Lightning over Tank

[Hillary]

Always fun to take pictures over water, sitting on a levee, next to a tree during a giant thunderstorm. But they are well worth the outcomes.
Click for big.


Crash! by HillaryBoyd, on Flickr

For the techincal:
Nikon D90
Tokina 11-16
Tripod
30 second exposure
ISO 200
F.4.5 (I think)
Stacked 5 photos

Any questions on how to take these pictures or how to stack, ask on this thread. Always here to learn!

[Mary]

GREAT capture!

[Peacock]

Wow! Thats awesome.

[Skeetman]

Very cool!!

[chrisco0704]

Tell me how to stack, you piqued my curiosity on that =]

[Devin]

Awesome pic, Hillary!

[Aggiehunter08]

Wow! awesome picture!

[Tmag]

Very nice shot.

[Hillary]

Tell me how to stack, you piqued my curiosity on that =]

In photoshop talk:
You basically take 2 images and overlay them in Photoshop, and erase parts of one picture to show the other image over it.
Really helpful to use layer masks to do it.

[Redneck Archer]

good job.

now teach me how please!!!

that is one thing I would like to do! (shoot lightning!)

[ChickenWilly]

That is awesome!

[Cameron]

Nailed it!

[chief longshaft]

that is awsome.

[Codie]

Always fun to take pictures over water, sitting on a levee, next to a tree during a giant thunderstorm. But they are well worth the outcomes.
Click for big.


Crash! by HillaryBoyd, on Flickr

For the techincal:
Nikon D90
Tokina 11-16
Tripod
30 second exposure
ISO 200
F.4.5 (I think)
Stacked 5 photos

Any questions on how to take these pictures or how to stack, ask on this thread. Always here to learn!

awesome! when you say 30 second exposure - do you mean that the lense was open and gathering the image/light for 30 seconds before it was done and the picture was completed?

[Hillary]

awesome! when you say 30 second exposure - do you mean that the lense was open and gathering the image/light for 30 seconds before it was done and the picture was completed?

Yes, it was pitch black outside and the only light was the lightning. That is why I was able to leave the shutter open so long. And It was also on a tripod, which is crutial when taking a picture with sharp detail over 1/60

If I would of had my shutter remote I probably would have left it open longer.