few lightening shots from the beach

[LawDawg]

All in all, the weather last week was great, but there was one storm that I got to take advantage of. Like a rookie, however, I forgot my tripod and had to make one out of a cast net, bar stool, ice chest, and towels. For the circumstances I was given, I thought they turned out pretty good.

all these were straight from the camera. no touch up at all. I have no clue why the colors are different on some. My guess is the light created by the lightening made them different.

[dukmisr2005]

what setting do you use for those shots? i have a xti with a 18-55 and 55-300. also have a flash for it too. my pics always seem dark. i shoot in full auto.

[DeltaCotton12]

Amateur question here regarding the focus - how did you get the focus right? What this a manual focus or was this a time with the Fstop was so open that everything was in focus?

Great pictures. Lightning pictures are always pretty cool.

[huntersmky]

awesome pics

[LawDawg]

I had the ISO at 100, F-stop up as far as it could go (this allowed for a full fram focus) and I was shooting in AV mode. I would have used bulb had I had a tripod. One of the reasons why they aren't dark is because of hte pier lights. I was shooting 30 second shutter speed and the lights were enough to illuminate everything. That and when the lightening strikes, it puts out enough light to really see the horizon.

[DeltaCotton12]

[LawDawg]

here's another one I did with a 10 second exposure I think. It's much easier to do it with long exposures because you don't have to worry about catching the bolt. It you are in a place with a lot of light, you might have a problem.

I think Deagle has some cool ones that he took with relatively quick exposure. I'm not that patient or good.

[MudHog]

I love lightening. I shot this one in 2009.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Shooting Date/Time 7/6/2009 7:17:58 PM
Shooting Mode Flash Off(Never fires.)
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/60
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Lens 18.0 - 55.0 mm
Focal Length 34.0 mm
Image Size 3888x2592
Image Quality Fine
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Focus AF
Picture Style Standard
Sharpness 3
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Noise Reduction Off

[landscaper]

[grnhed]

those are great!

[rawalley]

Those are the coolest pics I have seen on this forum...

[LawDawg]

Thanks man. I was at the right place at the right time.

[Tedl10]

very nice!

[GordonGekko]

Great shots! One of my favorite subjects! Oh, and I think you have something on your sensor...or a dead pixel?

[LawDawg]

yea, I noticed that too. hopefully just something on my sensor. I need to check it out.