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Published: 2012-07-28 02:43:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 619; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 0
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second lightning strike photo taken in one night.Related content
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So...... beautiful
I love the purple. nice shot!
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Thanks so much 
thanks again!!
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If you get more lightning pics, I would love to see them.
your welcome. XD
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whoohoo!! I sure will 
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For me it was all about luck, that lightning storm was sporadic. thanks!
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I would love to purchase it, but at the moment, I'm broke. I spent all my money on school books.
I'm bet that your pics will be just as amazing the next lightning storm.
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LOL, me too . Good luck in all your classes though
heck yeah! thanks 
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Thank you.
Your welcome. XD
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This is incredible! What a amazing shot!
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thanks so much 
thank you for the watch :3
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wow .. i never have a patience to wait for a thunderbolt lol .. thats why i dont have any storm shots at all LOL ... I tried it once.. after 10 mins of clicking and finding out that i didnΒ΄t capture anything i gave up
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There was a storm before this one in the photo so I did take a little break. Yeah, I totally understand! part of me was unsure If I would even get the shot and wait it out or I was wasting my time.
don't give up next time! I posted links to someone else's comment in this section, they are links to articles on how to capture lighting. If you can't find them I'll send you them, just ask!
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Yea i found the links. It is helpful. I will give it a try and study it a bit. Also it is good that there is written about settings of the camera. I bought my cam long time ago and still donΒ΄t know how to set it properly. Perhaps because i dont shoot so often now a days =/
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alright, thanks! Does your camera have a manual? I would read that and if it doesn't have one you may be able to google your camera and it can tell you the settings etc.
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Yea my camera does have a manual, but .. you know.. sometimes i am lazy to read that lol .. Actually i didnΒ΄t read it properly since i bought the cam .. shame on me 
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hehe, okay
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Very nice. I can never seem to get good storm photographs.
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thanks so much! I only captured two lightning strikes in one hour out of 50-60 photos. I feel your pain, lol! It's tricky but worth it.
I kept wiping the lens off when it got wet and pressing the shutter button every minute or so.
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Were you just fast on the catch? Or did you have to keep the shutter open? It's quite lovely in color.
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I kept snapping photos one after the other. Out of 50 photos I only captured 2 with lightning.
my aperture was f/25. A big F number means a small opening, so my background will be in focus. when I was waiting for the photo to be taken, I had a long exposure and when lighting striked halfway through the photo, it came up at the end.
Hope that made sense. If you have a camera and can alter the aperture value on it, you will know what I mean 
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Ah! Thank you for all the information 
Gotta keep tinkering with mine x]
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yeah 
It can get confusing explaining :< . I just remember the small F number has a big opening and the big F number has a small opening
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Wow! Fast as light! Lol! 
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haha, KA-POW 
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thanks, it was worth it and I'm glad it paid off. I have always wanted a decent lightning photo .
thanks for the fave as well
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Hahaha! I love that icon!
Awesome picture for an awesome poem!
You're very welcome!
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I set up my tripod and camera on the back of my deck with the door open and used a long exposure. I had it on Manual mode (big M on the dial of my camera) and my aperture was around f/25 and f/30. That means not a light got in so the sky stayed dark and you can only see the silhouette of the tree's and lighting bolt
A good aperture for lightning storms is f/2 to f/30. anywhere in there. My aperture number went that way as the time passed and the sky got darker. When the sun was setting my aperture was around f/5 and an hour later I was shooting at f/25. In "lighting strike I", it was at f/10 because the sun was still setting.
Hope that helped!
Here are some great links I read up on before the storm:
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Great!!! ill read em up! cause your photos turned out great!
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no problem. I just reread my comment and there was a typo but you know what I meant...In the first paragraph in the last sentence It meant to say "not a lot of light" got in, so the sky stayed dark etc.
if you have any more questions let me know
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i actually got time to read aof those and holy crap! so helpful! thanks a bunch !! (: now i gotta wait for a storm (:
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oh good! yep, they were very helpful for me too.
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LIGHTNING! It's my hope to see one in real life for once
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oooh yes ma'am, lightning can split and do so many cool things . When lightning splits. it can split and strike up to three or more different places on the ground. Makes me hyper thinking about it, ahaha. here's a little article with photos if you want to check it out:
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thanks again!
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I'm jealous! ><
Taking a picture of lightning is one of the things I want to do before I die. hehe ^^
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I KNOW!! gah, I'm so glad I can die fairly happy now, haha. It was on my bucket list too. It was worth pressing the shutter button every time it took a photo, haha. The lightning was random and all.
thanks for the fave!! you will get it one day, keep trying!
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You're welcome! ^^ Thank you!
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