We've been having impressive thunder and lightning storms lately and last Friday a big one pummeled Hanover and a few other towns. The movie below was the view of one such storm north of our house. A series of photos tossed into quicktime for a short looped movie.
I was experimenting with taking lightning photographs. Not all that easy. Even with finger poised on a half-down shutter all I could hope for was to catch follow-up strikes after seeing a bolt and quickly pressing the shutter. Next time there's a lightning storm when it is pitch black I'll try keeping the shutter open for a while and see if that works better.
Despite appearances the house isn't being hit. This is with a wide-angle lens, thus the distortion with perspective.
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I'm impressed that you photo'ed any lightning at all!
This storm was pretty impressive on the grumbling, crashing, and striking department. But there was very little rain which surprised me. i was expecting a down pour and we just got a few drops. The bugs were happy about that.
That looks amazing! I love it to sit in a warm room while there is a storm outside!
Great movie! At the same time, I was poised with my finger on my camera's shutter, too, but I had it set to take 8-second exposures. Took about 50 without capturing a single bolt, but the last one got a small one, so I called it quits! This was with a Coolpix 4500, not my D70, whch I had lent out that day.
lookd like a tornado tail haning in there