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[Golfer]

I love lightning photos! We had a storm the other night and I tried to get some, but had no luck... Oh well, it was my first time...

Did get this one last night just before the rain started to pour...


RAW, Tv:1/100, Av:5.0, ISO200

Cheers!
JHN

[Jarred]

nice one John. great colouring

[alex g]

[Golfer]

Those clouds look great Alex! I took this one a couple of weeks ago, thought I'd share...



Cheers!
JHN

[99gti]

John - very nice shot! Looks ace!

[Jarred]

John - very nice shot! Looks ace!

X2. infact make that X2.5....

[golfmeup]

Didn't know you were such a fine photographer John!

We should do a photo trip sometime around the coast.

Heres one of my favs, from the big storms we had back in October-November 2007 on the coast.

Happy snapping!!

[MissVuks]

was watching 10HD docos this afternoon. that crazy guy on angry planet was chasing storms and taking some awesome lightning pictures. He said you need to have your exposure as long as possible to take lightning pics? And its kind of a luck of the draw if you get the picture

What kind of an exposure is suitable to take lightning pics? I also noticed he had a tripod which is necessity for long exposure pics right?

i love storms and would like to try take some pics next time we have one

[Golfer]

It's always a good idea to use a remote shutter with the camera set on "Bulb". That way you control the release, so you don't capture overlapping strikes. I use a Micnova wireless shutter that has a 100m range.

[golfmeup]

Set the camera on "Bulb" and yeah if you have a wireless shutter release use that!

A tripod and a long exposure are definates,

I find it depends on the storm, sometimes I get lucky just popping of 30 sec exposures and if there is a lot of lightning in one area you are bound to get one in frame.