Dan Robinson
EF5
I happened to remember yesterday that I captured this image in Pittsburgh 20 years ago to the day, on Kodak 100ASA print film with a Pentax K1000.
I love the capabilities and advances of digital, but I'm really nostalgic for the film era. I used to carry a small lunch cooler with at least two packs of film (8 rolls), and would often burn through three of them in one storm. I usually had to wait until the next morning to take the rolls in for developing, which meant 24 hours or more would pass before I could see what I got. The wait was even longer when I switched to slides, unless I paid the lab extra to rush the order (which I couldn't help but do most of the time).
Lightning photos were somewhat rare back then and were valued chase prizes. It took work and a lot of film. A catch like this would put me on a high just like when I have a banner tornado day now.
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I love the capabilities and advances of digital, but I'm really nostalgic for the film era. I used to carry a small lunch cooler with at least two packs of film (8 rolls), and would often burn through three of them in one storm. I usually had to wait until the next morning to take the rolls in for developing, which meant 24 hours or more would pass before I could see what I got. The wait was even longer when I switched to slides, unless I paid the lab extra to rush the order (which I couldn't help but do most of the time).
Lightning photos were somewhat rare back then and were valued chase prizes. It took work and a lot of film. A catch like this would put me on a high just like when I have a banner tornado day now.