lightning last night

[Phil]

Couple photos taken last night of storm that hit Rocky.
Phil

[iceman (Mike)]

Wow, nice Phil. That last one's a ripper!

[Phil Hart]

I wish we had more storms like that down south. Was it raining at the time? The trouble I always have with lightning is trying to keep the lens dry.. I usually end up with big rain drops all over the image..

[Matty P (Matt)]

Awesome images Phil. The last one is great.

[DeanoNZL (Adrian)]

Nice timing Phil, you captured "Santas Sleigh" in pic 3

[sheeny (Al)]

Very cool!

I love a good lightning shot!

Originally Posted by philiphart

I wish we had more storms like that down south. Was it raining at the time? The trouble I always have with lightning is trying to keep the lens dry.. I usually end up with big rain drops all over the image..

I dunno about other people, but I find it best to get shots of lightning as the storm approaches from the west before the rain starts. Once the rain starts, it's often all over for me. Unfortunately I don;t have long enough views to be able to capture lightning from storms that are >5ks away. (Which is always the safest way).

Al.

[Ian Robinson]

Nice - I love lightning photos .

Can you indicate the lens , f no , exposures , etc for each .

Is that your dome in the foreground , nicely framed btw.

[h0ughy (David)]

who cares what the F Number is - brilliant shots and i too like no 4

[Phil]

Thanks for the reply everyone. As for the F/n. exposures these are taken with 30D lens 17-40mm EF L USM lens. Shutter opened for about 5sec to 10 sec. After 130 photos this is yhe pick of the lot.
Phil