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That's basically the idea, brute-force method
I take 10 second repeated bursts when I see there is activity in the area, so it helps if it's an active storm. Specifically, I put the camera on a tripod, and on manual focus (after pre-focusing on a distant bulding), set to F8 and 10 second exposure (i.e. camera in manual mode), use continuous shooting mode, and a cable release which I put in the locked position so that it fires repeatedly until I release the lock. My camera doesn't have an intervalometer or else I think you could use that instead of a cable release to force the repeated firing.
As for the 10 seconds at f8 (at ISO200 which is the lowest my camera goes), I've just found that amount of time works well, because it's long enough to capture enough of the lightning burst, but not too long that the city lights burn out the photo. I've tried other exposure combinations but this seems to work the best for me under these conditions and keeps the noise levels down (I don't want to use auto NR because I don't want to miss a lightning burst while the camera is tied up doing the dark-frame subtraction).
Of course using a wide-angle works well because you can get more city/sky and also improve your chances of capturing something, but you can get skewing in the buildings which bugs me a bit.
^^ I love lightning shots like that, they always amaze me...
Nikon D40 w/ Kit Lens
1/250
f/5.3
ISO 400
42mm
Nikon D40 w/ Kit Lens
1/250
f/5.3
ISO 400
42mm
mmm, spicy
I like the colors MartinC on the Break Dance
And VictorM - thanks for the lightning technique
Finally cleared off my workbench so I could start taking some light tent shots.
D200 @ 50mm
f/16
2s
ISO 100
I like the colors MartinC on the Break Dance
And VictorM - thanks for the lightning technique
Finally cleared off my workbench so I could start taking some light tent shots.
D200 @ 50mm
f/16
2s
ISO 100
Family Force 5 at Cornerstone Florida music festival, 2007. I'm festival staff, so I had as much time backstage as i wanted, but the weekend was really hectic and I didn't have much time at all. I'm not a big fan of FF5, but I took these on Day 1 and have had some time to host them to my Flickr. Day 2, and the rest of Day 1 I haven't had time to look at yet. Alot of them are crap, I was so short on time I took any picture op and didn't take time to delete any bad ones.
*ist DS
135mm F2.8
ISO 400
May 11th, 2007
Mainstage 2, Cornerstone Florida Fest.
*ist DS
135mm F2.8
ISO 400
May 11th, 2007
Mainstage 2, Cornerstone Florida Fest.
Nice. That's a hard shot to get! Here is a seagull that was just coasting on the breeze at paradise beach this spring... easy target.Hi all, my first time posting in this thread. Hope I uploaded my picture properly. Enjoy!
Nikon D80 w/ 70-200mm VR
1/4000
f/2.8
ISO: 100
Nice. That's a hard shot to get! Here is a seagull that was just coasting on the breeze at paradise beach this spring... easy target.
Nice photo. Birds are often fun to shoot, especially in mid air, but not always easy
Puma in the Grass
Totally awesome! Simple but awesome. I love it.
Mine for the day. A birthday present for my brother. He's 16 today, and he loves soccer. SCARY!
Canon 400D 28-200mm @50mm
5-17-07
1/250 sec
f10
ISO 800
Totally awesome! Simple but awesome. I love it.
Mine for the day. A birthday present for my brother. He's 16 today, and he loves soccer. SCARY!
Canon 400D 28-200mm @50mm
5-17-07
1/250 sec
f10
ISO 800
Thanks for the kind words! I'm still learning...this board gives me lots of inspiration. i love that low perspective in your shot. i've been looking to do something like that, but can't find the right kind of grass or subject to do it with.....some day!
I love everyone's pictures here, but Freebooter, i have to say some of your pictures taken around Daegu are my favorite. I haven't been to Korea in many many years (i'm korean american).
anyways, here's mine for the day. I'll be in Spain/Portugal for the next 10 days, so hopefully i'll come back with a few good shots to post.
this is the lobby of the building i work in. really cool building.
taken May 11
Nikon D50
28-80mm @ 28mm
ISO 400
Shutter: 1/30
Aperture: f 6.3
5th Floor: After the Rain
May 16, 2007.
Daegu, South Korea
Sony DSC R1 @ 24mm
This is the view outside one of the classrooms at the academy I work at. I decided to make an image more complete than the similar one I posted here last week.
It's a multi-shot panorama stitched by AutoPano Pro (180 degrees).
And, thanks ACbc!
May 16, 2007.
Daegu, South Korea
Sony DSC R1 @ 24mm
This is the view outside one of the classrooms at the academy I work at. I decided to make an image more complete than the similar one I posted here last week.
It's a multi-shot panorama stitched by AutoPano Pro (180 degrees).
And, thanks ACbc!
cold and grey today
So I thought of this one.
Taken at Big Basin park in the hills near Santa Cruz, CA.
Old camera, no exif.
So I thought of this one.
Taken at Big Basin park in the hills near Santa Cruz, CA.
Old camera, no exif.
Nikon D80 + 18-135 @ 66m
1/200 @ f/5.3
ISO 100
I love the lighting there. How do you get that effect?
Thanks! I've "Orton-ised" it, something I found online. It's fairly easy to do with Photoshop ( and Elements ):
1. With an open image, select Image>Apply Image change the bending mode to Screen and the Opacity to 100%. This will give you an appropriately overexposed image.
2. Duplicate this overexposed image (Image>Duplicate).
3. Blur this second image (Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and in the dialog box use a Radius setting of 20-30 pixles.
4. Now drag and drop the blurry image onto the sharp one.
5. In the layers palette will be a menu box of blending modes. Change the blending mode from normal to multiply.
6. Then select Image>Flatten Image.
Voila!
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