Grabbed a nice photo of the lightning last night in Oroville

There are some hot pixels I need to get rid of (the small dots you see) but those will be gone once I run Noise Ninja in PS...

 

nice pic my man!

 

Thanks!

It took me about 500-600 shots in continuous shooting mode to grab this one pic, I woulda had another one but I was f'ing around with my tripod

 

What settings did you use?

 

Lighting is soo awesome. We couldn't see the strikes or hear the thunder, but the flashes lit up our bedroom last night.

 

That's pretty sweet. I got one last year in of a small storm. I used a push-me-stupid without a tripod. It took about 50 shots.

 

Try shooting longer exposures with higher apertures

 

lol, what are you doing in Oroville?

 

Very nice shot! We saw some lightning down around our area last night (Marysville-ish).

 

Exif data for those that wanna know the deets.

Filename : _8076907.JPG
JFIF_APP1 : Exif
Main Information
ImageDescription : OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Make : OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model : E-500
Orientation : left-hand side
XResolution : 314/1
YResolution : 314/1
ResolutionUnit : Inch
Software : Version 1.2
DateTime : 2006:08:07 00:36:58
WhitePoint : 313/1000,329/1000
PrimaryChromaticities : 64/100,33/100,21/100,71/100,15/100,6/100
YCbCrCoefficients : 299/1000,587/1000,114/1000
YCbCrPositioning : co-sited
ExifInfoOffset : 290
PrintIM IFD : 528Bytes
Print Image Matching Info
Version : 0300
Unknown (0001) : 14 00 14 00
Unknown (0002) : 01 00 00 00
Unknown (0003) : F0 00 00 00
Unknown (0007) : 00 00 00 00
Unknown (0008) : 00 00 00 00
Contrast : 0 (-128�`127)
Brightness : 0 (-128�`127)
ColorBalance : 38 01 00 00
Saturation : 00 00 00 00
Sharpness : 00 00 00 00
Unknown (000E) : 50 01 00 00
Unknown (0010) : 60 01 00 00
Unknown (0020) : B4 01 00 00
Unknown (0100) : 03 00 00 00
Unknown (0101) : FF 00 00 00
Unknown (0102) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0103) : 80 00 00 00
Unknown (0104) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0105) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0106) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0107) : 80 80 80 00
Sub Information
ExposureTime : 8.00Sec
FNumber : F3.5
ExposureProgram : Program Creative
ISOSpeedRatings : 100
ExifVersion : 0221
DateTimeOriginal : 2006:08:07 00:36:58
DateTimeDigitized : 2006:08:07 00:36:58
ComponentConfiguration : YCbCr
ExposureBiasValue : EV2.0
MaxApertureValue : F3.5
MeteringMode : Division
LightSource : Unidentified
Flash : Not fired(Auto)
FocalLength : 14.00(mm)
MakerNote : Olympus Format : 2198Bytes (Offset:800)
UserComment :
FlashPixVersion : 0100
ColorSpace : Uncalibrated
ExifImageWidth : 3264
ExifImageHeight : 2448
ExifInteroperabilityOffset : 758
FileSource : DSC
CustomRendered : Normal process
ExposureMode : Manual
WhiteBalance : Manual
DigitalZoomRatio : 100/100
SceneCaptureType : Standard
GainControl : None
Contrast : Normal
Saturation : High
Sharpness : Normal
Unknown (A500)5,1 : 22/10
Vendor Original Information
Mode : Sequence Mode
Quality : 2
Macro Mode : Off
Unknown (0203)3,1 : 0
Digital Tele : X 1.00
Unknown (0205)5,1 : 2160/100
Unknown (0206)8,6 : 0,0,0,0,0,0
SoftwareVersion : S0004
CameraID : OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Sharpness : NORMAL2
Unknown (1011)3,9 : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Unknown (1012)3,4 : 254,254,254,255
Red WB Bias : 218,64
Blue WB Bias : 159,64
Contrast : HIGH
Unknown (102A)3,1 : 0
Unknown (102B)3,6 : 96,4096,2944,4096,16,0
Unknown (102C)3,2 : 0,0
Unknown (102D)3,1 : 0
Image Width : 3264
Image Height : 2448
Unknown (2010)7,276 : Offset:1126
Unknown (2020)7,492 : Offset:1408
Unknown (2030)7,168 : Offset:1906
Unknown (2040)7,312 : Offset:2080
Unknown (2050)7,624 : Offset:3394
ExifR98
ExifR : R03
Version : 0100
Thumbnail Information
Compression : OLDJPEG
XResolution : 72/1
YResolution : 72/1
ResolutionUnit : Inch
JPEGInterchangeFormat : 12820
JPEGInterchangeFormatLength : 6729

@jdepould
I tried a coupla different exposure settings, all the way up to about 30 sec exposure. I have never shot lightning before so I was just trying diff settings.

@ sonicsuby
Unfortunatly that is where I live at the moment (for the past year and a half) but on tuesday I am moving up to Portland :banana:

Thanks everyone!

 

The picture turned out well, don't get me wrong! Did you try the bulb setting? That's what I've been using to shoot fireworks, same idea. Just set the focus for infinity and aperture to f/8 or more and see what turns out. That's how they get the shots with like . . . 5 bolts of lightning.

 

That i'll have to try, after I get the remote for the camera, major PITA to stand there with your finger on the shutter release without vibrating the camera...

 

that's a very cool picture
how did you approach it?

 

@ hey1:
im sorry, I was up all night so my brain isn't working completly (one more cup 'o' coffee and ill be good)...

what do you mean how did I approach it?

:banana:!!!

 

Make it a wallpaper.