Blake.Oney
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I searched the forum, but I'm looking for something a little more specific. I've heard some people using 25 sec exposures and some using 5-10 sec exposures. I was messing around with different ones earlier, but I had gotten out too late. There was one shot where there was a nice bolt, but it was during a 20 sec exposure. When I saw the shot, the bolt didn't show up. I know the longer the shutter is open the less of an impression a quick light source like that leaves on the sensor, but shouldn't it have at least shown up? I was shooting at F3.5 with shutter speeds between 10 sec and 30 sec.
I didn't want to make the aperture smaller because my meter was already saying too dark, though I thought if the lightning struck it would up the exposure. Am I just completely screwing up?
I didn't want to make the aperture smaller because my meter was already saying too dark, though I thought if the lightning struck it would up the exposure. Am I just completely screwing up?