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Offline david0

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Lightning
« on: May 01, 2012, 08:21:07 PM »
Does anybody else have any lightning pictures? I drove a truck through Texas over the weekend and ran into two lightning storms, it was pretty fun. I got some video too that I still need to edit.

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2012, 08:34:01 PM »
GREAT PICTURES!  :tup:

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2012, 08:37:09 PM »
Yeah it was fun. I took over 9000 pictures in the two days I was in Texas.

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2012, 08:47:17 PM »
I took a few in Montana on one of my trips to Wisconsin, pretty cool shots you got David0 !!

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2012, 10:19:14 PM »
Wow those look way better than mine. Do you remember what kind of settings you were using? This was my first attempt.

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2012, 10:44:06 PM »
Got these on a trip to Iowa a few years back
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2012, 07:31:18 AM »
Wow those look way better than mine. Do you remember what kind of settings you were using? This was my first attempt.

I had my camera on a tripod with a remote shutter button and on "Bulb" setting so I could set the exposure time as long as I wanted just by pushing the button, these shots were like 30 second exposures with 100 iso, Here is the metadata that will help you set up nicely !!

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Exposure time: 30 sec
Focal length: 44 mm
X-Resolution: 240 dpi
Y-Resolution: 240 dpi
Resolution unit: Inch
FNumber: f/8
ISO Value: 100
Metering Mode: Spot

You can get a similar effect with fireworks but the shutter speed is shorter like 3-8 seconds !!

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Exposure time: 5 sec
Focal length: 18 mm
FNumber: f/16
ISO Value: 100
Metering Mode: Multi-Segment
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2012, 07:49:25 AM »
Very cool, more please.  :tup:
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2012, 08:15:22 AM »
I do not like lightning anywhere in my vicinity but those shots are sweet.....

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2012, 09:03:09 AM »
Robodad, those are some of the best lightning photos I have ever seen!!

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2012, 09:51:45 AM »
Robodad, those are some of the best lightning photos I have ever seen!!

Hey, Thank you very much !! Glad you like them !!
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2012, 01:41:15 PM »
I tried doing long exposures but the all came out blown out. I was just doing a high iso and short exposure and it was working a little better. Ill have to try the long exposure again next time.

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2012, 01:48:11 PM »
All of those are cool pics, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2012, 01:50:47 PM »
Here is a little video of the lightning. I tried to slow it down a little at the end

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2012, 02:07:03 PM »
Pretty cool.  We had a descent storm out in my neck of the woods (OK Plains) yesterday and it sure feels like more tonight.  If it starts to spark I will try to get some pics for you guys.
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2012, 03:54:07 PM »
I'd love to find out the right or best way to photo them.  I've had poor success.
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2012, 04:00:04 PM »
Here is a little video of the lightning. I tried to slow it down a little at the end


Cool video !! When I lived in Wisconsin I'd grab a big glass of iced tea and a lawn chair and sit on the porch and just watch the show. The smell of a storm was like nothing else !!
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2012, 11:18:49 PM »
Here is a little video of the lightning. I tried to slow it down a little at the end


Cool video !! When I lived in Wisconsin I'd grab a big glass of iced tea and a lawn chair and sit on the porch and just watch the show. The smell of a storm was like nothing else !!

Us too, we would drive out to one of my grandfather's alfalfa fields and watch the storms roll in.

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #18 on: May 03, 2012, 10:52:37 AM »
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #19 on: May 03, 2012, 11:00:34 AM »
Nice pic's.
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Re: Lightning
« Reply #20 on: May 03, 2012, 11:15:51 AM »
Awesome pictures!  Those are amazing!

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Re: Lightning
« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2012, 11:50:35 AM »
cool thread.

what you want to do is get up in very tall tree or on a pole of somekind and wait to get a close-up lightning shot   :chuckle:

 


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