A shocking thunder storm show was started just when I thought it's almost time to go to bed. This is the first time I see thunderstorm with my camera, shocking-beauty is the word I would use, this is the very first time I sit there and watch the lightening for about 20 minutes (and the thunderstorm is still going on out there...)I didn't know when should I press the shutter so only got a few pictures with the lightening in...the lightening comes from every way I just didn't know which way to turn to...
The setting I used was 1/10 f5 ISO 400 MF, I think the focus was not very right and should use a tripod next time.
When I try to read on more articles about taking lightening pictures just now, I learnt that to take good lightening pictures, we've got to firstly determine if the thunderstorm is near or not as it would affect the F value we would use. For example, if the thunderstorm is estimated to be 8km away, use F8, more than 8km, use 5.6, around 5 km, use f11. To know how far the thunderstorm is away from us we can count the seconds the thunder came after the lightening. According to the passage, the speed which air can transfer sound is 340m/second, so let's do the maths!
Secondly we need to find somewhere with a darker background to get a better exposure of the lightening, use a tripod.
Thirdly, the aperture have to be small with long exposure time to catch the lightening. Focus the focus point to the furthest point and be patient!
Got to be careful when we wanna take pictures of lightening, better stay indoor! Safety comes first. Let's keep learining!
source: http://www.southcn.com/it/sheying/200302100528.htm
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