Some lightning from tonight

I braved the monster mosquitoes of the central Indiana farm fields and grabbed these shots tonight. C&C always welcome.

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wow, amazing light in the clouds. and so sharp too. what settings did you use?

nice shots!

efunc wrote in post #10556345
wow, amazing light in the clouds. and so sharp too. what settings did you use?

The EXIF data is included with the images. In case you don't have an EXIF viewer, here is some of the data:

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Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Image Date: 2010-07-17 22:27:07 -0400
Focal Length: 17.0mm
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure Time: 18.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (Manual)
Photographer: Scott Richardson
Copyright: Scott Richardson Photography


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Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Image Date: 2010-07-17 22:29:37 -0400
Focal Length: 17.0mm
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure Time: 29.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (Manual)
Photographer: Scott Richardson
Copyright: Scott Richardson Photography


3.
Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Image Date: 2010-07-17 22:39:57 -0400
Focal Length: 17.0mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 6.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (Manual)
Photographer: Scott Richardson
Copyright: Scott Richardson Photography


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Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Image Date: 2010-07-17 22:48:31 -0400
Focal Length: 17.0mm
Aperture: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 36.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (Manual)
Photographer: Scott Richardson
Copyright: Scott Richardson Photography


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Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Image Date: 2010-07-17 22:55:09 -0400
Focal Length: 17.0mm
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure Time: 32.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (Manual)
Photographer: Scott Richardson
Copyright: Scott Richardson Photography

I used live view (10x) to manually focus on a distant light in order to set the focus.

The strike in the first photo actually hit the tower that I used to focus the image. Here's a tighter crop, it looks like I also may have missed the focus just a bit:

awesome shots. yea focusing is always an issue wehn getting lightning from a distance for me

but still awesome stuff. i wish i had flat areas i could shoot from here

you shoot in raw? interested in seeing 1. with a cooler temp (more blue)

Nice shots!
I have had NO luck getting lightning shots this year dispite the bad weather we have had

FSUnoles wrote in post #10558659
awesome shots. yea focusing is always an issue wehn getting lightning from a distance for me

but still awesome stuff. i wish i had flat areas i could shoot from here

you shoot in raw? interested in seeing 1. with a cooler temp (more blue)

Yep, I do shoot raw. Good idea on the cooler temp, I've lowered the color temp from 5250 down to 4100 and I do think it looks better:

I actually prefer the original colour temperature. It's warmer and makes the whole vista look more dramatic and awe-inspiring.

That's a great lens. I might have to look into it, but i seem to remember it's not full frame capable. I really need to investigate live view focusing too; i always make a complete has of it.

Great collection - thank you for sharing

Very good shots, I love the first and last in the original post.

Nice captures on the lightning.

i like them both the cooler one actually pointed out more bolts that i had missed