few lightening shots from the beach
few lightening shots from the beach
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.
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.
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
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.
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
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.
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
awesome pics
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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.
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
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.
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
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
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
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
those are great!
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Those are the coolest pics I have seen on this forum...
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
Thanks man. I was at the right place at the right time.
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
very nice!
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
Great shots! One of my favorite subjects! Oh, and I think you have something on your sensor...or a dead pixel?
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Re: few lightening shots from the beach
yea, I noticed that too. hopefully just something on my sensor. I need to check it out.
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