Thanks Jack. This is one area where film was easier. Just stop down the lens and put it on B and wait until you get a nice zot or two. Digital is trying to capture the moment in real time. This cell was lighting up like a christmas tree, so my strategy was just to just take one image after another (not on Continuous) for a minute or two. This is another reason why a tripod is better, you can see the subject instead of being blind to the moment of exposure due to the mirror flip-up. I had to chimp to see if I had captured anything good.
I've got the parts to build what is supposed to be an infrared-activate lightning trigger that plugs in like an external shutter button/intervalometer, but I've yet to dig it out and finish it to see if it helps at all. The electronics fits inside an old compact flash body so mounts in the hot shoe. Need to put finishing that on the To Do list! They sell commercial ones also, but they are pricey. I don't want one that can only do lightning in the dark, but will trigger on lightning in daylight also. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > How long did you have to wait for that flash, Darren? ;) > Surely, that flash duration helped the shake reduction. > Really nice catch! > Best use a carbon fiber rather than a metal tripod. 8( > > J > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darren Addy" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 7:20:53 AM > Subject: PESO: Close Encounters of a Kansas Kind > > Not thrilled with my first attempt at post-processing this difficult > image, but gonna share anyway. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/17833425453/ > > This image is a pretty decent example of what Pentax's Shake Reduction > can do, as it was handheld at 1/6 second. In the future, I'm resolved > to take the time and put the camera on a tripod so I can use a lower > ISO (which also would permit longer shutter speeds increasing > opportunities to capture lightning). > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
