Late Night Lightning

: Late Night Lightning; Just a little before midnight the thunder woke me up. Well being a total photo nut, I threw on some cloths and was outside taking photos in less than five minuets. We don't get a lot of great lightning shows out here in the desert so I was a tad rusty on what settings to use. The lightning always seems to attack the mountains and leaves all the houses down in the valley alone. This lighting was hitting the mountains that are around 15 miles away from my home.; Created by: Bubbalinn.; Tools Used: Canon Rebel 300D with a Canon 50mm lens. Shutter 6 seconds with aperture F/1.8 and ISO 100; Created on: June 7th 2006; Image Views: 344; Average Views per Day: 0.5; Image Number: 25250

Comments:

Alan (Bubbalinn) from Golden Valley, Arizona on Sep 17, 2007 at 11:20 PM said:

Thanks Carol, what can I say I enjoy taking lightning and don't think it is any more dangerous than driving a car or flying.. Thanks Lisha, I'm glad you also liked my photo. Hey Alandra I really don't know what to tell you about the 50mm lens. They are the best lens for sharpness and great for using in low light. Mine is the cheapest one you can buy and it takes great photos. Here is a page that explains the 50mm lens pretty good. You need to copy the link and add the h t t p: for this link.

//vothphoto.com/spotlight/articles/forgotten_lens/forgotten-lens.htm Do a Google search, there is a lot of information about the 50mm lens. The 50mm is a fast lens and you need to make sure your focusing is right on. Hope this helps you some.

Lisha from Columbus, Ohio on Sep 17, 2007 at 6:02 PM said:

This is beautiiful!!!!

Shutterbug from Maine on Sep 17, 2007 at 4:55 PM said:

Yep, very crazy to be out in the storm.

But excellent photo!

Carol

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Sep 17, 2007 at 4:17 PM said:

Hi Alan, about the 50 mm lens. I got one of those awhile back, and don't find it sharp at all. Mine is a II series, maybe that's the problem, I dunno. I hardly ever use mine as wasn't happy with the way the images turned out.

Alan (Bubbalinn) from Golden Valley, Arizona on Sep 17, 2007 at 1:57 PM said:

Hi Alex, Beverly, and Commodore for your wonderful comments. Sorry about the really slow reply, I just can't keep up :) Yea I'm a little crazy but I just can't help it. When the lightning is flashing I have to take some photos of it.

commodore17 from australia on Jul 12, 2006 at 2:19 AM said:

very nice and very crazy for being on a hill in a storm, well done though.

Talsi from Western North Carolina USA on Jun 14, 2006 at 9:29 PM said:

Awesome picture of the lightning. I like how you show the city night lights in it.

Whittler from Maine on Jun 11, 2006 at 8:54 PM said:

WOW!! what a great lightning series,good work.

Bubbalinn / Alan from Arizona on Jun 11, 2006 at 1:10 AM said:

Thanks very much Mary, Alandra, Brian, and Vicki for your wonderful comments..

Vicki about your ISO question when taking lightning you need to use a long shutter speed to have a better chance of catching a lightning bolt. So setting the ISO to 100 lets you do that. When using a tripod and the focus set you can use the slow ISO no problem.

What also helped a lot was the 50mm lens. A cheap $70.00 50mm lens will take sharper photos than any zoom lens, well unless you spend thousands of dollars on a high end professional lens. If you don't have a 50mm lens get one, you will be amazed.

~Alan~

Vicki (TravlynWomyn) from Northumberland, PA - for the summer on Jun 10, 2006 at 11:53 PM said:

You set your ISO to 100 and got this great clarity? I'm really impressed. This is phenomenal

Brian from Utah on Jun 9, 2006 at 11:59 AM said:

Awesome lightning shot... wow.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Jun 8, 2006 at 3:46 PM said:

that's an incredible shot of the lightning strike, Alan. Glad you were able to capture these.

Mary Sham from Pgh, PA on Jun 8, 2006 at 10:24 AM said:

Great capture of the lightening strike.Your series is very nice.

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