Comments on: how to photograph lightning http://neilvn.com/tangents/2007/11/10/how-to-photograph-lightning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-photograph-lightning photography by Neil van Niekerk Tue, 22 May 2012 16:45:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Neil http://neilvn.com/tangents/2007/11/10/how-to-photograph-lightning/#comment-589 Neil Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:23:44 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2007/11/10/photographing-lightning/#comment-589 <blockquote>Jeff .. the frame-rate of the camera has no impact when you photograph lighting, since your shutter speed will usually be in the order of 1 second or slower. So the camera you have is just find for photographing lighting. Neil vN</blockquote>

Jeff .. the frame-rate of the camera has no impact when you photograph lighting, since your shutter speed will usually be in the order of 1 second or slower.

So the camera you have is just find for photographing lighting.

Neil vN

]]> By: jeff phillips http://neilvn.com/tangents/2007/11/10/how-to-photograph-lightning/#comment-588 jeff phillips Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:17:56 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2007/11/10/photographing-lightning/#comment-588 hi there neil iv just brought a sony alpha 200 dslr takes 3fps is this good enought, some one said it wasnt cherrs jeff hi there neil
iv just brought a sony alpha 200 dslr takes 3fps is this good enought, some one said it wasnt

cherrs jeff

]]> By: Jared Balis http://neilvn.com/tangents/2007/11/10/how-to-photograph-lightning/#comment-586 Jared Balis Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:10:15 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2007/11/10/photographing-lightning/#comment-586 Neil, I love the pictures you have on here! Especially the first one. I wrote a simple tutorial on how to photograph lightning. I would be grateful for your input on how I can improve it but still keep it simple. I would also be happy to link to your blog from my article as a resource for my readers. Is that ok? My article is at <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4861197_photograph-lightning.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">How to Photograph Lightning</a> Thanks Neil! Jared Balis Neil,

I love the pictures you have on here! Especially the first one. I wrote a simple tutorial on how to photograph lightning. I would be grateful for your input on how I can improve it but still keep it simple. I would also be happy to link to your blog from my article as a resource for my readers. Is that ok?

My article is at How to Photograph Lightning

Thanks Neil!

Jared Balis

]]> By: Neil http://neilvn.com/tangents/2007/11/10/how-to-photograph-lightning/#comment-587 Neil Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:11:39 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2007/11/10/photographing-lightning/#comment-587 <blockquote>Jared, thanks! I'd be flattered if you linked to this article. Neil vN</blockquote>

Jared, thanks! I’d be flattered if you linked to this article.

Neil vN

]]> By: joe http://neilvn.com/tangents/2007/11/10/how-to-photograph-lightning/#comment-585 joe Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:40:40 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2007/11/10/photographing-lightning/#comment-585 I'm a snapshot guy, but I knew the basics of shooting lightning outlined above. This past summer vacationing at Mono Lake, I was treated toward the view of lightning splitting a vast panorama at an infrequent cadence. A guy there was trying to capture it by shooting in rapid-fire mode (with a nice SLR and lens) in the general direction of the lightning. I had to laugh. At 1/100s shutter speed, firing at 5fps, he had only 5% chance of catching a lightning bolt. I guess he hadn't worked the math. (Or, perhaps he did, which is why he spent 20+ seconds firing his camera.) With no tripod and kids in tow, I only snapped few frames (nothing special--midday, overcast) to document the ensuing wildfire. The irony is that after I got home, I saw that I had captured a lightning strike! It was so small that it was aliased out on the small screen on the back of my camera so I didn't know at the time I had caught it. I’m a snapshot guy, but I knew the basics of shooting lightning outlined above. This past summer vacationing at Mono Lake, I was treated toward the view of lightning splitting a vast panorama at an infrequent cadence. A guy there was trying to capture it by shooting in rapid-fire mode (with a nice SLR and lens) in the general direction of the lightning. I had to laugh. At 1/100s shutter speed, firing at 5fps, he had only 5% chance of catching a lightning bolt. I guess he hadn’t worked the math. (Or, perhaps he did, which is why he spent 20+ seconds firing his camera.)

With no tripod and kids in tow, I only snapped few frames (nothing special–midday, overcast) to document the ensuing wildfire. The irony is that after I got home, I saw that I had captured a lightning strike! It was so small that it was aliased out on the small screen on the back of my camera so I didn’t know at the time I had caught it.

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