A thunderstom (crazy one) right now

[Punk]

Im trying to take picture of lightnings, as there is a Kick ass thunderstorm right now with lightning coming down at around 10 seconds interval.

What are your ways of catching them?

My camera is a Olympus D545 Zoom

 

[spanky]

continuously take burst fire (not sure what the camera option is called where it takes 3 shots one right after the other) shots?

 

[Punk]

Yeah I tried it but it takes a lot of the picture's resolution...

The lightning storm is gone, I got some pictures and some surprises for you guys. Get ready to open a bottle of Champagne!

 

[spanky]

Sweet *waits*

 

[Punk]

Come here for your surprise

 

[spanky]

Come here for your surprise

When I read that, I felt like a small child and you were a pedophile.

Edit: Sweet pics.

 

[tidyboy21]

The best way to take shots of lightning is to open the shutter for as long as you can, if you use any "burst" the shutter will open and close in a fraction of a second which is only used in light conditions and will probably be to fast to catch lightning. I think that your camera will only open for 4 seconds.

 

[Punk]

Yes in night mode right?

 

[tidyboy21]

Yes in night mode right?

That’s entirely up to you, but you will get the best results in normal mode as all night mode does really is invert shadows and highlights. Plus you will tend to get more of a black and white pic that the great purple lights in lightning.

 

[Punk]

Well how exactly do I make the shutter open for 4 seconds?

 

[tidyboy21]

Unfortunately we don't get much lightning where I live (Cornwall, UK) so I can't really show you any examples. Do a Google image search for lightning, you will come across some very impressive pics.

 

[tidyboy21]

If your camera has manual settings (which it should do), set the shutter speed to 4 seconds.

 

[Punk]

If your camera has manual settings (which it should do), set the shutter speed to 4 seconds.

Yeah ok thanks I'll look for that.