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I've been waiting for a good opportunity to try lightning photography. Tonight I heard lots of thunder and peaked outside and saw gorgeous cloud-to-cloud lighting all around.
I read somewhere that you should just click over and over again and hope you catch something in frame. Well that wasn't working for me so I tried holding the shutter button down halfway and quickly pressing it the rest of the way as soon as I saw a flash of light. Eventually the lighting frequency slowed and my arm got tired and the mosquitoes found me so I went in. I got 4 shots with lightning in frame. Two I had to throw out because of double/triple images because I have a crappy tripod.
This one was way over exposed, but I tried to correct it in Photoshop.
I read somewhere that you should just click over and over again and hope you catch something in frame. Well that wasn't working for me so I tried holding the shutter button down halfway and quickly pressing it the rest of the way as soon as I saw a flash of light. Eventually the lighting frequency slowed and my arm got tired and the mosquitoes found me so I went in. I got 4 shots with lightning in frame. Two I had to throw out because of double/triple images because I have a crappy tripod.
This one was way over exposed, but I tried to correct it in Photoshop.
Image size
730x555px 150.42 KB
Make
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model
SP565UZ
Shutter Speed
400/100 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
64
Date Taken
Jul 6, 2009, 8:13:58 PM
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cool! check out some of my lightning pics!
The best thing to do to get lightning is: use a tripod, and set to long exposure (bulb is nice).
For my 560uz, if I take a long exposure picture, the camera has to load afterward, so if I take a 15 second exposure, then my camera has to load for 15 seconds, which I find very annoying because I miss a lot of lightning during that time.
The best thing to do to get lightning is: use a tripod, and set to long exposure (bulb is nice).
For my 560uz, if I take a long exposure picture, the camera has to load afterward, so if I take a 15 second exposure, then my camera has to load for 15 seconds, which I find very annoying because I miss a lot of lightning during that time.