A few low light images

Low light photography is one of my favourite forms, so I thought I'd share a few shots to get the sub forum going.
Canary Wharf at dusk by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Lightning over Clacton pier by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Thorpe Twilight by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Thanks for sharing these. Amazing pictures! How did you catch the lightning strike?

I took repeated long exposures, during a night time thunder storm & discarded the multitude of dark frames. I think I managed 3 actual strikes on this occasion.
On another occasion I work up to a storm and kept 2 cameras going alternatively just leaning out of the bedroom window. Much darker then so I could do 60s exposures & it was only during the strikes that anything showed up. That solved the issue with camera shake :)
Here's the brightest one from that storm, all lit by a single strike.
ultra flashgun by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

I wish I could arrange a flash like that a bit more often, the guide number of that flash must be huge!