How to: Photograph Lightning

[steamtrainfan]

Oooops - My apologies ExFem.

[BluTuna]

The lazy man's guide to lightning photography (Must be done in the dark).

1. Set your camera up on a tripod.

2. point it at a thunderstorm.

3. Set to manual focus and focus at infinity.

4. Set shutter speed at 10 seconds.

5. Set aperture at f/8.

6. Find the menu item called "Interval Timer" (that's what Nikon calls it)

7. Set the camera to take 300 pictures (depending on your SD card capacity) at 11 seconds intervals.

8. Start the interval timer.

9. Go and watch TV for about 45 mins.

10. Check your results.

[Flutterby]

Sounds easy enough...would like to see it in practice though!! -O

[BluTuna]

I tried it a few nights ago but didn't perform point 3 properly. I got some great lightning pictures that were all out of focus

Meanwhile, here's a Lightning of another sort.

[Flutterby]

-O

[steamtrainfan]

The lazy man's guide to lightning photography (Must be done in the dark).

Now this is my language - Thanks very much B.T.