Lightning

Finally got some decent lightning shots.

Small:
http://users.skynet.be/catscratch/storm/2450.jpg (640x480)
http://users.skynet.be/catscratch/storm/2424.jpg (640x480)

Big:
http://users.skynet.be/catscratch/storm/2427_wallpaper.jpg (1024x768)
http://users.skynet.be/catscratch/storm/2430_wallpaper.jpg (1024x768)

Comments, as always, are welcome.

wow, those are awesome pics man. i'm no pro photographer though so don't go my opinion, but i really enjoyed looking at those, i love lightning shots :D

very nice

Those are awesome pics... its hard getting good pics of lighting... they are so fast and unpredictable... The first bigger "wallpaper" one dont really look real did you add the lighting in later or what... either way those are some really nice shot... nice work man.. :D

Them pics are WAY cool - i like the feel of them!

nice shots :D lightning is good stuff

Originally posted by x_fusiun_x
Those are awesome pics... its hard getting good pics of lighting... they are so fast and unpredictable... The first bigger "wallpaper" one dont really look real did you add the lighting in later or what... either way those are some really nice shot... nice work man.. :D

Lol, the first big picture doesn't look real ... I know ... it feels like a painting ... the only thing that happened to it is I removed the noise, causing the picture to be a bit more blurry. I applyed the noise removal on a 2048x1536. When resizing the pic to 1024x768 you gain some sharpness ... so it compensates

The original (noise) picture: http://users.skynet.be/catscratch/storm/2427.jpg
It's just resized.

Wow, nice pics dude. those are great. I've tried taking pics of lightning but it's damn hard. and scary lol. Great shots!

How did you set it up to get those pics? Did you use some type of light trigger that snapped the shots or did you just stand out there and click away?

Originally posted by xchanin
How did you set it up to get those pics? Did you use some type of light trigger that snapped the shots or did you just stand out there and click away?

I used a shutter speed of 4". Actually taking these pictures weren't all that difficult. All the lightnings where concentrated in one cloud. So focus on the cloud, set a decent shutter speed, shoot ... and hope for a lightning while the camera is "recording".