Lucky shot

16 May 2006, 23:23

Nashcat

Lucky shot

This is a pic that my wife took, during our recent vacation to Florida. She used her pocket Kodak digital. I've been trying to get a picture of lightning for many years and never got one this good.

Nashcat

17 May 2006, 01:17

Wink

I think it is a lot easier to get lightning shots with an old fashioned SLR that has a manual shutter, one that has a "B" shutter speed setting. You set the camera up on a tripod during a lightning storm, open the shutter with a cable release, let lightning strike a few times and then close the shutter. Sometimes it works.

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27 May 2006, 07:49

Ray

quote:
Originally posted by Wink:
I think it is a lot easier to get lightning shots with an old fashioned SLR that has a manual shutter, one that has a "B" shutter speed setting. You set the camera up on a tripod during a lightning storm, open the shutter with a cable release, let lightning strike a few times and then close the shutter. Sometimes it works.

You can do the same with a digital SLR. The only difference is that one uses film,and the other uses software to accomplish the same thing.

10 June 2006, 02:28

DesertRam

Yeah, but to get one as a snapshot is pretty cool...

10 June 2006, 22:52

Ray

quote:
Originally posted by DesertRam:
Yeah, but to get one as a snapshot is pretty cool...

Quite true.