Went out and took some lightning pictures. Had several cloud to ground strikes but my focus was slightly off infinity so they weren't as sharp as I would have liked. This one though, came out pretty good I think.
061713 lightning 3 by KHarmon1971, on Flickr
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18th June 2013, 05:21 AM #1
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One Stinkin' decent lightning picture
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18th June 2013, 05:57 AM #2
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Re: One Stinkin' decent lightning picture
I also think this looks pretty good. Just a thought, you might want to get rid of the CA.
Do you shoot in anticipation the lightning might strike or just press the shutter and hope for the best?
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18th June 2013, 01:03 PM #3
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Re: One Stinkin' decent lightning picture
I set up ahead of the lightning and shoot in the direction that has the most lightning. During a normal summer storm in this area they are usually small and you can set up out of the path of the storm. The one we had last night was a solid line of storms that ran for a few hundred miles from north to south and was probably a hundred miles wide from east to west. We are supposed to have more this evening, I am hoping it is one of the typical summer storms.
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18th June 2013, 01:30 PM #4
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Re: One Stinkin' decent lightning picture
Hello Kris: I very much like this shot. I have never tried to photograph lightning. I am still confused as to how these shots are taken. How, exactly, do you time the shot to the strike? Do you just take several continuous shots and hope that a strike is captured? I like the way the telephone poles, with the cross shape, sort of anchor the photo.
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