Lightning Last night

ehughes · October 25, 2005

Who needs sleep when there's something to shoot

Nikolai · October 25, 2005

Wow!
Great catch, Ed!

What were your exposure parameters, if you don't mind my asking?
Thanks!

ehughes · October 25, 2005

Nikolai wrote:

Great catch, Ed!
What were your exposure parameters, if you don't mind my asking?
Thanks!

Thanks Nik,
5D with the 24-105L
ISO 100, F8, 5 second exposure if I remember correctly.

Shakey · October 25, 2005

Yes I like! I love the framing of the bolts by the two trees!
So very cool.
Tim

rahmonster · October 25, 2005

amazing!

Nikolai · October 25, 2005

Thanks, Ed!

ehughes wrote:

Thanks Nik,
5D with the 24-105L
ISO 100, F8, 5 second exposure if I remember correctly.

Appreciate the sharing!

Cheers!

Skippy · October 25, 2005

Ohhhhh Brilliant !

ehughes wrote:

Who needs sleep when there's something to shoot

Were you in the right place at the right time or what

Look at the viens on that thing

did it hit the ground at all ???
That is one heck of a lightning bolt! and what an amazing capture

Excellent shot......... Skippy (Australia)

Sask2005 · October 26, 2005

Cool pic. I'm betting any birds in those trees cooked nicely. What's your method for capturing lightening so well please?:):

ehughes wrote:

Who needs sleep when there's something to shoot

gus · October 26, 2005

beautiful Ed !! There is some power in that one mate.

ehughes · October 27, 2005

Humungus wrote:

beautiful Ed !! There is some power in that one mate.

Thanks Gus, you ever consider buying a Lightning Trigger?

http://www.lightningtrigger.com/

Dee · October 27, 2005

Nature's colors for the challenge?

ehughes wrote:

Who needs sleep when there's something to shoot

How the heck do you catch these? Press the shutter when you think you see a strike? I've never been too lucky at lightening and now where I live I hardly see any lightening at all! When I do it's something very special.

gus · October 27, 2005

ehughes wrote:

Thanks Gus, you ever consider buying a Lightning Trigger?

http://www.lightningtrigger.com/

It is certainly something i will look into Ed but the other night we got 10 000 strikes in 2 hours so i have plenty of lightning. Its more positioning that i have difficulty with.

Do you use it ?

ehughes · October 27, 2005

Humungus wrote:

It is certainly something i will look into Ed but the other night we got 10 000 strikes in 2 hours so i have plenty of lightning. Its more positioning that i have difficulty with.

Do you use it ?

No, but I've considered it more than once, but a $400 toy ( after having to buy an extra cable ) is just a bit more than I can justify for the amount of lightning we get..

ehughes · October 27, 2005

Dee wrote:

How the heck do you catch these? Press the shutter when you think you see a strike? I've never been too lucky at lightening and now where I live I hardly see any lightening at all! When I do it's something very special.

I use a five second exposure and set the camera to fire every six seconds. After one or two you can get exposure correct add a bit of luck and your home free.

Bob&Glennie · October 28, 2005

Yahoo!!! Ain't that a honey

This is really good picture. your composition is perfect. I mean look at it !!! you've got a nice frame and a foundation. That makes it rock solid and gives a feeling of security. And then there's this incredible bolt smack dab in the middle between your frame. It's so right. I love it.

Bob

ehughes · October 29, 2005

Bob&Glennie wrote:

Yahoo!!! Ain't that a honey This is really good picture. your composition is perfect. I mean look at it !!! you've got a nice frame and a foundation. That makes it rock solid and gives a feeling of security. And then there's this incredible bolt smack dab in the middle between your frame. It's so right. I love it.

Bob

Thanks Bob

jwear · October 29, 2005

$400 is a bit much for an item you use not very much ,good one ED

gus · October 29, 2005

jwear wrote:

$400 is a bit much for an item you use not very much ,good one ED

My problem is jeff is that i could use it almost every day & every night here in summer, i just never get sick of watching lightning or looking at photos of it.

Im going to buy one i recon. I will have to put an order in with the head cook & bottle washer though...she keeps a damn close eye on me & the credit card.

Gus

aero-nut · October 29, 2005

Very nice catch, Ed! I'm a big fan of lightning photography.

pathfinder · October 29, 2005

ehughes wrote:

Thanks Gus, you ever consider buying a Lightning Trigger?

http://www.lightningtrigger.com/

I don't think that link works any more. I read about the Lightning Trigger on The Luminous Landscape about a year ago, but I cannot find an active vendor any where on the web. Any one else know a a reliable source for a lightning trigger?
Maybe liablility concerns cancelled their business plans??

Cantfeelmyfingers · November 13, 2005

That's incredible! Jamie.

gus · November 13, 2005

pathfinder wrote:

I don't think that link works any more. I read about the Lightning Trigger on The Luminous Landscape about a year ago, but I cannot find an active vendor any where on the web. Any one else know a a reliable source for a lightning trigger?
Maybe liablility concerns cancelled their business plans??

That link works fine for me...come on mate...we'll see if he will do a deal on 2 'eh ?

ian408 · November 13, 2005

For USD$329, you'd think they'd include the cable...

gus · November 13, 2005

ian408 wrote:

For USD$329, you'd think they'd include the cable...

I was wondering about that ian...so for the big dumb guy do i need the cable also ?

Also mate whats the go in his 'Compatability' speel where he gives one speed (about 60ms) for the 20D & then a TBA.

Is it a goer with the 20D you recon ? I want it before xmas.

ian408 · November 13, 2005

Humungus wrote:

I was wondering about that ian...so for the big dumb guy do i need the cable also ?

Also mate whats the go in his 'Compatability' speel where he gives one speed (about 60ms) for the 20D & then a TBA.

Is it a goer with the 20D you recon ? I want it before xmas.

You definetly need the USD$53 cable.

The compatibility looks to be the amount of time between trigger and
exposure. So if you preset the exposure (manual mode), it takes 65ms
to fire the shutter. If you let the camera decide (TV or AV mode), he
doesn't know. I'm guessing it's going to be in the 250-300ms range based
on some of the other listings.

The longer the lag time, the less lightning you'll catch.

I think it's pretty cool how you can also trigger using a remote control
for your TV

Ian

gus · November 13, 2005

ian408 wrote:

You definetly need the USD$53 cable.

The compatibility looks to be the amount of time between trigger and
exposure. So if you preset the exposure (manual mode), it takes 65ms
to fire the shutter. If you let the camera decide (TV or AV mode), he
doesn't know. I'm guessing it's going to be in the 250-300ms range based
on some of the other listings.

The longer the lag time, the less lightning you'll catch.

I think it's pretty cool how you can also trigger using a remote control
for your TV

Ian

Ok ta mate.......... i'm in !!!!!

Lightning Last night

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