Fall Lightning - Huge WI, IL Storm 10-3

Heres some Lightning shots from the huge frontal system that moved thru Wi and IL last night. Pretty spectacular light show and had there not been so much rain I could have got more Cloud to ground strikes but Im happy with what I captured this late in the year. C&C welcome.
I have a ton of lightning on my website if your interested is seeing more photos at http://www.pasphotogra​phy.com/portfolio/ligh​tning.html

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Great looking lightening shots Paul but looks a little over sharpened to me.

Just did a slight unsharpenmask and despeckle after running Noise Ninja. Could be in the compression and saving to my website. It seems to do that to all my images.

Thanks,

Paul

Very impressive lightning but i agree with Frank.

pretty cool, looks like it starts down, then heads back up and sideways...

PAS Photography wrote in post #2072169
Could be in the compression and saving to my website. It seems to do that to all my images.

I think I would be looking for another way. Nice lightning shots!

Impressive lightning shots.

Shaun

haha..the fact that you were able to get pics in that storm..impressive. I was out there near shedd aquarium and was nearly blown into Lake Michigan! The worst thing was that I didn't even get a shot of lightening! The sacrifices we make! Sogging wet, wet car seats, zero pictures..priceless!

Some day I'm gonna try that. Neat stuff!

I tried capturing some through my window this morning but the lightning idsspaeraed as soon as I began shooting .

How do you shoot it? Through a window or something? I'de go outside, but I'm scared of rain :\.

I'm not afraid of rain, but the combination of lightning and a big aluminum tripod is certainly cause for concern.

Curtis N wrote in post #2075349
I'm not afraid of rain, but the combination of lightning and a big aluminum tripod is certainly cause for concern.

my pod is alu :\
what about the fact my gear isn't weather sealed. Won't rain damage it? How can I shoot lightning w/o my tripod? I realise I need to use slow shutter speeds.

I think the usual approach to catch lightning at night is to take continuous 30 second exposures or use a remote and hold the button down until something happens, then release. This method will give you blurry pictures without a tripod.

It's hard to react quicly enough to take a shot when you see the lightning.

Curtis N wrote in post #2075828
I think the usual approach to catch lightning at night is to take continuous 30 second exposures or use a remote and hold the button down until something happens, then release. This method will give you blurry pictures without a tripod.

It's hard to react quicly enough to take a shot when you see the lightning.

I think 30 second exposures should do the trick, no?

JaGWiRE wrote in post #2075852
I think 30 second exposures should do the trick, no?

I've never tried it, but I know it can be done that way.