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02/21/2005 11:02:42 PM · #1 |
shutter speed
ISO
fstop
focus
temp
I have some fair amount of lightning and would like to capture some...from a distance that is. |
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02/21/2005 11:12:23 PM · #2 |
Use a long exposure so you have a greater chance of getting lightning in the picture (probably 10-20 seconds) - and since your shutter will be open for quite a while, you'd probably want to use a larger aperture value. I don't know about the rest...
that's my take on it
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02/21/2005 11:58:32 PM · #3 |
| bulb mode, make sure you have an off-camera trigger. If not, set to 30 seconds. ISO, 200 or 400 might be good. F-stop: no higher than F4, I guess. Focus to infinity. Most importantly, shoot in RAW! |
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02/21/2005 11:59:48 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by canoe3k:
shutter speed
ISO
fstop
focus
temp
I have some fair amount of lightning and would like to capture some...from a distance that is. |
There is no set formula, for instance...
Shutter speed affects ambient light in strobe use. or blurs motion when used longer (soft water etc.). Or to stop motion is sports etc.
ISO should be adjusted according to how much light you have.. if you are in the bright sun, the lowest possible is fine, but for things like low light (i.e. concerts, night games, night portraits, sunsets etc) use a higher ISO because it exposes with less light.
f/stop.. I use aperture priority most of the time. High numbers have better depth of field because the hole that allows in the light is smaller. lower numbers allow more light but have shallow DOF.
Focus depends on how sharp you want specific elements to be (in collaboration with aperture).
Temp depends on what kind of light source you have. i.e. electronic flash, sunlight, flaurecent etc.
From a distance depends on how far you away you need to be.. The further away the longer your telephoto should zoom, but beware at long distances you need faster shutter speeds to compensate for the inflated camera shake (i.e. you can notice significant blur up to 1/125 sec)
Joe
Message edited by author 2005-02-22 00:00:43.
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02/22/2005 12:08:11 AM · #5 |
like a few other have said, there is no set formula, if you are in a city envorment, you need to adust for the sky glow.
But bulb mode and remote works wonders,
Here is what I do.
1. Find a safe viewing area (parking garages work well)
2. Use a tripod
3. Manual mode set to bulb mode, apeture about 5.6 (may need to adjust)
4. ISO 200 or 400
5. Remote shutter release
6. Manual focus on distant object.
7. Point camera in general direction of lighting, adjust as needed
8. Click and pray
for some camera settings check out my shots, partial exif date is here
Lightning 1
Lightning 2
lightning 3
scroll down about halfway for the lightning pics on this page
Lightning 4
James |
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02/22/2005 12:54:23 AM · #6 |
| Thank you for the info and examples. Hopefully I will be able to catch some of these zephyrs soon, with your help. |
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