Stormy Night

ladytxladytx Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
edited October 8, 2009 in Landscapes
This huge storm cloud was off in the distance coming our way. Not a lot of strikes to be seen but I got a few. It was a beautiful light show anyway. There is a lot of noise in the photos. Probably had the wrong settings. :dunno

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LadyTX

Comments

  • CyberSteakCyberSteak Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2009
    what settings did you use?
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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2009
    The captures on 3 thru 6 are fantastic!
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  • ladytxladytx Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2009
    CyberSteak wrote:
    what settings did you use?

    Mostly -

    Bulb
    7-11 sec
    focus - infinity
    ISO - 800
    LadyTX
  • ladytxladytx Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2009
    Idlewild wrote:
    The captures on 3 thru 6 are fantastic!

    Thanks very much Idlewild.
    LadyTX
  • RuiMLopesRuiMLopes Registered Users Posts: 336 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2009
    Impressive!
    No 1 and 6 are really strong!

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    Rui
    D300, D200 coupled with some fine Nikon glass

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  • ladytxladytx Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2009
    RuiMLopes wrote:
    Impressive!
    No 1 and 6 are really strong!

    Rui<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
    D300, D200 coupled with some fine Nikon glass<o:p></o:p>
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    My Smugmug galleries: http://ruilopes.smugmug.com/<o:p></o:p>


    Thanks very much!!
    LadyTX
  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2009
    Very nice ladytx! I love good lightning shots and I think these are very nice. Your settings are pretty much what I have tried also.

    Ron
    "The question is not what you look at, but what you see". Henry David Thoreau

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  • ThwackThwack Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2009
    I like #1, but would've cropped out the blackness along the top. Pictures get shrunken for posting online so I try to toss out things that don't contribute much to the picture. Judicious cropping would leave a larger cloud and lightning bolt letting us see more the meat of what you captured.

    Very cool shots! A tough subject to capture.
  • ladytxladytx Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2009
    ront wrote:
    Very nice ladytx! I love good lightning shots and I think these are very nice. Your settings are pretty much what I have tried also.

    Ron

    Thank you Ron.
    LadyTX
  • ladytxladytx Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2009
    Thwack wrote:
    I like #1, but would've cropped out the blackness along the top. Pictures get shrunken for posting online so I try to toss out things that don't contribute much to the picture. Judicious cropping would leave a larger cloud and lightning bolt letting us see more the meat of what you captured.

    Very cool shots! A tough subject to capture.

    Thank you very much Thwack. I understand what you are saying about the cropping.
    LadyTX
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