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Karen Leaf | all galleries >> Galleries >> Photo a Day >> PESO 2006 >> SQUare Image A Day-July 2006 > Lightening
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18-JUL-2006

Lightening

Huge storm tonight after about an hours blackout and scaring the living bejessus outta me, thinking I had fried the CPU and drives on my computer since it's SO hot.
Oliver called wanted to know the settings for lightening. Ol! I don't know that kind of thing off the top of my head :) So when it got close enough to be scary I took the tripod inside and opened a window and played. Not too bad (and very lucky!) for a first attempt, I think. Esp since lightening scares me witless.

Canon EOS 5D
30s f/11.0 at 35.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Linda Willets26-Jul-2006 02:29
great lighting shot.. like how you can see the clouds in the background
laine8225-Jul-2006 09:04
There's an awful lot of power packed in the one crack. Excellent capture, K. GMV
Guest 22-Jul-2006 07:34
AWESOME shot Karen. I might take some of those shots today :)
Guest 20-Jul-2006 17:51
Nice looking lightning photo =) That forrest and so big black part looks interesting.
I have some lightnings shot on my gallery too:http://www.pbase.com/whig
Coleen Perilloux Landry20-Jul-2006 04:52
I came back and looked again. When writers say "lightning dancing across the sky" this is exactly what they mean. Take a good look. The dancer is heading towards the left of the picture with one leg on the ground and one lifted in the air....
carol j. phipps20-Jul-2006 03:20
Excellent!!!
royalld19-Jul-2006 15:41
Wow... how many shots did it take to grab this marvelous wonder?
You did say 'witless', didn't you? Yeah, that's what I thought you meant.
Bill Ewart Jr19-Jul-2006 14:12
This is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
De'Carr Studio19-Jul-2006 14:03
AShocking image!! Great job..
Dan Chusid19-Jul-2006 13:40
Crack the sky!
Cool.
Neal Nye19-Jul-2006 12:09
About as close to perfect as you can get. I hope it was farther away than it looks!
Guest 19-Jul-2006 11:20
Great shot, glad you made it through to post!
Douglas Stucky19-Jul-2006 11:15
Awesome capture!! vote
Karen Stuebing19-Jul-2006 10:12
I'd say it's perfect for a first attempt! Very scary photo.
Guest 19-Jul-2006 09:49
Yes, perfect settings, Karen! I am jaleous, can't wait for next thundestorm ;-) V
joanteno19-Jul-2006 08:25
What a storm! Perfect lightiening shot..
nordic19-Jul-2006 07:46
Fantastic capture ~vote~
Steven Jusczyk19-Jul-2006 06:58
Great catch!
JW19-Jul-2006 06:21
The great thing about PBase is being able to send out a fellow PBaser to get the right settings! Very envious of this picture. Another one to inspire us to do it for ourselves next time. ~V~
Coleen Perilloux Landry19-Jul-2006 05:35
Great capture--a very difficult thing to do.
purpod19-Jul-2006 05:23
Seriously a brillian image, Karen!! GMVE
Bryan Murahashi19-Jul-2006 05:13
Excellent capture. V.
Greg Harp19-Jul-2006 05:02
Wow--outstanding capture.
Gayle P. Clement19-Jul-2006 03:58
Beautifully done, Karen!
Guest 19-Jul-2006 03:28
I'm impressed Karen
tack sharp too
vote
Bryan Ramsay19-Jul-2006 03:10
Karen, superb catch! I need to try this sometime! hope it turns out half as good as ths one! -BJ
Guest 19-Jul-2006 03:08
Fantastic,Karen!
I've never tried taking a photo of lighting before. I'm too busy covering my ears. LOL
Herb 19-Jul-2006 03:07
Very nice and brave shot
virginiacoastline19-Jul-2006 02:57
WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!! OMG! Did I say wow?!?!
so . . . what ARE the settings for lightning?? =)
petesie19-Jul-2006 02:35
Lightening is the one thing that scares me, too, Karen, but this is amazing!
Leo Charette19-Jul-2006 02:27
Very cool... that 30 second exposure caught a good one. Really well done.
Robin Reid19-Jul-2006 02:18
Striking shot! ;-) V.
Kathy Pedersen19-Jul-2006 02:16
WOW, amazing capture! Vote
Mindy McNaugher19-Jul-2006 02:16
Excellent capture!! Stunning lightning shot!