Our first Monsoon for Casa Grande (Page 3): Fantastic shots.

rdemarco52 Loc: Wantagh, NY

Fantastic shots.

LestheK

These are great. Glad that you're safe. A friend had his house hit by lightning. Instant fire. If he was home he would have had to change his shorts. Fire dept. got it out pretty fast. Still lots of damage.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

LestheK wrote:

These are great. Glad that you're safe. A friend had his house hit by lightning. Instant fire. If he was home he would have had to change his shorts. Fire dept. got it out pretty fast. Still lots of damage.

Yikes. I've had lighting strike about 100 ft away while fishing with my dad. It hit the rail on the bridge above us and we could feel the energy in the air. That was enough for us. No more fishing in storms.

crafterwantabe Loc: Mn

Fantastic series!!! Love lighting and storm cloud shots

tomc601 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

Got the same show here in Gilbert a few minutes later. Nice captures.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

tomc601 wrote:

Got the same show here in Gilbert a few minutes later. Nice captures.

Thanks, stay safe.

Photoladybon Loc: Long Island

alberio wrote:

Finally we got a bit of a show and some rain. So I figured if I parked my chair and tripod under the large power transmission lines, the lightning would sooner or later get closer. I was right and finally went inside.

Hi
Nice set of images. As a newbie Astro photographer can you share your camera setup and settings? Do you use anything special or specific to capture those lightning streaks?
Thanks in advance for the info.
Bonnie

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

alberio wrote:

Finally we got a bit of a show and some rain. So I figured if I parked my chair and tripod under the large power transmission lines, the lightning would sooner or later get closer. I was right and finally went inside.

scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR

I can just feel the electricity crackling in these!

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

alberio wrote:

Finally we got a bit of a show and some rain. So I figured if I parked my chair and tripod under the large power transmission lines, the lightning would sooner or later get closer. I was right and finally went inside.

Great set!

MSW

way cool!

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

Photoladybon wrote:

Hi
Nice set of images. As a newbie Astro photographer can you share your camera setup and settings? Do you use anything special or specific to capture those lightning streaks?
Thanks in advance for the info.
Bonnie

Hi Bonnie,
I used a Canon 5Ds and had it on a tripod, 16mm@ 10sec, f10, ISO 800, except I reduced the ISO to 200 on the shots with the bright building and street lights. I have a lightning trigger device, but I just used the long exposure method. Some of the strikes were quite far away, but with a 50mp camera, I was able to crop some in closer. Thanks for your interest. Charlie (alberio)

Photoladybon Loc: Long Island

Thanks so much for your informative reply. Greatly appreciated.
Bonnie