Mustachio Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Havent been shooting much (if at all) lately, and am dying to get back into it. Anyways, managed to capture this a few weeks ago. Enjoy! image removed Link to comment
iBroken Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 How do you score a shot like that? We have had some wicked storms up here and I havent been able to shoot. I assume you keep the shutter open longer? Link to comment
Mustachio Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 You assume correctly. Its all about long shutter speeds. And of course a sturdy tripod. And some trial and error to get your settings right to make sure you dont over or underexpose your shots. This particular shot was exposed for 30 seconds at f/11 and ISO 100. I chose ISO 100 since I knew it would slow the shutter down. I started by opening the lens up all the way, and for this particular lens I think it was around f/4 at the selected focal length. I guesstimated about 10 seconds, and saw it was exposing properly, so I stopped down and increased the shutter speed. Even though this one was 30 seconds, all the lightning in the shot occurred within about a second of each other. The rest of the time just helped illuminate the clouds. And about 3 minutes after this shot was taken, lightning struck so close that I decided it was time to call it a night and ran inside. Link to comment
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