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Lighting up the old homestead

Taken from the field behind my house using a Nikon D90, f-3.5, 10 sec. exposure.

Taken from the field behind my house using a Nikon D90, f-3.5, 10 sec. exposure.
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NIKON D90

Aperture f/3.5 ISO 200 Shutter 100/10 Focal Length 180/10

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Nature
Night

Great shot! Welcome to Viewbug :)

Thank you very much!

Impressive.

Thanks.

How did you get that shot? random or I am so curious! Very nice.

As with any lightning shot, you need a bit of luck. I was coming home in this storm. I ran in the house, grabbed my camera and tripod, drove out into the field and set the camera on the tripod inside the truck, lowered my window and started shooting. This was only the second or third shot I took. I got several more great lightning shots out of this storm.

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Lightning beauty !!!! Mike.

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Location

In the field above my house.

Time

It was around nine thirty.

Lighting

Not really. The lightning took care of that.

Equipment

Nikon d90, tripod, 18-300mm Sigma lens

Inspiration

I love taking pictures of lightning. When I was driving home that night, a huge storm blew in. I got home in time to grab my tripod and drive out into the field. I set the tripod up inside my truck to try to protect the camera from the rain. I set my shutter for 10 seconds and started shooting. This was the second picture I took that night.

Editing

Not really. Originally the picture was on a slight slant and had the doorframe in it, so I had to do a little cropping.

In my camera bag

Nikon d90, 28-300mm lens, Nikon d3200, 18-55mm lens, remote, chargers, extra batteries, extra memory cards, notebook, pen, cleaning cloth

Feedback

Make sure you use a tripod. If you absolutely have no choice, find something stable to set the camera on and try to aim where the lightning has been striking. Set your shutter speed somewhere between 10 and 30 seconds. Use manual focus on your lens and aim for the farthest thing you can see. Using a remote is also best for this shot. If the wind is really howling, you may want to tie a weight to the bottom of your tripod to stabilize it.

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Lighting up the old homestead

Taken from the field behind my house using a Nikon D90, f-3.5, 10 sec. exposure.

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