Managed to snap these two pics the other night of a lightning storm we had going on. Sadly, they were the only ones that actually got any bolts:
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Just wanted to share them, as well ask for advice on trying to take pictures of lightning.
In this case, it hadn't started raining yet, so I was standing on the covered "porch" we have out front, and just using a pillar to support myself and the camera. I was using F/2.8 and 1 second exposures (generally speaking) to try and get the pictures. Sadly, that explains the screwed up depth of field too. So, I'm hoping we'll get another decent storm soon, and I can try with a larger F-stop (smaller aperture).
I must admit though, I'm just happy to get the two pictures that I did. I almost filled my 256 MB card on my Fuji Finepix S5000 trying to get those. But, I have a few things I'm going to change for the next time, as well as using a tripod.
Just looking to see if anyone has any other suggestions though?
Thanks!
And
Just wanted to share them, as well ask for advice on trying to take pictures of lightning.
In this case, it hadn't started raining yet, so I was standing on the covered "porch" we have out front, and just using a pillar to support myself and the camera. I was using F/2.8 and 1 second exposures (generally speaking) to try and get the pictures. Sadly, that explains the screwed up depth of field too. So, I'm hoping we'll get another decent storm soon, and I can try with a larger F-stop (smaller aperture).
I must admit though, I'm just happy to get the two pictures that I did. I almost filled my 256 MB card on my Fuji Finepix S5000 trying to get those. But, I have a few things I'm going to change for the next time, as well as using a tripod.
Just looking to see if anyone has any other suggestions though?
Thanks!