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Could be my skeptical side, but it looks fake. [Photoshop anyone?]
mmmmm…..lager…….
me thinks it’s real. However, I’ve heard of a technique where the photog keeps the shutter open but holds the lens-cap or a black piece of cardboard over the lens and quickly drops it at the sight of a flash. This way you can capture several bolts on the same exposure.
Here is his blog: http://atmospheres.be/
I like the photo of Anti-Crepuscular rays.
Shit, we need Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith.
3. Do you think you could drop the lens cap in time to catch the flash?
RBG
Lager? I want to see the Porter version! Never drink a beer that you can see through!
#5 I’ve not tried it. I suppose it depends on the duration of the flash. If the bolt is weak and makes one quick flash your out of luck. If the bolt is one of those larger ones that appear to make several flashes or flickers before it dissipates you may get lucky. I imagine the ratio of good to bad exposures is pretty high. But with digital 600:1 doesn’t cost anything but your time.
Either Zeus is having an Orgasm or Hera forgot to take her PMS medication.
Angel, you horny bastard!
LOW light, Slow exposure, SLOW film..
Picks up the Flashes, but not the Final pick for about 10-15 seconds…
could be a Multiple picture over 1 frame also..
Software for “stacking” photos makes exposures like this reasonably simple. Photoshop has a stacking capability, but it’s maybe not the best tool around. Just google ‘photo stacking freeware’, there are a bunch of great free tools that will equal or outperform photoshop, are much faster and easier to use and best of all — free.
#9 Hhopper
Are you hitting on me?
LOL!!
#14, The easiest way to get a photo like this is to stop down the lens and open the shutter for a long time.
That presents some problems — movement of the clouds tend to make the clouds less defined and blurry. And not many of today’s digital cameras have a long exposure setting. But it does work if the storm is not fast moving and is a good technique, just like long exposure (and well guided) hypered film astrophotography.
I’m sure I’ve posted this before, but for atmospheric phenomena you could look at this site: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/
For some other lightening pix from the NOAA:
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nssl/lightning1.html
Well, it’s either ‘enlightening’ or ‘lightning’ pix, I can’t remember which…