Omahawx Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 From last night; And from a few weeks ago; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Nice photos. I have yet to be able to capture lightening with my camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omahawx Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 Thank you! I had my camera for two years but had no idea to do it, i just started taking lightning pics in july. Once you learn, its easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I've tried all summer to catch lightning on Camera and can't seem to get it right. Nice pics, better than mine will ever be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Nice photos. I have yet to be able to capture lightening with my camera. I agree. We have had some nice lightning storms recently. I wish I would figure out how to do it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I agree. We have had some nice lightning storms recently. I wish I would figure out how to do it correctly. We have had some spectacular light shows! I guess it takes a lot of patience (sitting there, waiting) and keeping the shutter open longer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 We have had some spectacular light shows! I guess it takes a lot of patience (sitting there, waiting) and keeping the shutter open longer? The easiest (well, cheapest and most practical) way to do is is set a relatively long exposure and just keep clicking the shutter button - eventually you're bound to catch a bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I played around with it in the last few weeks. Use a tripod and remote. I find shooting at a larger F-stop captures more and you can leave the shutter open for 6 seconds or more. If you're gonna shoot in the daylight, unless it's really dark out you'll need a ND filter. This is my experience trying to shoot the last few weeks. We have had some spectacular light shows! I guess it takes a lot of patience (sitting there, waiting) and keeping the shutter open longer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 The easiest (well, cheapest and most practical) way to do is is set a relatively long exposure and just keep clicking the shutter button - eventually you're bound to catch a bolt. How about just shooting an HD video of it and separating out the frames? 30 fps will pretty much cover anything As an alternative, you can also set your camera to interval mode and set it at a high frequency. Doing it either way avoids the need to keep pressing down the shutter button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I played around with it in the last few weeks. Use a tripod and remote. I find shooting at a larger F-stop captures more and you can leave the shutter open for 6 seconds or more. If you're gonna shoot in the daylight, unless it's really dark out you'll need a ND filter. This is my experience trying to shoot the last few weeks. Yep, and you've shot some excellent photos. Either this or HD Video mode or automatic interval mode would probably do it, but with daylight, if you're going to leave the shutter open like that, you really need a strong filter. Heh, you know what I did that actually turned out better than I thought it would, Ben? I used an infrared filter instead of a ND filter and it creates some really interesting effects in snowstorms and lightning displays. You should try it sometime. It plays the role of ND filter pretty well (almost too well lol), but it adds in that ghostly IR effect that nothing else (not even post processing) can replicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Got some pics? Yep, and you've shot some excellent photos. Either this or HD Video mode or automatic interval mode would probably do it, but with daylight, if you're going to leave the shutter open like that, you really need a strong filter. Heh, you know what I did that actually turned out better than I thought it would, Ben? I used an infrared filter instead of a ND filter and it creates some really interesting effects in snowstorms and lightning displays. You should try it sometime. It plays the role of ND filter pretty well (almost too well lol), but it adds in that ghostly IR effect that nothing else (not even post processing) can replicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdt Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 For daytime lightning shots try one of these: http://www.lightningtrigger.com/ . For night time shots its just longer repative exposures. Either way its is always a bit of trial and error till you find the right balance of shutter speed, apature and ISO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 nice shots. remote shutter release helps with bulb setting and tripod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Got some pics? Yeah, I'll resize them and upload them lol. BTW the filter is a Wratten 89B or Hoya R72 B and H have a ton of them-- I'm a regular there Check out this site: http://dpfwiw.com/ir.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omahawx Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Just got a new picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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