Lightning
Awesome lightning bolt strikes.
Shooting TIPS:These photos (4 in this series) were shot on film, so I didn't know what I had until I processed the film. However, I had photographed lightning before, so I already knew the best exposure: f8 for ISO 100. Aim and compose where you saw the last lightning strike, open the shutter ("manual" setting) and leave it open until you get a least one good lightning strike in that area, then close the shutter. NOTE: this system works as long as the sky is black. If there is lingering twilight, approaching dawn, or strong city lights, you'll have a more limited window of time that you can leave the shutter open -- but of course you knew that, right? ;-)
Missing shots: There are about 20 other great photos missing from this series. They are probably in some New York City landfill -- victims of a stock photo agency that went bankrupt. These four images survived because I made 70mm duplicate transparencies before sending the originals off to the agency! This is another reason I love digital: duplicates cost nothing but storage space, and each dupe is as good as the original.
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PRINTS & LICENSING can be ordered through my profile page, or email royce.bair at gmail dot com.
I just self-published my first photo book (photos of the Grand Teton NP). You can see a preview of it at my blog, Your Photo Vision. Since this is a blog read by photographers and wanna-be photographers, I also discuss the advantages and pitfalls to self-publishing through the new print-on-demand format. I'd love to hear your comments.
2012/08/07 8,408v 113f 99c 16g
Lightning
Awesome lightning bolt strikes.
Shooting TIPS:These photos (4 in this series) were shot on film, so I didn't know what I had until I processed the film. However, I had photographed lightning before, so I already knew the best exposure: f8 for ISO 100. Aim and compose where you saw the last lightning strike, open the shutter ("manual" setting) and leave it open until you get a least one good lightning strike in that area, then close the shutter. NOTE: this system works as long as the sky is black. If there is lingering twilight, approaching dawn, or strong city lights, you'll have a more limited window of time that you can leave the shutter open -- but of course you knew that, right? ;-)
Missing shots: There are about 20 other great photos missing from this series. They are probably in some New York City landfill -- victims of a stock photo agency that went bankrupt. These four images survived because I made 70mm duplicate transparencies before sending the originals off to the agency! This is another reason I love digital: duplicates cost nothing but storage space, and each dupe is as good as the original.
- - -
Visit my Into The Night Photography blog
...with how-to tutorials from the world's top night photographers
Night Photo Blog | Facebook | 500px | Google+ | Workshops : 2014 Schedule
PRINTS & LICENSING can be ordered through my profile page, or email royce.bair at gmail dot com.
I just self-published my first photo book (photos of the Grand Teton NP). You can see a preview of it at my blog, Your Photo Vision. Since this is a blog read by photographers and wanna-be photographers, I also discuss the advantages and pitfalls to self-publishing through the new print-on-demand format. I'd love to hear your comments.
2012/08/07 8,408v 113f 99c 16g