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    Re: Chasing Lightning

    Wow great results - wish we had thunderstorms around here - when we do get them they are very limp compared to these.

    Thanks for the tips on how to capture them - will try next time we get a thunderstorm - long wait to come.
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    Re: Chasing Lightning

    Of course these are awesome. I can't even imagine getting to shoot this stuff, since we don't get lightning here but once or twice a year. You are, however, in the high desert there and lighting is more common even than over in the Willamette Valley, not even a day's drive away. But jeez! How dramatic!
    My suggestion: don't worry about ISOs and shutter speeds and such. It looks like your results were pretty consistent across all the settings. One simple thing you can do is croip out a lot of the negative space around the areas that are lit by the lighning. Just a nice tight crop on the action. The pics with large black areas seem like a waste of space- I want to see those bolts up close and personal, like in some of the others where you've filled the frame.
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