Lightning

[maplestreet]

Hi guys and gals.

We had a nice lightning storm in my neck of the woods last night and I managed to get a couple pics.

What I tried to do was use my bulb exposure setting with a remote release because it's so difficult to know when lightning will strike.

Problem is that I live in the city so when I do long exposures the clouds glow from the lights. Not a big deal, I know you can adjust that sort of thing in Lightroom or PS. So I just wanted you guys to see the RAW images, and then what I did in lightroom.

If you'd like to readjust them I am fine with that. I dont want a Lightroom lesson or anything but I would like to see what someone who knows what they are doing could do with these, then I have something to shoot for.

Thanks

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[Radco]

Very Nice,, Love the effect.Thanks for posting the pics

[Speed]

Nice shots. I love taking photo's of lightning, but it can be hard to do.

[n8]

I kinda prefer the originals. I live in the city too, but find that a 4-6 sec exposure will do the trick. I'm fortunate to have an intervalometer built in to my camera, so all I have to do is set it and forget it. It looks like we both have the issue of the roof getting in the way.

[Coach Bombay]

Awesome shots

[mattb]

Cool lightning shots! I also like trying to capture it. I don't have an intervalometer in my camera so I just set up and do a series of 10-15 second exposures toward where I think the next bolt will be. On my last outing I took around 50 exposures and got a couple I liked: