Conundrum 1 #1 October 2, 2010 Took some time to photograph a nice storm system we have moving through, during sunset. This was my favorite: http://i54.tinypic.com/ih64hl.jpg Thoughts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #2 October 2, 2010 Excellent!quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #3 October 2, 2010 Quote Took some time to photograph a nice storm system we have moving through, during sunset. This was my favorite: http://i54.tinypic.com/ih64hl.jpg Thoughts? Noooooooice Plus a thumbs up from Paul... thats pretty good stuff right there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #4 October 2, 2010 Very nice.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Hellis 0 #5 October 2, 2010 Nice! This is my favorite Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zep 0 #6 October 2, 2010 Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites stratostar 5 #7 October 2, 2010 Nice shot, I also enjoy trying to capture lighting.you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #8 October 2, 2010 Beautiful. I video taped lightning a few times. It's really weird when you play it back in slow motion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Conundrum 1 #9 October 2, 2010 Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Rebel XTi with the kit lens (!!) ISO 100 39mm f/5.6 13.0 sec tripod, hand released shutter Caught this with the 16th take. Got some others with single bolts and smaller activity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thrillstalker 0 #10 October 2, 2010 Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. easy fix. use the timer, like when you take a picture of the family but have to run to get into it. when the camera goes off you wont actually be touching it."Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thrillstalker 0 #11 October 2, 2010 Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Rebel XTi with the kit lens (!!) ISO 100 39mm f/5.6 13.0 sec tripod, hand released shutter Caught this with the 16th take. Got some others with single bolts and smaller activity. that is a good camera, but a camera is only as good as the lens. i would budget and get a decent lens. i took all these photos with a rebel xti http://www.flickr.com/photos/31891709@N04/sets/72157608480703372/"Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites muff528 3 #12 October 2, 2010 Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. easy fix. use the timer, like when you take a picture of the family but have to run to get into it. when the camera goes off you wont actually be touching it. So... are you going to tell us how you get the lightning to pose for that pic? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites likestojump 3 #13 October 2, 2010 in the mountains of WV on the Yahtzee river in China Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thrillstalker 0 #14 October 2, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. easy fix. use the timer, like when you take a picture of the family but have to run to get into it. when the camera goes off you wont actually be touching it. So... are you going to tell us how you get the lightning to pose for that pic? your reflexes and the camera aren't fast enough to wait till the lighting is there before you snap the shutter. you have to use a long exposure (the shutter is open for a long amount of time) and hope that you get some cool bolts. it is the same principle even if you use a cable release."Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites likestojump 3 #15 October 2, 2010 camera on a tripod long exposure lens cap once the lighting hits, cap the lens and close the shutter works well if it's extremely dark :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites muff528 3 #16 October 2, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. easy fix. use the timer, like when you take a picture of the family but have to run to get into it. when the camera goes off you wont actually be touching it. So... are you going to tell us how you get the lightning to pose for that pic? your reflexes and the camera aren't fast enough to wait till the lighting is there before you snap the shutter. you have to use a long exposure (the shutter is open for a long amount of time) and hope that you get some cool bolts. it is the same principle even if you use a cable release. I'll never make it as a comedian. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wolfriverjoe 1,481 #17 October 3, 2010 Quotecamera on a tripod long exposure lens cap once the lighting hits, cap the lens and close the shutter works well if it's extremely dark :) Another method for when it's fairly dark is to use the auto mode (apeture priority). It lets the camera choose the shutter speed. The shutter will stay open until the camera has "seen" enough light to make the exposure. A good lightning strike will give enough light to "finish" the shot and close the shutter. At worst you end up with a long exposure shot of an impressive storm cloud. I have some pretty cool shots on 35mm film from when I was taking pics more seriously than I do today."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites karenmeal 0 #18 October 3, 2010 Here is one I took. No tripod, trying to steady the camera on a fence post. All of my pictures that night were like this, I guess the horse just needed some attention. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites d_squared431 0 #19 October 3, 2010 That is a great shot!TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MikeJD 0 #20 October 3, 2010 Quote Another method for when it's fairly dark is to use the auto mode (apeture priority). It lets the camera choose the shutter speed. The shutter will stay open until the camera has "seen" enough light to make the exposure. A good lightning strike will give enough light to "finish" the shot and close the shutter. At worst you end up with a long exposure shot of an impressive storm cloud. I was wondering whether something like that could be done. Presumably it'd also be possible to rig some kind of photo-sensitive shutter release so that the lightning flash would start the exposure. A system like that would presumably be fast enough - certainly much quicker than human reaction time. The benefit of having the flash trigger the shutter would be that you could still explicitly set the exposure time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wolfriverjoe 1,481 #21 October 3, 2010 QuoteQuote Another method for when it's fairly dark is to use the auto mode (apeture priority). It lets the camera choose the shutter speed. The shutter will stay open until the camera has "seen" enough light to make the exposure. A good lightning strike will give enough light to "finish" the shot and close the shutter. At worst you end up with a long exposure shot of an impressive storm cloud. I was wondering whether something like that could be done. Presumably it'd also be possible to rig some kind of photo-sensitive shutter release so that the lightning flash would start the exposure. A system like that would presumably be fast enough - certainly much quicker than human reaction time. The benefit of having the flash trigger the shutter would be that you could still explicitly set the exposure time. I guess that you could. I never had aything more than a camera, tripod and cable release. I got a few nice "multi" shots by leaving the shutter open (bulb) and triggering the flash multiple times on a moving subject. Nothing worth publishing, but kinda cool."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Conundrum 1 #22 October 4, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Rebel XTi with the kit lens (!!) ISO 100 39mm f/5.6 13.0 sec tripod, hand released shutter Caught this with the 16th take. Got some others with single bolts and smaller activity. that is a good camera, but a camera is only as good as the lens. i would budget and get a decent lens. i took all these photos with a rebel xti http://www.flickr.com/photos/31891709@N04/sets/72157608480703372/ Eh, not really, it's an entry level SLR. A $2,000 lens on a Rebel is not going to perform as well as the same lens on a professional body, I'll be upgrading to the 5D very soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thrillstalker 0 #23 October 4, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Rebel XTi with the kit lens (!!) ISO 100 39mm f/5.6 13.0 sec tripod, hand released shutter Caught this with the 16th take. Got some others with single bolts and smaller activity. that is a good camera, but a camera is only as good as the lens. i would budget and get a decent lens. i took all these photos with a rebel xti http://www.flickr.com/photos/31891709@N04/sets/72157608480703372/ Eh, not really, it's an entry level SLR. A $2,000 lens on a Rebel is not going to perform as well as the same lens on a professional body, I'll be upgrading to the 5D very soon. it is true that it is the cheapest slr you can use for high end photography. a $2000 dollar lens will still make a huge difference. the only difference is that the sensor in a xti is not a full sized 35mm sensor. so unless you are going to be printing poster size prints (which usually is not the case), you can pretty much use an xti for anything you need."Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 15 #24 October 4, 2010 Shooting L glass on a rebel body DOES make a lot of difference if you know where to look in the photos. Purple fringing, chromatic shifts, flares, etc are all different with better glass.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GARYC24 3 #25 October 4, 2010 Is it me? 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quade 4 #2 October 2, 2010 Excellent!quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #3 October 2, 2010 Quote Took some time to photograph a nice storm system we have moving through, during sunset. This was my favorite: http://i54.tinypic.com/ih64hl.jpg Thoughts? Noooooooice Plus a thumbs up from Paul... thats pretty good stuff right there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #4 October 2, 2010 Very nice.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellis 0 #5 October 2, 2010 Nice! This is my favorite Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #6 October 2, 2010 Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #7 October 2, 2010 Nice shot, I also enjoy trying to capture lighting.you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #8 October 2, 2010 Beautiful. I video taped lightning a few times. It's really weird when you play it back in slow motion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #9 October 2, 2010 Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Rebel XTi with the kit lens (!!) ISO 100 39mm f/5.6 13.0 sec tripod, hand released shutter Caught this with the 16th take. Got some others with single bolts and smaller activity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #10 October 2, 2010 Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. easy fix. use the timer, like when you take a picture of the family but have to run to get into it. when the camera goes off you wont actually be touching it."Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #11 October 2, 2010 Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Rebel XTi with the kit lens (!!) ISO 100 39mm f/5.6 13.0 sec tripod, hand released shutter Caught this with the 16th take. Got some others with single bolts and smaller activity. that is a good camera, but a camera is only as good as the lens. i would budget and get a decent lens. i took all these photos with a rebel xti http://www.flickr.com/photos/31891709@N04/sets/72157608480703372/"Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #12 October 2, 2010 Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. easy fix. use the timer, like when you take a picture of the family but have to run to get into it. when the camera goes off you wont actually be touching it. So... are you going to tell us how you get the lightning to pose for that pic? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likestojump 3 #13 October 2, 2010 in the mountains of WV on the Yahtzee river in China Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #14 October 2, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. easy fix. use the timer, like when you take a picture of the family but have to run to get into it. when the camera goes off you wont actually be touching it. So... are you going to tell us how you get the lightning to pose for that pic? your reflexes and the camera aren't fast enough to wait till the lighting is there before you snap the shutter. you have to use a long exposure (the shutter is open for a long amount of time) and hope that you get some cool bolts. it is the same principle even if you use a cable release."Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likestojump 3 #15 October 2, 2010 camera on a tripod long exposure lens cap once the lighting hits, cap the lens and close the shutter works well if it's extremely dark :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #16 October 2, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. easy fix. use the timer, like when you take a picture of the family but have to run to get into it. when the camera goes off you wont actually be touching it. So... are you going to tell us how you get the lightning to pose for that pic? your reflexes and the camera aren't fast enough to wait till the lighting is there before you snap the shutter. you have to use a long exposure (the shutter is open for a long amount of time) and hope that you get some cool bolts. it is the same principle even if you use a cable release. I'll never make it as a comedian. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,481 #17 October 3, 2010 Quotecamera on a tripod long exposure lens cap once the lighting hits, cap the lens and close the shutter works well if it's extremely dark :) Another method for when it's fairly dark is to use the auto mode (apeture priority). It lets the camera choose the shutter speed. The shutter will stay open until the camera has "seen" enough light to make the exposure. A good lightning strike will give enough light to "finish" the shot and close the shutter. At worst you end up with a long exposure shot of an impressive storm cloud. I have some pretty cool shots on 35mm film from when I was taking pics more seriously than I do today."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #18 October 3, 2010 Here is one I took. No tripod, trying to steady the camera on a fence post. All of my pictures that night were like this, I guess the horse just needed some attention. "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #19 October 3, 2010 That is a great shot!TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #20 October 3, 2010 Quote Another method for when it's fairly dark is to use the auto mode (apeture priority). It lets the camera choose the shutter speed. The shutter will stay open until the camera has "seen" enough light to make the exposure. A good lightning strike will give enough light to "finish" the shot and close the shutter. At worst you end up with a long exposure shot of an impressive storm cloud. I was wondering whether something like that could be done. Presumably it'd also be possible to rig some kind of photo-sensitive shutter release so that the lightning flash would start the exposure. A system like that would presumably be fast enough - certainly much quicker than human reaction time. The benefit of having the flash trigger the shutter would be that you could still explicitly set the exposure time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,481 #21 October 3, 2010 QuoteQuote Another method for when it's fairly dark is to use the auto mode (apeture priority). It lets the camera choose the shutter speed. The shutter will stay open until the camera has "seen" enough light to make the exposure. A good lightning strike will give enough light to "finish" the shot and close the shutter. At worst you end up with a long exposure shot of an impressive storm cloud. I was wondering whether something like that could be done. Presumably it'd also be possible to rig some kind of photo-sensitive shutter release so that the lightning flash would start the exposure. A system like that would presumably be fast enough - certainly much quicker than human reaction time. The benefit of having the flash trigger the shutter would be that you could still explicitly set the exposure time. I guess that you could. I never had aything more than a camera, tripod and cable release. I got a few nice "multi" shots by leaving the shutter open (bulb) and triggering the flash multiple times on a moving subject. Nothing worth publishing, but kinda cool."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #22 October 4, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Rebel XTi with the kit lens (!!) ISO 100 39mm f/5.6 13.0 sec tripod, hand released shutter Caught this with the 16th take. Got some others with single bolts and smaller activity. that is a good camera, but a camera is only as good as the lens. i would budget and get a decent lens. i took all these photos with a rebel xti http://www.flickr.com/photos/31891709@N04/sets/72157608480703372/ Eh, not really, it's an entry level SLR. A $2,000 lens on a Rebel is not going to perform as well as the same lens on a professional body, I'll be upgrading to the 5D very soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #23 October 4, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote Nice photo, Care to share some details, like camera, lens, speed, F stop, iso. I tried to take photos of lightning but my camera dosen't have a cable release, so even when mounted on a tripod I get a little vibration when releasing the shutter. Rebel XTi with the kit lens (!!) ISO 100 39mm f/5.6 13.0 sec tripod, hand released shutter Caught this with the 16th take. Got some others with single bolts and smaller activity. that is a good camera, but a camera is only as good as the lens. i would budget and get a decent lens. i took all these photos with a rebel xti http://www.flickr.com/photos/31891709@N04/sets/72157608480703372/ Eh, not really, it's an entry level SLR. A $2,000 lens on a Rebel is not going to perform as well as the same lens on a professional body, I'll be upgrading to the 5D very soon. it is true that it is the cheapest slr you can use for high end photography. a $2000 dollar lens will still make a huge difference. the only difference is that the sensor in a xti is not a full sized 35mm sensor. so unless you are going to be printing poster size prints (which usually is not the case), you can pretty much use an xti for anything you need."Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #24 October 4, 2010 Shooting L glass on a rebel body DOES make a lot of difference if you know where to look in the photos. Purple fringing, chromatic shifts, flares, etc are all different with better glass.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GARYC24 3 #25 October 4, 2010 Is it me? In this one I see a stick figure of person dancing with long arms (right side) (left side) I see an outline of a dog's head. (from your first post attchment) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites