Storms came in tonight
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Very cool Doug! That one looks like it actually struck the shop.
+1 those are some great shots...i've tried to capture bolts like that before without any luck...any time i actually got one in the frame, it was always really blurry...are you using a remote trigger?great pictureshow did you get them?
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Yeah Cap, How'd you do it?+1 those are some great shots...i've tried to capture bolts like that before without any luck...any time i actually got one in the frame, it was always really blurry...are you using a remote trigger?great pictureshow did you get them?
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Same boat as everyone else here cap. How do you capture pic's like that? Can't imagine sitting out in the yard with a tripod in a lightning storm.Yeah Cap, How'd you do it?+1 those are some great shots...i've tried to capture bolts like that before without any luck...any time i actually got one in the frame, it was always really blurry...are you using a remote trigger?great pictureshow did you get them?
Guess thats why your the cap!
I have several more that just arent as spectacular as those above but cool non the less. I will put some of them up too....
I'm using a Nikon D200 with a 18-70mm lense. A nikon MC36 remote trigger and a tripod thats it....
Put the camera on the tripod and frame in what your wanting to shoot. On the Nikon you need to put it in manual mode and yes project on Nikons anytime your going to use the remote trigger you have to use the bulb mode. The remote has a timer or a button you can push and keep the shutter open, I do no more than 2 minutes because everything starts changing colors.. The reddish pics above were 2 minute exposures...
You can do the exact same thing by setting the shutter to say 20 or 30 seconds and then just push the pic button on the camera. The remote is better because you have no movement and also because I can just hold the button down until I want the shutter to close then let go and its saved and I instantly push the button to capture the next great strike....... The remote just makes things more manageable and faster than just using the camera button. This way it can hold it for 3 seconds or 5 minutes it my choice when to stop.....
Easy easy easy!
Now they do make a device that I would love to have hint hint hint (fathers day and Bday coming up honey) that slides onto the hotshoe.... with that one you just point the camera in the direction of the storm. There are actually pre signs to a lightning strike, this little device detects those pre strike energy buildups a nanosecond before the strike and it automatically takes the pic at the eact precise time that the lightning strikes or flashes... about 400 bucks but super duper easy then..... Every pic is a lightning pic....
Hope that helps.
cap
I'm using a Nikon D200 with a 18-70mm lense. A nikon MC36 remote trigger and a tripod thats it....
Put the camera on the tripod and frame in what your wanting to shoot. On the Nikon you need to put it in manual mode and yes project on Nikons anytime your going to use the remote trigger you have to use the bulb mode. The remote has a timer or a button you can push and keep the shutter open, I do no more than 2 minutes because everything starts changing colors.. The reddish pics above were 2 minute exposures...
You can do the exact same thing by setting the shutter to say 20 or 30 seconds and then just push the pic button on the camera. The remote is better because you have no movement and also because I can just hold the button down until I want the shutter to close then let go and its saved and I instantly push the button to capture the next great strike....... The remote just makes things more manageable and faster than just using the camera button. This way it can hold it for 3 seconds or 5 minutes it my choice when to stop.....
Easy easy easy!
Now they do make a device that I would love to have hint hint hint (fathers day and Bday coming up honey) that slides onto the hotshoe.... with that one you just point the camera in the direction of the storm. There are actually pre signs to a lightning strike, this little device detects those pre strike energy buildups a nanosecond before the strike and it automatically takes the pic at the eact precise time that the lightning strikes or flashes... about 400 bucks but super duper easy then..... Every pic is a lightning pic....
Hope that helps.
cap
OK the not so good shots....
Another not so good
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