cstrunk
EF3
So I was sitting at home last night watching the news and I saw that there were storms in northeast Nebraska. To me it looked like they were turning southeastward more towards where I live in southwest Iowa, even though the weatherman thought otherwise. So I kept a close eye on the radar screen throughout the rest of the evening and into the night and sure enough, they turned towards Omaha and headed southeast to me. I was hoping they would last long enough to be able to get some lightning photography experience, and they did.
I grabbed my camera (Kodak EasyShare DX7590, 5.0 MP, 10x Zoom) and went to my front yard and gave it a shot. Most of the lightning at first was too far away to get anything very good. I watched as the gust front raced towards me. As it got close I was able to get a few bolts. After it passed and got quite windy (40-50 mph or so) the lightning picked up and I was able to get a couple decent ones and one picture that I really find amazing.
I just thought I'd share some of them with you, and you guys and gals could let me know what you think of them.
Shutter Speed - 16 sec
F-Stop - 2.8
ISO Speed - 100
And now, my best picture of the night. I changed the F-Stop to 3.6 as the lightning was getting brighter. I just got lucky I suppose.
I grabbed my camera (Kodak EasyShare DX7590, 5.0 MP, 10x Zoom) and went to my front yard and gave it a shot. Most of the lightning at first was too far away to get anything very good. I watched as the gust front raced towards me. As it got close I was able to get a few bolts. After it passed and got quite windy (40-50 mph or so) the lightning picked up and I was able to get a couple decent ones and one picture that I really find amazing.
I just thought I'd share some of them with you, and you guys and gals could let me know what you think of them.
Shutter Speed - 16 sec
F-Stop - 2.8
ISO Speed - 100
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And now, my best picture of the night. I changed the F-Stop to 3.6 as the lightning was getting brighter. I just got lucky I suppose.
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