Lightning shot

clippo wrote in post #12122576
fantastic image.... confuses me how there is well defined detail in the water and clouds though with a 30 second exposure... I'd have thought the water would appear smooth and the clouds smudged (from my own experience).

I think it's due to the lightning acting like a flash, giving it the momentary exposure.

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pprice wrote in post #12121380
For those wanting to do these shots that might not know how, I guess I should say what I did....

Set the exposure for 30 sec (manual mode)...I think I was around F8-9 or so, and I bumped my ISO to around 500 (not sure if the info is still attached or not).

I had to find a spot that had some activity in the clouds then I zoomed to 24mm on the 24-70 (you can use any lens), I of course had it on a tripod, then used one of the lights in the distance to lock focus.

After that I just pressed the shutter, waited 30 second, pressed, waited, etc.

Hope this helps

Thanks for this ^^^ Amazing shots really!

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clippo wrote in post #12122576
fantastic image.... confuses me how there is well defined detail in the water and clouds though with a 30 second exposure... I'd have thought the water would appear smooth and the clouds smudged (from my own experience).

The lightning acts as a "flash" in an otherwise completely dark shot.

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kjj512 wrote in post #12122402
Wow amazing capture. Just curious how many shots did you take before getting this one? If you took enough you might have ended up with a neat time lapse.

I missed this...I think there is about 30 or so shots. I moved the camera a few times, so it would kill this idea. I got a couple other strikes, but this was the best by far.

Most of the strikes stayed in the clouds as the bands went over me so the shots I got were just of colored clouds (which some still look cool).

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