Jim Saueressig
EF5
Jeff, I am not sure what you are doing wrong but your results are odd. In comparison to your #1 shot this was a 0.5 second shot at F/16 But at ISO 100 ( I always shoot ISO 100) This was still quite light outside.
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#2 is not so bad but was there wind? Wind will give motion blur to your ground objects and lightning strikes that are not pretty instant if the tripod is vibrating. The CG looks ok but the ground looks to be OOF or has motion.
Same OOF or Motion Blur to #3 but OOF is evident in the CG branches.
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#2 is not so bad but was there wind? Wind will give motion blur to your ground objects and lightning strikes that are not pretty instant if the tripod is vibrating. The CG looks ok but the ground looks to be OOF or has motion.
Same OOF or Motion Blur to #3 but OOF is evident in the CG branches.