Crazy lightning storm tonight! I was just about to go to sleep then i saw lightning flashes about ever 30 seconds or less! I've been meaning to shoot some lightning photos but hadn't gotten around to it till now....just got back in. Wish I could have gotten some better ones but I was scrambling to get my shit together and take a few shots before the rain came pouring in....
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08-25-2006, 03:29 AM #1
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crazy lightning tonight!
Last edited by midget; 08-25-2006 at 03:39 AM.
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08-25-2006, 03:44 AM #2
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SWEET especially the first one
Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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08-25-2006, 05:15 AM #3
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Damn thats Bad ass, awesome shots.
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08-25-2006, 06:15 AM #4
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yeah those pictures really suck
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08-25-2006, 06:28 AM #5
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I also like the first one. Well done. That was a fleeting opportunity.
Monty Python's version of the cougar phenomenon:
"This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit young men".
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08-25-2006, 07:14 AM #6
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Great shots. Good lightning photos are tough to capture. You did a great job here!
Last edited by ski_adk; 08-25-2006 at 07:32 AM.
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08-25-2006, 07:21 AM #7
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Three great pics from one storm. Originally Posted by midget
I really like this one, with the city lights.I'm just a simple girl trying to make my way in the universe...
I come up hard, baby but now I'm cool I didn't make it, sugar playin' by the rules
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08-25-2006, 07:40 AM #8
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08-25-2006, 07:49 AM #9
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08-25-2006, 07:58 AM #10
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FUCKING SWEET.
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08-25-2006, 07:59 AM #11
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Great shots Midget
The only prescription...is more cowbell.
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08-25-2006, 08:07 AM #12
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Absolutely amazing, I love the different colors of each lightning web
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. The winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms, their energy. Your cares and tensions will drop away like the leaves of Autumn." --John Muir
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08-25-2006, 09:52 AM #13
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Sweet shots, dude!
Too bad you didn't have something to cover the lens and body while the rain came in ... sometimes with rainfall and lightning you get some REALLY funky and cool effects from light being refracted through the raindrops.Balls Deep in the 'Ho
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08-25-2006, 10:16 AM #14
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Nice shots midget. Lightning is a bitch of a subject. There's a ton of luck involved even if you have the technical parts dialed in.
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08-25-2006, 10:18 AM #15
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Tits ahoy, Midge. Nice work!
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08-25-2006, 10:31 AM #16
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your horizon is off in the first picture beyotch.
me likes the second one."In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair." -Emerson
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08-25-2006, 10:34 AM #17
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aweseome! whenever we have a storm, i always think how lucky i would be to get a shot....but it never works out -- cool that you got 3 nice shots!!
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08-25-2006, 10:36 AM #18
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Those are rad.
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08-25-2006, 11:33 AM #19
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Great pics!!!
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08-25-2006, 11:35 AM #20
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Great shots, Midget!
Care to give some tricks and tips on how to shoot lightening?There's a lot to be said for nowhere.
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08-25-2006, 11:40 AM #21
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I like all three photos. Don't listen to powstash, his office chair is tilted off-center.
Too bad my dog is so terrified by the thunder. The fact that he had a really tough day at the vet didn't help matters last night.A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
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08-25-2006, 11:43 AM #22
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It's actually not that bad - Expose for the scene and then use this: http://www.lightningtrigger.com/ Originally Posted by truth
Nice thing about lighning is it's relatively slow. It may seem like a flash but it's much longer than a strobe, so you can even get good shots on full "Auto." Set up a tripod, mout the trigger (there are others too - this is just the first I found on google) and crack a beer.
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08-25-2006, 11:43 AM #23
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what are the techincal considerations for taking lightening shots with a digital camera?
how long exposure?
plus or minus anything on the exposure?
tripod - of course
anything else?
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08-25-2006, 01:04 PM #24
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Long exposure, set it around f5.6-f11, and wait to get lucky!
Most were done (since I didn't have time to find my cable release) with a 30 sec exposure (max my camera lets me do), and at f16 on my first one (although i was a bit off, and was a little dark), but i was up on a bit of a hill and the lightning was pretty close (so everything was a bit brighter than the last 2....those were further away)...
Oh, and tripod for sure.Last edited by midget; 08-25-2006 at 01:14 PM.
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08-25-2006, 01:20 PM #25
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Nice pics Eric. Wary, wary nice.
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