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I got a chance at some lightning attempts this morning.( inside my garage). This one was a little too close for my liking. Not all that great of a shot, but still it was a blast trying.
It takes a bit of courage to fly amidst a thunderstorm nearby. And I was lucky to capture the lightning in my frame as I was flying near Singapore Flyer. The lightning flashes were too near that I only hovered around 30m high.
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I set out at 4am to shoot some new marketing content for a regular client at the Antioch, CA marina.
Well, as luck would have it, just after I framed up my shot, a burst of cloud to ground lightning struck directly behind the building. There was not a hint of any lightning after that, so I was pretty sure I was done for the day, as none of the subsequent photos were anywhere near as exciting as this one, lol.
Lens is the DFA 25mm on the 645Z. 3 exposure bracket.
Awesome thunderstorm north of Terlinqua, Texas. Shot around 300 images with 89 capturing a bolt. Narrowed down to these 5
Taken earlier this month, this is just a 5 stacked image of the best lightning flashes during this storm. Lightened in Photoshop.
A spectacular lightning heat the sea off the coast of Kavala a city in the northern part of Greece. Clouds are cover the blue moon in the sky
I had originally not anticipated shooting lightning, because locally it is often so ephemeral. But while at the marina, it contiinued. So I quickly tried to think of where I could get an angle at which the lightning would reflect off the bay, and headed to the Morro Bay Natural History Museum. I took some long exposures to hopefully catch a flash of lightning and, while I expected the lightning reflections, the effects in the clouds were more than I expected. Photoshop helped with the noise. Morro Bay, CA
As I add this to a "most interesting" group, I add this note:
This photo has been at the top of my "interesting" list since it made the flickr Explore page and I have gotten responses from around the world. I assume the allure is the combination of lightning (with its attendant energy/electricity), landscape and reflection in a relatively uncluttered composition--at least that's what it is for me.
My best shot of a storm with 80+ lightning strikes per minute! After this shot I had to stop because the wind got too strong and shook my camera around way too much to get another stable shot.
Three Frames from my Fujifilm X-T3, Fujinon 16-55mm f/2.8 @ 55mm & f/5.6, iso 1250, exp 3x6.5s (movie mode), cropped.
This storm was over Colorado, some 20 miles to my south. The storm persisted between 8-9PM. Mostly in-cloud lightning.
Thunderstorm over Herford
Always wanted to do some Lightning shots. Today we had 'luck' with the weather, so I was able to get some!
Probably the most impressive nature phenomenon is the lightning. And it is always great fun to try to capture some of them. When you look at the screen of your camera you start to realize how gigantic they are.
July 29, 2012 - Kearney Nebraska US
2012 was a dry summer and the storm season was few & far between. Last recorded rainfall for us was back in early June. Working constantly I had that Sunday evening off and was able to get out to get a few snaps of this oncoming storm.
Finally received some much needed moisture. Strong thunderstorms had formed out in western Nebraska & were dying as they were entering southwest Buffalo county here in South Central Nebraska.
No warnings on this storm but she was producing some exceptional views of the core. Incredible cloud to cloud and cloud to ground lightning strikes pummeled the earth . This storm cell was proceeding to the northeast from the southwest. It crested right on the northern outskirts of the city. Couldn't have asked for better light & storm. Many photographic gems in this set!
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Last night was a pretty cool lightning storm and I was lucky to have the Sheriton's 5th floor window for both a great vantage point and a dry place to shoot!
Though, really it would have been better to not shoot through a window, my polarizer did a pretty good job of cleaning up my frame, and I shot at 2.8 to avoid any dust or smudges.
This is actually two lightning shots and a third shot of the boat passing under the lift bridge blended together.
I've been blending images lately, many people do it for star trails, blurrier clouds, or here, in lightning bolts. I think it is a great way to essentially shoot bulb without having to actually bulb, but at the same time, I feel like I'm cheating. Maybe I'll stop, maybe I wont, I'm torn. Maybe I'll only use it sometimes. Anyway, I feel like without a disclaimer saying that I've blended more than one exposure, I would definitely be cheating.
No selective colour for this shot ie the grey bridge is solely due to the crazy rainfall at the time!
Using a Miops trigger for the first time for lightning shots was interesting... 85% sensitivity picked up a lot of shot but almost all the bolts were hidden in clouds. Only 5 shots with visible strikes over a couple of hours. A number of storm cells came in with strong winds giving nearly horizontal torrential rain, I discovered that my hiking pants were not waterproof and my boot started filling up with water even with a big umbrella.
When stacking lighting frames (in this case 18 frames), there is always a tendency to overdue the number of strikes. A balance between too many and too few is challenging. In this image, I could've used more than twice as many frames but the impact due to the loss of detail would have been obvious.
This lightning storm was captured using my Fujifilm X-T3, Fujinon 16-55mm @ 16mm, f/2.8, iso 3200, 0.25s exp per frame (movie mode @ 4K), I cropped the clip and extracted only the best strikes. Most lightning occurred between 15 and 25 miles to my south. This activity was over a 6.5 minute period.
Bangkok, taken from State Tower on the 57th floor. There is a boat a few meters from the striking point. The storm was so strong, lightnings every few seconds.
This september storm produced dangerous, close lightning strikes at almost the same place, time after the time.....
So it was easy to know where to point the camera and then taking dozens of shots where the lightning could strike.
I was concerned about my safety, so I took shelter in the entrance of my greenhouse. I have many more shots of this event, but this was clearly the best....