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Aug 28, 2009 13:34 |  #1

From last night. The storm was a long way off but some of the lightning got fairly close.
If I could only predict where it would strike, the framing would be better!


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Aug 28, 2009 17:52 |  #2

that last shot looks like it was shot IN the air ?

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Aug 28, 2009 20:13 |  #3

Both are nicely done. Good job.

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Aug 28, 2009 21:06 as a reply to  @ BASmith's post |  #4

#2 is great. The shutter speed wasn't set too long was it? because your clouds look sharp




  
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Aug 28, 2009 21:09 |  #5

awesome shots, love it when they hair out like that.....




  
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Aug 28, 2009 21:16 |  #6

That second shot is AWESOME


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Aug 29, 2009 01:02 |  #7

Second one is cracking...really...




  
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Aug 29, 2009 01:04 |  #8

that second one is as good as it gets! The detail in the clouds is amazing.

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Aug 29, 2009 01:24 |  #9

Wow...very good work! #2 takes the cake. I really havent seen a shot that crisp and well composed in a long time. Mind telling us your setup and how you managed to catch such a nicely zoomed shot.




  
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Aug 29, 2009 07:04 |  #10

one word "wow" #2 frame and hang That 50 1.4 seems to be a very sharp lens

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Aug 29, 2009 11:12 |  #11

Woah! The 2nd one is real wicked!




  
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Aug 29, 2009 11:52 |  #12

That 2nd shot is incredible!

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Aug 29, 2009 11:54 |  #13

Wicked shots!


  
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Aug 29, 2009 12:00 |  #14

Like the 2nd !

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Aug 29, 2009 14:25 |  #15

Thanks to all for your kind comments.
It was really quite a storm but it was many miles away.
This photo gives more perspective. The hills where the lightning appears to be are more than twenty miles away.


And an uncropped version of photo #2.
I panned up above the horizion and to the left but it's a 50mm 1.4, not a zoom.
Basically, ISO 100, f5.6, a bulb setting, tripod and a cable release.
It's like fishing. You cast out and wait for a strike. Better results are usually under 30 seconds but if you set the camera for a 30 second exposure you might miss that bolt at 32 seconds!


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