June 18, 200917 yr Reminds me of the thunder storms we'd get in Granada - not a good time to be on the rooftop terrace with all those metal handrails everywhere. Great photos - I'm with Helen... I love lightening.
June 18, 200917 yr Author I get a real sense of achievement when I get a good shot of lightning. The thing with lightning is that you only see it for a split second. To capture it in a picture just makes you appreciated how awesome it is
June 18, 200917 yr I have seen some spectacular storms in Italy. And one particular one in Monte Carlo that was rolling in over the sea..... It was absolutely amazing (and a little scary)
June 18, 200917 yr Author In the first one, a few moments later I was holding 12ft of carbon fishing rod - now that was scarey!! (the fish fell off too and I got soaked)
June 18, 200917 yr How did you capture this, it seems almost near impossible without some auto sensor or something cool that cameras can do. a.g.r.c = photography newb Great shots btw
June 18, 200917 yr Yeah, I would be interested to know how you caught them! Wouldn't mind having a go myself (Although we don't seem to get many storms round by us) I too am a photography noob
June 18, 200917 yr Author If I told you it would blow the mystery - it's nothing special. Find yourself a storm, referable from a good distance away. Open the lens as wide as possible. Sit the camera on a tripod with the camera facing towards the storm. Try to work out which way it's moving too - you can sort of predict where the next strike will be. Set the camera with a really long shutter speed 20-30sec and the manual focus to infinity. Then take shot after shot until you capture a flash of lightning. Move the camera as the storm moves.
June 18, 200917 yr If I told you it would blow the mystery - it's nothing special. Find yourself a storm, referable from a good distance away. Open the lens as wide as possible. Sit the camera on a tripod with the camera facing towards the storm. Try to work out which way it's moving too - you can sort of predict where the next strike will be. Set the camera with a really long shutter speed 20-30sec and the manual focus to infinity. Then take shot after shot until you capture a flash of lightning. Move the camera as the storm moves. Sounds fairly advanced / experienced to me, although anything with "to infinity" beckons to be appended with "and beyond"
June 18, 200917 yr Wow! Pretty awsome stuff! I like the way you say it's nothing special and then go on to explain how amazingly complex it is! made me laugh, good work
July 2, 200917 yr I can't see any pictures..... And I'd love to see these as I also love thunderstorms AND these were taken in my country of birth....
July 2, 200917 yr I can't see any pictures..... And I'd love to see these as I also love thunderstorms AND these were taken in my country of birth.... I can see them now!! Not sure why they took so long to download. Great work!
November 24, 201015 yr Awesome! Very nice shots.. _______________________________________ Forte to java or .NET
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