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Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:31 amby Omag 2.0
Ruiselede, 23:30h last night... all seems quite...
About ten minutes later, the clouds are lit up time after time, by lightning in the clouds... so I go out wiyh my tripod to do some experimenting...
Yet In the dark I saw a massive front comming on, and the wind was picking up fast... I just got in on time to capture my first bolt...
Quickly followed by more fire in the sky!
To bad it started raining after that... so windows closed and enjoying the show! ZAP!
This one did not come out of my wall! ;D
Only one groundhitting bolt captured, but the shot is unsharp...
Nice to see I can get this stuff with my camera.
Cheers,
Omag
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:42 amby Mictheslik
cool...what shutter speeds were you using
.mic
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:48 amby Omag 2.0
8 seconds shutter-priority... the longest my camera will go. I still was amazed by the result.
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:29 amby TSC.
Amazing shots Kris. :o
Kudos to you sir.
TSC.
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:40 amby Roughrider
Great shots Kris, I always wanted to give that a try. I like the rain on the window effect.
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:06 amby john_uk
awesome shots
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:39 amby Willit Run
Fantastic shots, Kris!!
I've been waiting for a good storm here to try that.
Great job!!
Cory
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:34 amby matt2190
Amazing!
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:46 pmby M.R.Maiornikov
WOW :o those are amazing.
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:57 pmby MWISimmer
Superb! :o 8-)
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:39 pmby Rifleman
Good work Kris.......one bit of advice - if you have the option, try to set manual focus to infinity and it should get rid of some of the raindrops on the window..........other than that, you did well considering you only have 8 seconds to work with....... 8-)
Did you set an aperture smaller than F-8 ?......my choice for night shots is usually 8 or 11 to help gain depth of field, but what you captured is more than just adequate.......
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:35 pmby BAW0343
I did some of that last summer and have wanted to this summer but lost the part the connects my camera to the tripod. I'm a little mad cause I was really excited about shooting it this year. Its amazing what you can do even with 8 sec as I'm in the same boat. Its fun stuff but you seem to have a better quality camera then mine.
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:01 pmby flyboy 28
Great shots Kris. With my FZ7, you can set the aperture lower like Ken said, to be able to get all the way up to 60/1. Not sure if the FZ5 has that capability.
Re: Cracking!
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:22 pmby Alonso
Amazing photos Kris!!!
Very well done...
Re: Cracking!
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Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:28 pmby Omag 2.0
No manual focus on my camera... later versions have it and I'd really like to have that feature!
As I normally shoot in shutter-priority, I let the camera handle the apperature, though I might experiment a bit next time.