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Title: Lightning
Post by: david0 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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Post by: CamoDup on May 01, 2012, 08:34:01 PM: GREAT PICTURES! :tup:
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Post by: david0 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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Post by: robodad 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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Post by: david0 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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Post by: flinger on May 01, 2012, 10:44:06 PM: Got these on a trip to Iowa a few years back
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Post by: robodad on May 02, 2012, 07:31:18 AM: Quote from: david0 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.

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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Post by: Woodchuck on May 02, 2012, 07:49:25 AM: Very cool, more please. :tup:
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Post by: runamuk 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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Post by: lokidog 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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Post by: robodad on May 02, 2012, 09:51:45 AM: Quote from: lokidog on May 02, 2012, 09:03:09 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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Post by: david0 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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Post by: oneezreiter on May 02, 2012, 01:48:11 PM: All of those are cool pics, thanks for sharing.
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Post by: david0 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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Post by: oneezreiter 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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Post by: Gringo31 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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Post by: robodad on May 02, 2012, 04:00:04 PM: Quote from: david0 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

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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Post by: lokidog on May 02, 2012, 11:18:49 PM: Quote from: robodad on May 02, 2012, 04:00:04 PM
Quote from: david0 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

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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Post by: popeshawnpaul on May 03, 2012, 10:52:37 AM: Eastern Oregon.

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Post by: Huntboy on May 03, 2012, 11:00:34 AM: Nice pic's.
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Post by: Devinshoe on May 03, 2012, 11:15:51 AM: Awesome pictures! Those are amazing!
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Post by: quadrafire 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: