First lightning shot in years

I haven't taken any shots of lightning for years, so it took me ages and heaps of misses to get this, but i love it. Hope you guys do too.

Image hosted by forum (962280) © mat vanella THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.

Nice!

Have you thought about lightning triggers? I was looking at the Pluto, but only because to make drip photography easier, they also have a drop trigger too.

TeamSpeed wrote in post #18814934
Nice!

Have you thought about lightning triggers? I was looking at the Pluto, but only because to make drip photography easier, they also have a drop trigger too.

This is the first I've heard of them. I will look into it. Not sure it would get enough use with the lack of storms and my unwillingness to venture into thunderstorms too often lol

I always hide under a tree with my camera out in the open all covered up... lol

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
(just kidding, don't try that at home)

I was sitting on a metal table while this was going on around me too. Not so smart me thinks

All you have to do is see a tree after its been hit by lightning to see what kind of damage a bolt can do, scary....

But what a photo that would be if you could catch that with a trigger!

I was more worried about my camera than me

I have 2 of the AEO triggers. They work really well as long as the lightning strokes a few times. Without a trigger you can do a continuous run with a timer, F/5 10 Sesonds 200ISO with a 1 second pause will get almost all of it, but gives you lots of frames to go thru. You can do the same set (f/5, 10sec, 200iso) but have it started by the trigger. It'll miss some of the real quick ones but you'll shoot way less frames. The are obviously night settings. With lightning you want the shutter open as long as possible (up to 8-10 seconds) You get a starting point an make some adjustments from there. I hope this helps or answers some questions

https://www.flickr.com …/albums/7215764​4988848167