Needing tips for Capturing lightning

[wildhorserunphotography]

I would like to get some good lightning shots and need some tips!

Equipment: Nikon D200 & D300
17-50mm 2.8
Nifty fifty 1.8
70-300mm 3.5

Sb-600

And of course a tripod. ;)

[groovyone]

Mine were to point the camera in the direction of the storm and shoot a few 10-15 second exposures. I think I just used a f/2.8 lens.

(I should crop this some)

[Ricco]

10 to 15? I was thinking a bit longer with a shorter f stop, but what do I know? I haven't done it yet and I haven't seen lightning in months!

Its almost like a unicorn myth in houston.

[revjvegas]

We'll see some rain and lightning in H-town one day...maybe in November.

[groovyone]

The one I posted was f/11 on a 20sec exposure.

[wildhorserunphotography]

Originally Posted by groovyone

The one I posted was f/11 on a 20sec exposure.

Thanks I was about to ask for specs lol!

[groovyone]

Be careful not to fire off too many looong exposures in a row though. My sensor started showing bad red pixels from heat.

This was shot 15 or so, almost completeluy back to back:
(f/16, 30s, ISO 200)

[wildhorserunphotography]

Originally Posted by groovyone

Be careful not to fire off too many looong exposures in a row though. My sensor started showing bad red pixels from heat.

This was shot 15 or so, almost completeluy back to back:
(f/16, 30s, ISO 200)

Thanks for the tip! I've shot lightning before but with poor results.

[Ricco]

Originally Posted by wildhorserunphotography

Thanks for the tip! I've shot lightning before but with poor results.

Who do you think you are? Zeus?? You need more practice.

[TheFantasticG]

I usually shoot it at F8-22, AutoISO to 1600, 1"-30", M on the dial. depending on frequency of strikes. I also use a 35mm 1.8G or the 16-85VR mounted on a tripod. But since I got the AEO Lightning Strike II, I'm using much much shorter shutter speeds.

[PHOTO-DA]

If you spend some time watching storms with a lot of lightening you can almost start to feel when strikes are going to happen.

I would use an f stop of at least 8 if not higher and then shoot it like fireworks-long exposures., Remember that you are shooting HOT spots/streaks of LIGHT and you generally don't want much of the ground other than what the lightening itself lights up captured.

[wildhorserunphotography]

Originally Posted by Ricco

Who do you think you are? Zeus?? You need more practice.

Pardon? Zeus, no. Ceres, perhaps.

[Outlander]

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