Finally after 20 years!

[Max Vondel]

It's taken so long but tonight my luck changed.
Pentax K3 & SMC-M 28mm F2.8 zoomed in from the wide fields
East Gippsland Victoria

[astroron]

Spectacular.:thumbsup:

[leon]

Wow great stuff, :eyepop:looks very close, well done there is nothing like a good lightning strike.

Leon:thumbsup:

[fsphotography]

Until it hits your house Leon.

Frank.:(

[leon]

Yes Frank, that is a good point :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

[astronobob]

Congratts, must be stoked with them, good shots..

[RB]

Great captures Peter.

:eyepop:

[strongmanmike]

Cracking images! They are sure to spark some thunderous applause! :eyepop:

Mike

[Leo.G]

Stunning images!
I learnt long ago that I'm not as fast as I like to think and without having built the sound trigger (I have everything somewhere in a little box to build it) but instead I go out during an electrical storm, camera mounted on tripod, lens wide open and ISO down no faster than 400 with an intervalometer, camera on "bulb" and hand hold the shutter open for a count of 10 seconds (approximately), release shutter and try again. If I capture (or see the lightning while holding the shutter open) I release it around 1 second after I've seen the strike.
I have some nice photos of lightning.


My first ever successful shot taken with 35mm Nikon while sitting on the ridge capping on a tin roof in Young (NSW). Absolute insanity!
Either my brain grew or my cods shrunk.