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11/27/2005 04:00:29 AM · #1 |
Just took these a bit ago out of my living room window.
Any comments for 1st ever pics of this type?
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11/27/2005 04:26:51 AM · #2 |
Whoa that looks like some storm! Colour of the sky is amazing! Favourite shot is the first one, you caught the lightening at just the right moment.
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11/27/2005 05:41:12 AM · #3 |
Mine too. But different Lightning.
English Electric Lightning based at Thunder City in Cape Town. More about the aircraft here.
Taken an airshow at the South Africa Airforce Test and Development Centre near Bredasdorp. The airbase is about 30km north of the sourthern tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas. This is the first airshow I have ever attended ... with a camera. The weather was awful with high banks of white clouds. In addition, the runway runs almost due East-West. So the sun was always on the otherside (north) of the aircraft.
Cheers
Tony
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11/27/2005 12:43:19 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by suemack:
Whoa that looks like some storm! Colour of the sky is amazing! Favourite shot is the first one, you caught the lightening at just the right moment. |
I have no experience photographing lightings as they aren't common where I live but do you have to catch it at the right moment ? Can't you just put your camera on a tripod and take a picture in like 30 seconds, set the aperture and iso right for the forground/backround. The lightning is so much brighter than everything else that it will look like it was "taken at exactly the right time" |
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11/27/2005 01:03:26 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by json:
Originally posted by suemack:
Whoa that looks like some storm! Colour of the sky is amazing! Favourite shot is the first one, you caught the lightening at just the right moment. |
I have no experience photographing lightings as they aren't common where I live but do you have to catch it at the right moment ? Can't you just put your camera on a tripod and take a picture in like 30 seconds, set the aperture and iso right for the forground/backround. The lightning is so much brighter than everything else that it will look like it was "taken at exactly the right time" |
No idea, not done any lightening shots myself. But in that first shot the lightening is beautifully clear and sharp, whereas in the 2nd it's not quite as sharp and spectacular.
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11/27/2005 01:25:54 PM · #6 |
I have a lightning shot too, but one thing that confuses me is what the colour balance is supposed to look like.
Mine originally had purple clouds, but I made the clouds black/grey in PS... I'm not so sure now. |
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11/27/2005 03:05:35 PM · #7 |
I kinda like the purplish colors. Maybe bright white is what it should look like. Kinda like white hot.
And yes, I put camara on a tripod, used bulb setting, manual focused on infinity and set to F/8.
It would be hard to catch lightning by waiting for it and depressing the shutter button. I suppose if it were a very active storm you might get lucky and capture some.
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11/27/2005 03:12:20 PM · #8 |
| Nice capture. I too like the powerpole in the second image and the red beacon adds to it as well. Good job |
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