call me Lightning chaser!

There was a storm...again...and lightning

lightning1
lightning2

no comment on the artistic quality...do you know how hard it is to catch a lightning with a digital camera? the responsetime sucks...and it was cold and my lens was rained on...but I got 2! yay

That 2nd image is kinda sexy.

Ive been trying to get lighting for a while......but in the last 10 storms we've had no strikes...all sheet lighting which looks like crap in an image. I only got 1 strike last year.....which is so weak its barely visible :-(.

And yeah....response time sucks. Usually in a "good" storm.....I'll put my shutter on 5-10 seconds, and click the shutter every 15. I'll end up with 2-300 completely black pictures after (and some dead batteries) but its easier to catch a strike or 2.

Also about the long shutter time......you risk the chance of more noise but if you land a good strike....it should provide enough light for a good exposure. Thats my technique anyway.

nice job, mihai. The second photo is pretty nice!
How about using the bulb-mode of the camera? And just cover the lens with something between the strikes?

hihi I just...clicked away...got lucky I guess. I tried a long exposure...but it came out so noisy it was useles...and I felt kinda bad because there were two strokes in it. It was a good storm though... I have this "multiple shots" feature that takes 16 pics in fast mode. but they're crap...very small.
I guess some things are better done "the old way" hihi. At least with a film camera you know you're going to get exposure the moment you press the button.

EDIT= minse we posted at the same time I didn't think about covering the objective...yeah - well - next storm Good idea - thanks

Nice job, getting lightning alone is hard, but you did it, and even made it look purrty.

Ha.

Nice job :D

Thats preety cool, **** we dont have much lightning over were i live, just crazy wild weather and earthquakes... :(