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Postby coolbeer6 on Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:50 am

Hi again, i hope this works , all comments apriciated,
lightning pic from the cover of my gararge - 200 shots 4 beers and a good shot i hope ..[url][URL=http://img7.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img7&image=lightning4gd.jpg]Image[/url][/url]
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Postby Onyx on Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:28 am

You live in a display home neighbourhood?! (it kinda looks like it) ;)

Anyways, it's surreal. I have an appreciation of how difficult it is to capture lightning... Also, I think we're seeing evidence of bunnies in that pic. No not the easter bunny, the dust kind (on your CCD).
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Postby KerryPierce on Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:53 pm

I agree with Onyx, it has quite a surreal look. Pretty cool pic. :)
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Postby mic on Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:31 pm

Nice :shock:

As long as you live to tell the story. :D

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Postby stormygirl on Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:26 pm

Nothing like a lightning pic to satisfy this stormygirl!

Very nice! I've forgotten what lightning looks like....it's been sooo long!

Do you have any others out of the 200 you took??
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Postby coolbeer6 on Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:53 pm

Hi storm girl ,
yes there is another 3 with small striks of lightning ,
i also hope i get more lightning tonight as another storm is brewing..
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Postby coolbeer6 on Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:17 pm

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Postby sheepie on Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:21 pm

I like :)

The pic has an interesting feel to it, almost like it's a picture of a model town with a false background! Don't worry, lightning is really difficult to get well, and having two or three shots out of 200 with a strike on it isn't unusual. You've done well :)

I won't bore you with my lightning story!

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Postby stormygirl on Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:30 pm

Great, coolbeer6!

Did you point and press the shutter when you saw lightning? Or did you leave the shutter open for a while and close it once you saw the lightning?


I'm just curious! Lightning is very hard to photograph, but I am aware of a few sites with tips on photographing it successfully! A lot depends on the distance from the lightning, and these look pretty darn close! So, great captures! Good luck tonight.....can you send some Melbourne's way? :wink:
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Postby coolbeer6 on Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:01 pm

Stormygirl -- i had it set to aperture priority i think the last setting was 8 ,
exposure compensation -2 ish , trypod aim where the lightning is more fequent and shoot - ( and hope that it striks while timing out on the shutter speed ) ,, drink some more beer and take the next shot , repeat if nessisary .. i found if u shoot during the strike it is under exposed to the point of a black screen ... the last pic has not been edited apart from down-sizing , with the kit lenz
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Postby stormygirl on Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:08 pm

Fabulous! I'm itching to take photos of lightning, but there is a distinct lack of it here ATM!

Keep it up, looking forward to seeing more! Just be carefull with the beer consumption that you don't accidently knock over the tripod! :roll:
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Postby sheepie on Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:49 am

stormygirl wrote:Did you point and press the shutter when you saw lightning? Or did you leave the shutter open for a while and close it once you saw the lightning?


If you do this, you will end up with a blank picture. Lightning is way too fast for human reactions.
Setup on a tripod, get a longish shutter speed, and hope :)
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