Thunderstorm

[Lukin]

I took these Lightning photo's on Toodyay Rd, Perth, Western Australia

[coffee]

Those are outstanding shots. Congrats. The only way to make them better is to clone out the electric wires.

[Lukin]

Thanks for the comment. I have cloned out the electric wires for professional prints.

[angierae]

I wish I could take a good lightning photo, these are amazing. Now I want to practice and we won't have lightning for months :/

What camera settings did you use to capture these Lukin?

[Lukin]

Hi Angie
When I shot the thunderstorm I used a Nikon D200,a 17-55mm lens and a tripod. I set my exposure to bulb how ever the shutter was open between 12 seconds and 96 seconds depending on how often the lightning was striking.
The aperture was between F/4 and F/8 depending on the distance of the lightning.
The focus was changed to manual and set on infinity.

[acb238]

Lukin these shots are great. I tried so hard to get lightning shots over the city the last big Storm in Perth all to no avail and a very wet camera.

Congratulations on some great photos.

[laura]

Well done. Nice pics.
I haven't had the chance to try any lightning shots yet.

[dkippen]

Lukin - the first one is my favorite. Is this your "specialty". You have done a very nice job of capturing lightning.

[smck]

Hi Lukin - loved the shots, spectacular.

I am getting addicted to this type of photography as well. Here's one i shot a few days ago from the Northern Tropics. The strange cloud colour was because it was sunset.

1 second shot using a tripod and then an awful lot of luck

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/files/3/9/8/8/photo1.jpg

[owenmorris]

Stunning shots great timing.

[dkippen]

smck - I have never seen anything like this. It almost looks like daylight and you can't tell if the sun is going to shine or if there is an impending storm.

[Lukin]

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments. Photographing sever weather and weather phenomenon would be one of my favourite subjects.