, Dennis, and Jennifer!

Congratulations to everyone who made the Top 30, we are stoked to share these and cannot wait to present the Top 10 next week!

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Tyler Smith

Sara Bruce

Carlos Castillejo

Malliard Alexis

Sarah AlSayegh

Lauren Thompson

Florian Riou

Mike Kruze

Nicholas Boettcher

Donna Ruthraff

Joseph Velasquez

Florian Ambrosino

Nate Nelson

Maillard Alexis

Reid Woodward

Yann Landry

Josh Frye

Connor Healey

Mirko Maini

Brett Wright

Rossitto Stephen

David Baxter

Lori Bailey

Sebastian Piasecki

Connor Healey

Michael Seger

Jacob Hough

Jacob Hough

John Byerly

Nate Nelson