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gus
Dec-20-2004, 02:23 AM
Been storms building & collapsing since 1pm...watched maybe 7-8 of them from out & about....all just dry & a bit of wind. This one caught me by surprise as the lightning was in the wrong area. I missed sooo many good shots as i always do.


http://humoungus.smugmug.com/photos/12950036-M.jpg


http://humoungus.smugmug.com/photos/12950037-M.jpg



http://humoungus.smugmug.com/photos/12950038-M.jpg
Andy
Dec-20-2004, 04:23 AM
real nice, 'gus! impressive :thumb
lynnma
Dec-20-2004, 04:54 AM
Great lightening shot humy... I've yet to get one...when we get storms like that I tend to get under the bed...:huh
ian408
Dec-20-2004, 06:31 AM
Nice shots! I wonder if the building was struck or it just appears that way?

Ian
Harryb
Dec-20-2004, 07:00 AM
I love lightning shots and those three are very nicely done. :thumb


Harry
ehughes
Dec-20-2004, 08:37 AM
Awesome stuff , can to share settings etc..?
I've been thinking about picking up a lightning trigger, any experience with those?
gus
Dec-20-2004, 10:25 AM
Tks...all 3 shots are the same. I dont even know if these settings are correct but the easiest way to get the shot over a 16 second wait.

You have no idea just how many huge strikes hit whilst the camera was writing to the card after every 16 second exposure !! Murphys law.


Photograph DetailsDate Taken:0000-00-00 00:00:00Date Digitized:0000-00-00 00:00:00Date Modified:0000-00-00 00:00:00Make:OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTDModel: C5050Z Size: 2018x1918 Bytes: 1224966 Aperture: f/8.0 ISO: 64 Focal Length: 7.1mm Exposure Time: 16s (1600/100)JPEG Quality:normalFlash:16Exposure Program:ManualExposure Bias:0ExposureMode:1DigitalZoomRatio:0/100ColorSpace:sRGB
gus
Dec-20-2004, 10:29 AM
Nice shots! I wonder if the building was struck or it just appears that way?

Ian
No it wasnt ian..that building is only about 800 yards away straight across the river. Those strikes were easily 2-3 miles away.

There were maybe 10 hits & i missed 7 :cry

Its easy to do as lightning will ALWAYS strike the same spot over & over again so you can even zoom on the spot once you see where it is going.

I have watched a lot of lightning & it does hit the same spot.
gus
Dec-20-2004, 10:32 AM
Awesome stuff , can to share settings etc..?
I've been thinking about picking up a lightning trigger, any experience with those?
E i just use time exposure of 16 seconds (camera max) & point it at the action. I do put the ISO on 50 (my lowest) to try to get as little noise as possible.

I have a friend that uses a trigger because he shoots with a large format film & it gets rather expensive to miss shots with. Man his stuff is excellent...he has one shot from a hill out of town where you can see it actually hitting the roof of a house !
Steve Cavigliano
Dec-20-2004, 10:42 AM
Gus,
Ya done good :super I'd have been happy with one nice lightning shot, you got a bunch. I hope you were wearing you rubber soled shoes :rofl Cameras on tripods make pretty good lightning rods :lol


Thanks for sharing these,
Steve
gus
Dec-20-2004, 10:54 AM
Tks steve...some nights i sit & watch several hundred strikes. I have only recently worked out how to shoot them. I used to just use the setting where i took several shots & then wrote to card but no i lengthen the exposure.

When my moment arrives...between my work & passtimes...getting taken by lightning would be a nice clean way to go believe me.