Thursday, July 16, 2009

'Thirty Six Seconds of Lightning' or 'I'm going to figure out how to take pictures of lightning if it kills me!



I've never tried to capture lightning. I went out to the front porch with the camea, tripod, and remote release (Do I really need to say a thunderstorm was underway?). I try and try, but I just am not fast enough to get the strike. Frustrated, I finally wise up and set the timer-remote to take continuous shots of 6 second duration. Then went inside and watched TV for 30 minutes or so (yes I left the TV plugged in during the storm). After wading through approximately 300 pictures, the winners are:












Oh, and for the record, I am still alive, and six times six equals 36. Just so you know.

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