Hi Charles, Yes, this does help. One question tho, I would expect that this procedure works at night, true? This storm rolled thru our area around 1/2hr before sunset, so there was a fair bit of other light. I expect that the amount of daylight makes the whole process much more difficult.
dk On 7/14/05, Charles Braswell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > <Had a lightning storm roll through the area around dusk last night.> > > Last time I photographed lightning with digital I set the ISO to 400 (I've > used ISO 800/F4 in the past too) and set the aperture to F8. The camera > should be on a tripod (obviously be careful of this if you are near the > strikes and remember lightning can strike you from a great distance). Use a > cable release with the camera set for bulb exposure and leave the shutter > open for as little as one or as many strikes as you want to capture (I > usually don't wait for more than 2 to 3). This will capture the lightning > bolts well and also some of the illuminated landscape. Try to put something > interesting in the foreground if you can, it will add impact to the image. > Focus carefully to make sure your image will be sharp. > > With slide film (Velvia 50) I would always try for wide open or very close > to it and use the same procedure. Hope this helps. > > <On another (kinda) unrelated topic, I found that the DS seemed to take > forever to process the image after the longer shutter speed elapsed.> > > I can't help with the question about the longer processing time after > exposure, I haven't noticed it with my camera. > > Charles > >
