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sthursby
Aug 9, 2009, 10:28 PM
So tonight there was quite the lightningstorm over the skies of Toronto and area. While the photos are somewhat marred by the fact that I was shooting through a screen, they give an idea to just how dramatic it was. Several hours of lightning and thunderstorm, with a bucket of rain to boot. It was fantastic!


iamkewl
Aug 9, 2009, 10:30 PM
pretty cool!
yoyo5280
Aug 9, 2009, 10:45 PM
Looks pretty, but probably scared half the kids and dogs out there.

-omi
Abokiniec
Aug 10, 2009, 02:38 AM
Thats really cool! How do you take photos of lightning? Everytime i want to take a photo it disappears! :(
iBookG4user
Aug 10, 2009, 02:40 AM
Thats really cool! How do you take photos of lightning? Everytime i want to take a photo it disappears! :(

You want to set your shutter speed very slow, stop down your aperture and set it to a low ISO. A tripod is a must!
David G.
Aug 10, 2009, 02:50 AM
You want to set your shutter speed very slow, stop down your aperture and set it to a low ISO. A tripod is a must!

This, or you can be 1 in a million lucky!
iBookG4user
Aug 10, 2009, 02:52 AM
This, or you can be 1 in a million lucky!

Or a Lightning trigger (http://www.lightningtrigger.com/) :)
Chappers
Aug 10, 2009, 07:13 AM
You want to set your shutter speed very slow, stop down your aperture and set it to a low ISO. A tripod is a must!

This, or you can be 1 in a million lucky!

Hand held - 30 seconds - second try - got lucky ....... need a tripod

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/3658393119_913a9e2d45_b.jpg
sthursby
Aug 10, 2009, 12:42 PM
You want to set your shutter speed very slow, stop down your aperture and set it to a low ISO. A tripod is a must!

Bingo. My tripod is in storage, so I rested my camera on a pillow/ledge. I believe my settings were 4 seconds at F10, at ISO 400...which resulted in alot of black, but the lightning was so intense that it was almost blown out whenever I lucked out and did catch a bolt. I think I took about 250 photos, only got 8 with anything in them at all. All a matter of luck!
leighonigar
Aug 10, 2009, 01:39 PM
Or a Lightning trigger (http://www.lightningtrigger.com/) :)

I believe I read somewhere that http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK enables some motion detector trigger thing which is fast enough for lightening. Night shots btw.