Lightning

[david0]

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.

[CamoDup]

GREAT PICTURES! 

[david0]

Yeah it was fun. I took over 9000 pictures in the two days I was in Texas.

[robodad]

I took a few in Montana on one of my trips to Wisconsin, pretty cool shots you got David0 !!

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[david0]

Wow those look way better than mine. Do you remember what kind of settings you were using? This was my first attempt.

[flinger]

Got these on a trip to Iowa a few years back

[robodad]

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 !!

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

[Woodchuck]

Very cool, more please. 

[runamuk]

I do not like lightning anywhere in my vicinity but those shots are sweet.....

[lokidog]

Robodad, those are some of the best lightning photos I have ever seen!!

[robodad]

Robodad, those are some of the best lightning photos I have ever seen!!

Hey, Thank you very much !! Glad you like them !!

[david0]

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.

[oneezreiter]

All of those are cool pics, thanks for sharing.

[david0]

Here is a little video of the lightning. I tried to slow it down a little at the end

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[oneezreiter]

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.

[Gringo31]

I'd love to find out the right or best way to photo them.  I've had poor success.

[robodad]

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 !!

[lokidog]

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.

[popeshawnpaul]

Eastern Oregon.

[Huntboy]

Nice pic's.

[Devinshoe]

Awesome pictures!  Those are amazing!

[quadrafire]

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