Lightning strike
Jul 2, 2016 20:53:59 #
TucsonCoyote wrote:
Yeah....preferably not a metal one (Although I take my chances lol)
when Zeus is angry in the sky!
when Zeus is angry in the sky!
Yeah and remember carbon fiber does conduct electricity!
Jul 2, 2016 21:19:16 #
Jul 2, 2016 22:22:14 #
With lightning you must "drag" the shutter. Meaning that you must make use of a S L O W shutter speed... I would suggest that you use 100 ISO Shutter speed of below a 1/20 of a second. I have a lightning trigger - but have not as yet had a chance to make use of it.
Being a retired electrical lineman I do not feel good about being the highest point in a thunderstorm. And I have as yet to be under shelter when a storm comes up and on a high hill. Shooting from the Jeep I can not do that either as the camera and lens would get wet. So I will bide my time till the "decisive moment" will present itself..
Being a retired electrical lineman I do not feel good about being the highest point in a thunderstorm. And I have as yet to be under shelter when a storm comes up and on a high hill. Shooting from the Jeep I can not do that either as the camera and lens would get wet. So I will bide my time till the "decisive moment" will present itself..
Jul 3, 2016 23:41:34 #
Brian in Whitby
Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
dragonswing wrote:
How else would you capture it? I have never shot lightning--do not have a lightning trigger. So I would be very interested in getting the details.
Onecwaybto do it is to use a very dark nd filter, low ISO and small aperture to achieve a long exposure. Then set the camera on burst kode snd using a cable release, holdbtge button down it the shutter speed is 20 s, then you will be taking 3 photos per minute. discard the blanks and keepmthr photos with a lihhtning holt in them.
Hit: set up in a parked car it is safer than being in the open but beware of motions of the car on its springs.
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