Great pictures and blog! It’s nice to find people who enjoy lightning pics. The blue pic at the top of this page is amazing! I have never seen such thin, defined, crisp bolts. Thanks for sharing!

I wrote a simple tutorial on how to photograph lightning. I would be grateful for your input on how I can improve it but still keep it simple. I would also be happy to link to your blog from my article as a resource for my readers. What do you think?

My article is at How to Photograph Lightning

Thanks Ed!

Jared Balis

also, if you are using a pentax camera, the k10d will “suggest” an exposure setting even in manual mode by pressing the green button. very useful.

Nice article…

Here is mine lightning images…
http://www.mangiaphoto.com/gallery/nature/

that’s a great tip for canon users too (I shoot pentax and minolta mostly). would definitely take a lot of the tedium out of the “stand there wait ten second wait ten seconds” routine ]]> http://www.f1point0.com/2007/06/25/photographing-lightning/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Aaron Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:19:48 +0000 http://www.f1point0.com/?p=18#comment-5 There are such triggers available; a search for "lightning trigger" turned up a few for me, but I've never used one. I wanted to also mention that if you are a Canon user and have the remote cable release with the LCD screen on it (as opposed to the less expensive one that has only a button), you can set it to take any number of exposures of any length with any amount of time between them. So, for example, you could set it up to simply take a neverending sequence of 10-second exposures, provided that your buffer is large enough and CF card fast enough to keep up with it. Then you can sit down and enjoy the storm, move the camera every few minutes, re-frame, etc., and let it do its thing. There are such triggers available; a search for “lightning trigger” turned up a few for me, but I’ve never used one.

I wanted to also mention that if you are a Canon user and have the remote cable release with the LCD screen on it (as opposed to the less expensive one that has only a button), you can set it to take any number of exposures of any length with any amount of time between them. So, for example, you could set it up to simply take a neverending sequence of 10-second exposures, provided that your buffer is large enough and CF card fast enough to keep up with it. Then you can sit down and enjoy the storm, move the camera every few minutes, re-frame, etc., and let it do its thing.

Detailed explanation and instructions on photographing lightning. Gear and Techniques to get the most out of your “bolt” photos….