Sreekanth Narayanan Photography
2 Jun 2009
Taste the Thunder !
A thunderstorm battered our area yesterday night, I would have loved if I could set this in a dramatic backdrop (An open grassland, or may be on top of Denver skyline?) - but all I could manage is this :-)
P.S : Thank you very much for all the comments !!
As I got some questions, will try to explain how to do this. There are a few ways to get such a shot, this is what I used
Mount the camera on tripod and point it somewhere which is high probability of lightning
Set the aperture to min what your camera allows - this varies according to focal length - so if you are at 17mm you will get 32 or 36 and when you go to 300mm you can get 45. As this is going to be wide angle mostly you have to go with 32.
Set the shutter timing to BULB
Use a remote shutter release, and keep the shutter open till you get a lightning
It works better if your scene is dark enough, else you might get over exposure with BULB
There might be some ways of getting a better contrast (I am hoping some one can tell me)
Taste the Thunder !
A thunderstorm battered our area yesterday night, I would have loved if I could set this in a dramatic backdrop (An open grassland, or may be on top of Denver skyline?) - but all I could manage is this :-)
P.S : Thank you very much for all the comments !!
As I got some questions, will try to explain how to do this. There are a few ways to get such a shot, this is what I used
Mount the camera on tripod and point it somewhere which is high probability of lightning
Set the aperture to min what your camera allows - this varies according to focal length - so if you are at 17mm you will get 32 or 36 and when you go to 300mm you can get 45. As this is going to be wide angle mostly you have to go with 32.
Set the shutter timing to BULB
Use a remote shutter release, and keep the shutter open till you get a lightning
It works better if your scene is dark enough, else you might get over exposure with BULB
There might be some ways of getting a better contrast (I am hoping some one can tell me)
2 Jun 2009
Taste the Thunder !
A thunderstorm battered our area yesterday night, I would have loved if I could set this in a dramatic backdrop (An open grassland, or may be on top of Denver skyline?) - but all I could manage is this :-)
P.S : Thank you very much for all the comments !!
As I got some questions, will try to explain how to do this. There are a few ways to get such a shot, this is what I used
Mount the camera on tripod and point it somewhere which is high probability of lightning
Set the aperture to min what your camera allows - this varies according to focal length - so if you are at 17mm you will get 32 or 36 and when you go to 300mm you can get 45. As this is going to be wide angle mostly you have to go with 32.
Set the shutter timing to BULB
Use a remote shutter release, and keep the shutter open till you get a lightning
It works better if your scene is dark enough, else you might get over exposure with BULB
There might be some ways of getting a better contrast (I am hoping some one can tell me)
Taste the Thunder !
A thunderstorm battered our area yesterday night, I would have loved if I could set this in a dramatic backdrop (An open grassland, or may be on top of Denver skyline?) - but all I could manage is this :-)
P.S : Thank you very much for all the comments !!
As I got some questions, will try to explain how to do this. There are a few ways to get such a shot, this is what I used
Mount the camera on tripod and point it somewhere which is high probability of lightning
Set the aperture to min what your camera allows - this varies according to focal length - so if you are at 17mm you will get 32 or 36 and when you go to 300mm you can get 45. As this is going to be wide angle mostly you have to go with 32.
Set the shutter timing to BULB
Use a remote shutter release, and keep the shutter open till you get a lightning
It works better if your scene is dark enough, else you might get over exposure with BULB
There might be some ways of getting a better contrast (I am hoping some one can tell me)
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