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james1787 · 4 July 2014, 04:24 AM

It took a lot of shots (like.. into the hundreds..) to get something.. but I finally got one! We had a storm with a lot of lightning roll through yesterday early evening. It sort of dissapears behind a cloud and then re appears. I didn't really venture outside my front doorway. Just used my D700 with a 50mm.

Of course later on I did some reading.. another method is to have a long exposure and get setup on a tripod and capture whatever flashes around over the course of say 30 seconds.

OmegaJJH · 4 July 2014, 04:30 AM

Great shot.

Yes a long exposure sounds the slightly easier method.

wantonebad · 4 July 2014, 04:31 AM

That's a tough get!! Nice job!!

darthmouse · 4 July 2014, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by james1787

Of course later on I did some reading.. another method is to have a long exposure and get setup on a tripod and capture whatever flashes around over the course of say 30 seconds.

Have done this and would say it is the way to go. You can even use a remote if you'd like, trigger the shutter again every time you hear a shot complete.

Be sure to try various shutter speeds, as 30 sec might be too long depending on lighting conditions.

Dr.Brian · 5 July 2014, 10:31 PM

I just read about this place in Venezuela. Might be worth a trip.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lif...ost-lightning/

gougy · 5 July 2014, 10:58 PM

Great catch!

HL65 · 5 July 2014, 11:27 PM

Very cool!

Kingair · 5 July 2014, 11:33 PM

Nice shots

Same thing for fireworks

HAGOne

Challenger Deep · 6 July 2014, 08:59 AM

Always impressive work to catch a bolt of lightning.

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4 July 2014, 04:30 AM	#2
OmegaJJH "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2013 Real Name: James Location: UK Watch: Rolex & Omega Posts: 6,668	Great shot. Yes a long exposure sounds the slightly easier method.

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gougy Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Prague, Czech rep Watch: one on my wrist Posts: 242	Great catch!

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Kingair "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA Watch: Not enough ;-) Posts: 21,232	Nice shots Same thing for fireworks HAGOne

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