Went storm chasing on Tuesday

[chakalakasp]

Love #1! Fantastic, must have taken a few attempts to get one with a lightning strike with only 1.6s shutter speed.

Did you correct lens distortion in PP? Or is the 10-22 always that good at keeping horizons perfectly straight?

Yeah, the only impediment to a straight horizon is lining it up right to begin with -- the lens has shockingly little barrel distortion.

 

[kayliana]

Your pictures are really good! I love storm pictures, and you really captured the mood.

 

[pbelarge]

WOW! #1 & #2 are amazing. What settings for #1 ? I always wonder if lightning shots are fluke or not...

Thanks! I don't have a lightning trigger (yet), so I set the tripoded camera for roughly 1.5 second exposures at f/8 and locked the cable release down. In the hundred or so pictures it took, that was the only lightning bolt that I caught.

Persistance pays big dividends!

 

[pmgadgets]

You can visit the following site if you are interested in taking lightning photos..

Lightning Trigger

The followings are sample photos taken by using the gadget..