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ctfchallenge | all galleries >> Challenge 180 - It's Your Call >> c180 It's Your Call - Exhibition > Weather 1
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Weather 1

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Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
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Guest 27-Feb-2009 22:04
tv, they were only seconds apart, I missed some good ones , when I saw action I would set everything in one direction and then a volley of lightning would appear in another direction, bit like chasing shadows.

eric
ctfchallenge27-Feb-2009 20:22
It used to be so much simpler with a box camera and two settings: "instantaneous" (about 1/125 sec) and "bulb" (shutter open as long as the button is depressed). Were the two flashes in quick sequence? -tv
Guest 27-Feb-2009 06:27
cj, the storm was violent, and where I live you can see them sweeping in over the city and the farms.

It was a matter of placing the 20D on a tripod, using a 10 second delay, 2 seconds would do if you have it just to stop my big hand from shaking the long exposure when I press the shutter release,which is about 10 to 20 seconds.
I just muck around with 100 shots or so, pointing over the town then across the farms to the hills beyond.Generally focused to infinity ,use around f/11 and just keep playing with it till the amount of light coming in looks right.
Just point to where ever the stikes look more active and take a few, then I drag the photo into photoshop, sharpen,increase the blacks a little with Power Retouche, crop, muck around a little with levels and then save as a copy.

eric
ctfchallenge27-Feb-2009 03:20
exciting - nice color. Penny Street
ctfchallenge27-Feb-2009 00:04
Wow - very impressive! I'd love to get some lightening shots - care to share your camera settings and techniques? CJ
ctfchallenge26-Feb-2009 18:47
lovely indeed- Debi
ctfchallenge26-Feb-2009 18:19
Lovely. ~Lydia