Grant Leavitt
Lightning in Amsterdam, NY
Zooming in on this picture will show the detail in the lightning. Much better detail than I expected.
Taking pictures of lightning requires patience, patience I don't have... Unlike most of my subjects, I couldn't just waiting for lightning to strike then hit the shutter... By the time the picture would be taken, the lightning would be gone. So basically you really have to anticipate the lightning occurring BEFORE it actually does, but even then that doesn't always produce a picture of lightning...
Of the three pictures I took at this location, all of them got some lightning in the shot, but one was too blurry for posting... so that's a 66% success rate, pretty good for a first-timer, huh?
Lightning in Amsterdam, NY
Zooming in on this picture will show the detail in the lightning. Much better detail than I expected.
Taking pictures of lightning requires patience, patience I don't have... Unlike most of my subjects, I couldn't just waiting for lightning to strike then hit the shutter... By the time the picture would be taken, the lightning would be gone. So basically you really have to anticipate the lightning occurring BEFORE it actually does, but even then that doesn't always produce a picture of lightning...
Of the three pictures I took at this location, all of them got some lightning in the shot, but one was too blurry for posting... so that's a 66% success rate, pretty good for a first-timer, huh?