Several years ago, a thunderstorm passed overhead that was
mostly a light show with little rain. The lightning was going from cloud to
cloud instead of hitting the ground. I grabbed my camera and put on a Canon EF-S 18-55mm/f3.5 lens and set it at 18 mm to maximize the amount of sky. I stood in the
opening to our deck and started shooting, hoping for the best. I tried some different settings until I settled on a shutter speed at 0.3 seconds with a low ISO of 100 at f3.5.
Finally I hit paydirt! These bolts started in the distance and worked their way until they were almost overhead. I sent the photo to our local TV station that usually shows pictures of weather events submitted by viewers. Mine was shown and the weatherman made comments about how dramatic the shot was. They did a little photo editing. The top photo is a truer rendition of the colors during the storm.
Finally I hit paydirt! These bolts started in the distance and worked their way until they were almost overhead. I sent the photo to our local TV station that usually shows pictures of weather events submitted by viewers. Mine was shown and the weatherman made comments about how dramatic the shot was. They did a little photo editing. The top photo is a truer rendition of the colors during the storm.
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Canon Rebel XTi with EF-S 18-55 lens set at 18mm. f3.5, ISO 100 with 0.3 second exposure |
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