Lightening Pics

[allie5]

Now, I know here in the UK we dont have much in the way of exciting weather (1 inch of snow brings the country to a standstill and more than a week of constant sunshine sees hosepipe and sprinkler bans ) so this might seem a bit tame to you guys in the US! But we did have a humdinger of a storm the other night - unlike most UK storms (2 flashes of lightening and 2 thunderclaps then its over!) this one lasted awhile - long enough to set up my tripod.

Never shot lightening before so it was trial and error! Settings were Tv mode 2 seconds, aperture f/7.1, ISO100. Lens set to manual, focus on infinity. These two were my faves.

 

[tripodjw]

Nice. Like the touch of having the lightning reflected in the car window.

We didn't have the thunderstorm in Nottingham, shame as i would hvae liked to have got out there.

 

[DisneyB2B]

They are good shots we had a good storm last week but it was around 3 am and it woke me up so wasnt going to reach for the camera at that time! lol

 

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[Michele]

Got this one in Las Vegas

Sorry for all the noise in these, taken with my PnS and zoomed in a bit. This cloud was way off in the distance and practically constant in-cloud lightning

 

[jann1033]

you are all much braver than me...lightening and i'm inside with the windows closed so i will just enjoy your photos and save my skin

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

This one was taken out our front window during a storm last week