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Lightning in Fargo, North Dakota

 
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May 23, 2012 00:54 |  #1

I've taken better lightning, but for a ton of light polution in town, I managed to pull this off. I just took it a few minutes ago, but I'll play in PS to make it better! I was using a TC-80 N3. I set the fstop to 4.5, the iso to 200, focus to infinity and my timer to 20 sec and just kept hitting the stop start button. If I saw lighting i hit stop. This kept the light from blowing out my frame and still kept the lighting bright when it would hit. Hope you enjoy! As much as i do.
P.S. This looks awesome at full res!!!

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May 23, 2012 01:07 |  #2

Maybe I should post this in Astronomy?




  
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May 23, 2012 11:21 |  #3

Looks great, it in nature so you be ok


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May 23, 2012 11:23 |  #4

Lots of lightning shots get posted here; you found the right place! Looks cool!


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May 23, 2012 11:36 |  #5

Spectacular




  
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May 23, 2012 11:50 |  #6

Nice shot! Its a lightningbow!


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May 23, 2012 16:27 |  #7

Love that lightning.....challeng​ing to capture. Nice shot you got there.


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May 23, 2012 18:06 |  #8

It just made the local news! I'm pretty proud!




  
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May 23, 2012 18:21 as a reply to  @ Tweet's post |  #9

Congrats on this making the news! Great shot--then again, I always love a good thunderstorm, and thus LOVE lightning shots! Good job!
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