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richard_syko
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How do they get such good pictures of lightening.

Or are they all lucky shoots.
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don't know. maybe a light snesor to trip the shutter or they set up a contuctor on the gound to entice it
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28th Jun 05 at 23:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Probably one of about 100 shots . The storms we had last friday had the lightning going every 20 seconds or so.

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Ian
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That one is just a 30 second or so exposure on a tripod, and a little bit of luck that the lightening strikes within the 30 seconds. Notice how it looks fairly light, just because the camera has been able to soak up loads of light while its been taking the pic, then whammo a bolt of lightening strikes through the pic as well.

You could get a more natural pic of the night sky with a shorter shutter - 5 seconds perhaps - but then you've a smaller window in which the strike must occur.
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Ian, what if one was to use spidey-sense
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i thought lighening pics were taken using cams with a light sensor, when it flashes it takes the pic
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the really good pics of storms and solar system are several different type of shots that they then overlay and create 1 pic
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Will my Canon "digital rebel" do this?
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
Ian, what if one was to use spidey-sense
Yes this would work as well.
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quote:
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i thought lighening pics were taken using cams with a light sensor, when it flashes it takes the pic
Could do, but you would need to know where it was going to strike, or you would have to be very close to where it did to trigger. They are designed to work with studio flashes not outside.
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quote:
Originally posted by richard_syko
Will my Canon "digital rebel" do this?
Yes.
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Lightening strikles last milli-seconds though :S
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They're also very bright relative to a night sky, so in a 30 second exposure where the aperture is fully open you will see it on the finished photo.

Same as this pic



Massively blurred because of the long shutter, but a flash gun has been used to momentarily pick out the bike in mid air. Note how anything which was already fairly light in the pic - ie the writing on the tyre - is blurred as its there even without the flash, but other dark areas like his face and shirt are sharp as they're not lit naturally.
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Cheers, just wait for some lightening now.
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Yeah I think its over for this year.
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you never know
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Thunderstorms can occur at any time of the year Ian. I remember last February when we had some crazy snowstorm, there was also thunder and lightning.

 
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