Comments on: Photographing Lightning http://www.lightningprotectionspecialists.com/lightning-protection/photographing-lightning Helping You Protect What Is Most Important Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:38:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cabbiinc http://www.lightningprotectionspecialists.com/lightning-protection/photographing-lightning/comment-page-1#comment-365 cabbiinc Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:32:59 +0000 http://www.lightningprotectionspecialists.com/lightning-protection/photographing-lightning#comment-365 She means the shutter button. Click the button... you know, take a picture. Anyways, this is done easiest with a camera that has a 'Bulb' setting. Usually found on SLRs and digital SLRs but other cameras have this as well. Might be named timed on your camera. Ok, so you have a stormy night. And the lightning is frequent. So you set your camera on a tripod with a low ISO and set the aperture relatively small (f/11 or smaller) and you set the shutter speed to bulb. Try and guess when the lightning will strike but you have no clue right. Well you just open the shutter and sit and wait a while. Eventually you might get lucky and a flash will happen while your shutter is open and you now have a pretty decent picture of lightning. If you dont have a camera that you can control the shutter on get an old film SLR. You may have one in the closet or attic already. You can find them on Craigslist pretty cheap usually. Same thing applies here except you use film and dont know how it comes out till you get the film back. But its a real powerful experience when you get it right.<br><b>References : </b><br> She means the shutter button. Click the button… you know, take a picture.

Anyways, this is done easiest with a camera that has a ‘Bulb’ setting. Usually found on SLRs and digital SLRs but other cameras have this as well. Might be named timed on your camera.

Ok, so you have a stormy night. And the lightning is frequent. So you set your camera on a tripod with a low ISO and set the aperture relatively small (f/11 or smaller) and you set the shutter speed to bulb. Try and guess when the lightning will strike but you have no clue right. Well you just open the shutter and sit and wait a while. Eventually you might get lucky and a flash will happen while your shutter is open and you now have a pretty decent picture of lightning.

If you dont have a camera that you can control the shutter on get an old film SLR. You may have one in the closet or attic already. You can find them on Craigslist pretty cheap usually. Same thing applies here except you use film and dont know how it comes out till you get the film back. But its a real powerful experience when you get it right.
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]]> By: emily_k_142000 http://www.lightningprotectionspecialists.com/lightning-protection/photographing-lightning/comment-page-1#comment-364 emily_k_142000 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:30:59 +0000 http://www.lightningprotectionspecialists.com/lightning-protection/photographing-lightning#comment-364 In order to get a good picture of lightning, you need to hit the shutter right before u see it, or it won't get on the film in its glory. There is usually a slight crackle in the air right before it. It takes some practice, but it is worth it.<br><b>References : </b><br> In order to get a good picture of lightning, you need to hit the shutter right before u see it, or it won’t get on the film in its glory. There is usually a slight crackle in the air right before it. It takes some practice, but it is worth it.
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]]> By: CJ http://www.lightningprotectionspecialists.com/lightning-protection/photographing-lightning/comment-page-1#comment-363 CJ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:28:22 +0000 http://www.lightningprotectionspecialists.com/lightning-protection/photographing-lightning#comment-363 <b>Photographing lightning?</b><br>What's the best way/method to capture a picture of lightning? what exactly is the shutter? please be little more specific Photographing lightning?
What’s the best way/method to capture a picture of lightning?
what exactly is the shutter? please be little more specific

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