> > There are some good photos of lightning from the recent storms > over southern > England available from the BBC here: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/multimedia/gallery/ > > How would you go about taking this sort of picture? > > I assume it's a similar technique to fireworks. >
Tripod, remote shutter trigger cable, lots of patience as you would guess when the lightening is about to happen and open the shutter for a long (several seconds) exposure, and hope for the best! So the most important factor is, LOTS OF LUCK. Personally I don't like the idea of sitting outdoors holding a shutter cable that's attached to a camera sitting on a metal tripod while in the middle of a thunderstorm, I just don't feel that lucky. But I suppose if you were sitting inside a living room and shooting through glass, then the odds are pretty small the lightening will find you. BTW, setting wise it's a good point to start at ISO 50 or 100, f8.0 and play with the exposure time, it's much easier these days with the display from a digital camera that gives you an instant feedback. Ken * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
