Lightening Strikes
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Monday, 28 February 2005 00:00
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"Nine planets round the sun, only one does the sun embrace. Upon this watered one, so much we take for granted; So let us sleep outside tonight, lay down in our mother's arms, for here we can rest safely." Dave Matthews
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Lightening strikes
When I heard the sky rumbling far away I knew that the announced thunderstorm was coming our way. I took the D70, tripod and 24-120 lens and set it up in our bedroom. I already practiced a week before, so now I knew what to do. I selected a 30sec manual exposure at ISO200 and at f/10 for optimal sharpness. When I saw the first lightning I started shooting my 30 second exposures, and kept doing this while the storm passed our region. When there was no lightning during these 30 seconds I immediately deleted the shot. 2 of the cleanest pictures you can see here.
Photo by Frank Panis
Shooting data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S VR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED @120mm
Sensitivity: ISO200
Shutter speed: 30sec @ f/10
Flash: no flash used.
Image: RAW, converted in NC4.3, very tiny bit USM, removed CA, denoised, resized in PS7
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