And then I tried to capture the neat clouds moving in too...

As the storm moved away, I ventured outside to take some more snaps. The lightning persisted for quite some time, and I got some neat images. Click on them for full size.


Tornadoes were reported in the area, but I didn't see any. I am pretty sure I saw a wall cloud though. One day...
2 comments:
Awesome pics, Phil! I especially like the lightning photos!
How did you capture the lightning? I've been playing with a motion sensor script for the Canon Hack Developer's Kit for my PowerShot A590, but have had few opportunities to test it...
Hi Rory,
Thanks for the compliments!
I set my D40 up on a tripod, focused manually to infinity and then set it to Shutter Priority mode. This lets ME set the shutter speed and the CAMERA set the aperture. I set the shutter speed to 30 seconds, and then pointed the camera at the area of the lightning. I took a large range of single 30 second shots until I captured some lightning.
No post-processing except for a little bit of sharpening in GIMP :-)
Cheers,
Phil
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