Just got a extreme thunder storm warning over TV, Photo Opportunity!

In California we don't get to many of these. So camera is ready on tripod with 24-70!

Crossing fingers for some nice lightning!

Sweet

Post if you capture some good sparkage

Never shot lightning before, are you just keeping the shutter open in bulb? What aperture? Considering it happens so quickly what sort of gadgets will help you catch it?

Good luck. Have fun.

Travel Nut wrote: Never shot lightning before, are you just keeping the shutter open in bulb? What aperture? Considering it happens so quickly what sort of gadgets will help you catch it?

This ia a device to do that, else use long shutter times.
www.lightningtrigger.com/

How did the pics come out?

Baydream wrote:

Travel Nut wrote: Never shot lightning before, are you just keeping the shutter open in bulb? What aperture? Considering it happens so quickly what sort of gadgets will help you catch it?

This ia a device to do that, else use long shutter times.
www.lightningtrigger.com/

Have you tried one of these?

Ziggy wrote:

Baydream wrote:

Travel Nut wrote: Never shot lightning before, are you just keeping the shutter open in bulb? What aperture? Considering it happens so quickly what sort of gadgets will help you catch it?

This ia a device to do that, else use long shutter times.
www.lightningtrigger.com/

Have you tried one of these?

No. I had seen to advertised and at $329 plus a modified trigger release, it was not on the top of my "wish list".

Baydream wrote:

Travel Nut wrote: Never shot lightning before, are you just keeping the shutter open in bulb? What aperture? Considering it happens so quickly what sort of gadgets will help you catch it?

This ia a device to do that, else use long shutter times.
www.lightningtrigger.com/

I've wanted one of those for a long time.

Good luck oncatching it.

Travel Nut wrote: Never shot lightning before, are you just keeping the shutter open in bulb? What aperture? Considering it happens so quickly what sort of gadgets will help you catch it?

Well I do it the old fashioned was which is mounting a ND filter, stopping down the f-stop, and slow shutter speeds at ISO 100 or 200 depending on which is the base ISO. Using a wide lens will help you alot.

Joves wrote: Good luck oncatching it.

Travel Nut wrote: Never shot lightning before, are you just keeping the shutter open in bulb? What aperture? Considering it happens so quickly what sort of gadgets will help you catch it?

Well I do it the old fashioned was which is mounting a ND filter, stopping down the f-stop, and slow shutter speeds at ISO 100 or 200 depending on which is the base ISO. Using a wide lens will help you alot.

How about holding a golf club in the air?

With out a switch im guessing your timing really needs to be right on!?

Foxy Girl wrote: With out a switch im guessing your timing really needs to be right on!?

Nah, you can do slow shutter speeds.

Scotty wrote:

Foxy Girl wrote: With out a switch im guessing your timing really needs to be right on!?

Nah, you can do slow shutter speeds.

this will allow you to get return strokes of lightning.

Lightning may not strike the same place twice, but it can spark in the same general area repeatedly so long shutterspeeds are what you want to maximize chances of capturing multiple strikes. I got these ones last night, they were 30 seconds each.