More Lightning

lacad01 (Adam) · #1 08-09-2009, 09:26 PM

Took this of Monday night's storm in Syd. Tried to take a sequence of them but as Murphy's Law would have it, the strikes took place during the self-timer count down sequence

So here's the "best" out of 5 I took, pretty ordinary.

Canon 20D, f22, 30sec, 18-55 zoom, ISO100

h0ughy (David) · #2 08-09-2009, 09:32 PM

back it off to say f11, nice shot -pity the crux didnt get hit - would have been a ripper of a shot

hope we get more soon so we can image them

lacad01 (Adam) · #3 08-09-2009, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

back it off to say f11, nice shot -pity the crux didnt get hit - would have been a ripper of a shot

Thanks for the tip David. Would be a great shot yep, but I use the cross in the daytime to line up my finder scope

leon · #4 08-09-2009, 09:48 PM

What,

and you don't go to church

but use the cross as a set up object

Leon

lacad01 (Adam) · #5 08-09-2009, 10:12 PM

ummm,

I do go to church just not that one

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #6 08-09-2009, 10:38 PM

Pretty neat shot Adam, I like the lightning pattern. My advice, stick to around f11, ISO 800 and keep the shutter open (use a remote for this). Have a thick piece of Black cardboard and when it's quiet, place it right in front of the lens (and against it of course), so that little or no light enters. When you see some lightning activity, remove cardboard and voila.

Dave

lacad01 (Adam) · #7 09-09-2009, 08:38 AM

Thanks for the advice, will definitely try for that again. Funny thing when the storm was happening I was in the middle of preparing dinner and dropped everything to set up and try and get some shots in

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #8 09-09-2009, 01:24 PM

hehehe been there, done that.

Dave

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #9 09-09-2009, 01:37 PM

Nice one. I love lightening shots.