10 Monsoon Lighnting by Canon Image Challenge


27-Jul-2020	jimmsp

A real summer phenomena. I missed a couple of real good bolts, but this is decent.

Canon EOS 90D ,Tokina 10-24 mm
1/13s f/25.0 at 16.0mm iso100 hide exif

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Guest		05-Aug-2020 10:38
Is a ND in your future? I didn’t have one but I know a guy who had one of the variable ND filters and he didn’t care for it because of the uneven coverage it gave. PA

Canon Image Challenge		05-Aug-2020 10:38
Is a ND in your future? I didn’t have one but I know a guy who had one of the variable ND filters and he didn’t care for it because of the uneven coverage it gave. PA

Canon Image Challenge		04-Aug-2020 02:06
Paul - I really should have a neutral density filter. You can see I was shooting in the afternoon, so a bright sky. To get the longest exposure, 1/13 sec, I had to be at f/25. I wanted longer. Jim

Canon Image Challenge		04-Aug-2020 00:06
When I would shoot lightning I didn’t have a detector rather I’d just time my shots with a open shutter for about 5 to 10 seconds, stopped down and low iso. Like Jim said lots of misses but every now and then you get a good one. PA

Canon Image Challenge		28-Jul-2020 14:31
T - no lightning rod. But the technique is rather straightforward. I do use a tripod which I also weight down for stability if any winds come up. I also use a wide angle lens, as you don't know where the lightning will be (generally in front or behind the storm cell). The key is to buy a lightning detector which sits in the flash part of your camera and can trigger the camera to shoot. Lightning emits a burst of infra red just before the visible. The lightning detector is basically an IR detector which then triggers the camera to shoot just as the lightning flashes. You do get a lot of blank shots, because not all the cloud to cloud lightning is visible . Jim

Canon Image Challenge		28-Jul-2020 05:40
Again very nice! I hope you have a good lightening rod atop your living abode...(grin, but serious also)....lastly, how do you do this? Tripod, see the light and trip the shutter....or how? Thanks, traveller

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