Lightning

[Stan]

Last night about 4 storms converged over us. The rain was intense and the lightning fantastic. We do not usually get such dramatic weather here, so I put the ergo rest in the car and went to see what I could find.

http://stan.smugmug.com/photos/26527738-L.jpg

The rainforced me home, the camera perched on the window sill of the car was getting a bit wet.

So I went home and used a tripod in the doorway of my office

http://stan.smugmug.com/photos/26527729-L.jpg

Stan

[wxwax]

Anyone who shoots a good weather pic and wants to see it on US cable TV and on the net (no compensation, kinda like the Kodak Pic o' the day) should check out this site. (http://photo.weather.com/interact/photogallery/?from=home_dwp)

[Angelo]

woohoo.... made my hairs stand on end. great captures. :thumb

[Angelo]

Hey Sid - that's cool.

Anyone who shoots a good weather pic and wants to see it on US cable TV and on the net (no compensation, kinda like the Kodak Pic o' the day) should check out this site. (http://photo.weather.com/interact/photogallery/?from=home_dwp)

[DRT-Maverick]

Those are some amazing shots! How do you get it so the lightning isn't too bright that it whites out the shot?

[Stan]

Anyone who shoots a good weather pic and wants to see it on US cable TV and on the net (no compensation, kinda like the Kodak Pic o' the day) should check out this site. (http://photo.weather.com/interact/photogallery/?from=home_dwp)
Thanks for the link, Sid. Is that your firm?

woohoo.... made my hairs stand on end. great captures. :thumb Thanks Angelo

Those are some amazing shots! How do you get it so the lightning isn't too bright that it whites out the shot?
At night, if there is not too much light polution, you can set the camera to 30 sec exposure. F stop wide open. the flash of a strike is so quick, it will pick up the fork rather than the whole whiteness. I did not see the first shot's fork until I chimped it. all I saw was the white. It looks like I have another storm arriving now

Thanks
Stan