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Storm Clouds, Nacogdoches TX
The other day Nini and I spent a couple of hours driving around looking for a new sunset location, but we came up empty handed. It was too bad especially because there was a really nice sunset as some huge storm clouds were building in the Southern sky. Eventually we decided to stop driving around and just take a few shots of the storm clouds. I've always wanted to get a shot of lightning, so this was a promising chance.
This is a single 4 second exposure. This was only the second time I've tried to shoot lightning so I had to experiment quite a bit to find a setting that works. I like using a long exposure so that there is a longer chance there will be lightning during the exposure, but not too long of an exposure that the clouds look too blurry. At this focal length, 4 seconds may even be too long. I had two cameras on tripods focused on the lightning area of the storm clouds. This camera was hooked up to my intervalometer so I didn't have to do much as it took a photo every 5 seconds. I ended up with a nice time lapse too.
Critiques always welcome.
Daily photo: October 18 2012, taken October 14, 2012
Julieanne Mountford
on October 19, 2012Superb and in time for Hallowe'en. Like a ghost movie set.
ayushthetraveller
on October 19, 2012awesome!
Hershy
on October 19, 2012GREAT!
EyeImage
on October 19, 2012Fantastic!
Donna McCommon
on October 19, 2012Paul, this is just awesome!!! Such a beautiful shot.
nelli
on October 19, 2012wow an amazing shot ,,amzing for first time lightning
Ilene Samowitz
on October 19, 2012Extremely dramatic
geoghanart
on October 18, 2012Well captured - beautiful cloud formations.
dalystock
on October 18, 2012love the subtlety of the lightning bolt in the clouds, the color and exposure are great!
fotoeffects
on October 18, 2012Beautifully lit clouds; great job!