Picture of the Day

[DonNiger]

Found that one, was taken long time ago.
That is not underwater

[malkiewicz]

Canon 30-D

[Soulburner]

[Weevil]

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
f/4.5
1/13s
iso-200
28mm

[Weevil]

Nice pic, I'm intrigued, now what is it?

[ridney]

[Weevil]

Beautiful Ridney.

[Anemic]

Dice dice dice...

Oh, nice, what game is it? Looks home made ; )

I should get back to my Warhammer photo project that I have been working on...

[ANP !!!]

Nice shot Don and Ridney
Great work Weevil and Soul

Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 30
Aperture: f/4.8
Focal Length: 32 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Flash: No Flash
Kit lens

[bentleya]

The main part of this shot is the snow part leading up though the forest with Mount Blanc in the Background. The forest is a hidden Gem in Les Houches with view of Mont Blanc and clear walking paths which turn into the town cross country circuit during the winter months. The forest boasts many great features from small streams running down rocks, to vast ice walls which locals practise they ice climbing.

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[Tarowah]

I never saw the chair, the water hose or the ball while I framed this shot.

[Soulburner]

Nice pic, I'm intrigued, now what is it?

Oh, nice, what game is it? Looks home made ; )

I should get back to my Warhammer photo project that I have been working on...

A game of 4E D&D

[Lestat]

Nice shot Don and Ridney
Great work Weevil and Soul

ANP what's your standard procedure for setting up and taking those beautiful lighting shots you always have?

i used to think that getting a shot like that required some sort of magic external device hooked to the remote control port so that when the lighting flashed it snapped a shot... but i have never found such a device although i bet one is out there.

how do you do it?

[Soulburner]

Lestat, you use a longer shutter time, such as 10-20 seconds, in combination with an ISO and aperture that will get you the correct exposure for the rest of the shot. You should get a remote so you can hold the shutter down and release it yourself though, this way you have complete control. Release right after the lightning strikes so that the sensor doesn't start exposing the dark night sky on top of the lightning you just caught.

[Lestat]

what find of an fstop would you use?
and am i right in what i said that there are photo sensors (light sensors) that open the shutter for light flashes?
something like having a camera sit somewhere and it goes off when a flash is fired, but this case is the lighting flash?

[Soulburner]

There may be, but I've never heard of it. It doesn't sound very practical though.

Looking back, I have used f/4 and ISO 100, but this would be equal to f/8 and ISO 200 which is probably better due to a wider depth of field. 10 seconds at a time is all I'd recommend, but you can experiment. This all depends on your lighting conditions.

[Lestat]

cool man thanks for the tips
maybe when canon sends my 7D back,, AGAIN... this time it will be working and i can actually use it

[ANP !!!]

Lestat, I used 30secs shutter and a f4, the higher you go on fstop, the more dark the sky gets, I have used f8, but got a black sky and a thinner lightning strike, so I figured out f4 - f5.6 is the best bet depending upon how often the lightning is falling, shooting RAW is very important here, cause sometimes there is a huge lightning and it blows everything in my frame, but RAW processing saves me and I am able to recover some details in the over exposed part.

[hale88]

New Spring:



Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 0
Flash: No
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/1000 second

[Marin]

Me in Boston:



EXIF

[ripken204]

wow, now i know why people such a great amount for that lens, crazy DOF!

[Marin]

Yeah, I absolutely love this lens. So far I find this has the best focus ring for an AF lens and the lens is really sharp wide open (I also have a Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 and Olympus 50mm f/1.2, both don't come close in sharpness). Also having weather sealing is a nice touch, got caught in the rain a few times and didn't have to worry about my camera getting ruined.

[malkiewicz]

Canon 30-D

[Weevil]

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
f/5.6
1/60s
iso-400
85mm

[ANP !!!]

ANP what's your standard procedure for setting up and taking those beautiful lighting shots you always have?

i used to think that getting a shot like that required some sort of magic external device hooked to the remote control port so that when the lighting flashed it snapped a shot... but i have never found such a device although i bet one is out there.

how do you do it?

Wanna add one more thing
A tripod is very necessary, set the camera on it, and the focus to infinity, cause you don't want your camera to hunt for focus in the dark sky and you will keep missing pictures, instead set the focus manually to infinity.
Notice where the most lightning is happening, and frame your shots accordingly, some lightnings might fall out of its "Default Area" (there is usually a place where most lightning is happening), dont get distracted by them and keep clicking at that default place, you will start getting decent shots, when clicking lightning, dont wear any metallic things, such as watches, etc, they are prone to lightning, and use a remote controller to trigger the camera and stand a bit away from it for safety, A great place is a small roof on you, or a huge tower around you will save you from lightning since it will attract the lightning towards it. always take a few plastic bags just in case rain starts to fall you can cover your stuff up easily.

Just dont forget
Remote controller
Tripod
Manual focus
30sec shutter f 4 - 5. 6
Always shoot in RAW.