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Old 05-01-2007, 11:42 PM
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Thumbs up Lightning Strikes !!!
I just snapped this pic from my back yard as a storm front was approaching. It took about 40 tries to get just this one This is not a photo chop job, it's the real thing.

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Old 05-01-2007, 11:43 PM
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Old 05-01-2007, 11:50 PM
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Greg, that is one crazy sweet pic, dude!
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Old 05-02-2007, 12:05 AM
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Fantastic picture
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Old 05-02-2007, 12:12 AM
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love lighting storms! nice shot. does your camera have burst mode? like 3 shots a second, that will increase your odds of catchin a good strike.
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Old 05-02-2007, 12:27 AM
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Nice shot! Did it strike that house?
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Old 05-02-2007, 10:49 AM
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Nice shot! Did it strike that house?
No, here is what I think happened. I didn't have enough time to set up my tripod, so I held the camera pointed towards the sky with my arms squeezed down to my side, and had the focus set and ready to snap. I think I moved slightly to the left and slightly down. So the result was a wider lightning bolt, and instead of the bolt showing in the background behind that house, it makes it look like the bolt struck in front of the house.
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Old 05-02-2007, 10:02 AM
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love lighting storms! nice shot. does your camera have burst mode? like 3 shots a second, that will increase your odds of catchin a good strike.
Yeah, I used my Canon SD550, it has what they call a continuous mode. Which I tried, but the strikes were too irregular for that to prove useful.
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Old 05-02-2007, 10:08 AM
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That's one heck of a good pic, SG!
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Old 05-02-2007, 01:30 AM
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