Lightning

[gragravar]

Post some lightning photos here. I got home tonight just in time to catch a nice electrical storm.


IMG_8262 by gragravar, on Flickr


IMG_8256 by gragravar, on Flickr


IMG_8274 by gragravar, on Flickr


IMG_8277 by gragravar, on Flickr

[Bill_Anderson]

We seldom have lightning where I live.

[gragravar]

Originally Posted by Bill_Anderson

We seldom have lightning where I live.

well thats a bummer (from a photography perspective anyway)

they are a regular occurrence around here in the summer. dont know why i didnt try to shoot it before.

Anyway here are a few more from tonight's storm:


IMG_8319 by gragravar, on Flickr


IMG_8313 by gragravar, on Flickr


IMG_8326 by gragravar, on Flickr


IMG_8384 by gragravar, on Flickr


IMG_8359 by gragravar, on Flickr

and my favorite of the night for last:

IMG_8390 by gragravar, on Flickr

[Bill_Anderson]

How do you take the photos? Moun the camera on a tripod and hold the shutter open on "bulb" setting for a few strikes?

[gragravar]

Originally Posted by Bill_Anderson

How do you take the photos? Moun the camera on a tripod and hold the shutter open on "bulb" setting for a few strikes?

Mount the camera on a tripod, set f stop and exposure in manual setting (most tonight were 4 sec exposures) then set camera to do a series of 10 continuous shots, then hope for the best. I took more than 100 shots to come up with these 6 tonight. Many caught nothing at all.

[Bill_Anderson]

The most spectacular display of thunder & lightning I have ever seen was in August, 1976, when I was vacationing with my parents in central Iowa. The heat and humidity had been building up all week and you knew all h*** was going to break loose Friday or Saturday.

The storm moved in from the west at sunset with three forms of lightning: sheet, aerial forks, and sky to ground. I stayed outside and watched it until it moved over us. I wish I had gotten photos. The storm was severe enough to have spawned some tornados up north in Minnesota.

[Putney]

nice... pics