# Lightning (pics inside!) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 2, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420 "2006-08-02T22:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/1 "2006-08-02T22:04:55Z")
Finally, i had a chance to take some lightning shots for the first time ever. I am very happy that it worked out. Here are the results! (Taken August 3rd 2006 little after midnight…) My first lightning shot ever. ![http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3129.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3129.jpg) ![http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3138.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3138.jpg) ![http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3140%7E0.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3140%7E0.jpg) ![http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3147%7E0.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3147%7E0.jpg) That’s all for now. Hope i get more chances like this. ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/2 "2006-08-02T22:10:59Z")
That first shot is utterly ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/3 "2006-08-02T22:14:16Z")
nice ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/4 "2006-08-02T22:16:11Z")
first pic is my wallpaper ---
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/5 "2006-08-02T22:30:07Z")
I got stuck in that storm too btw on my way home tonight :tdown: Traction issues like a mother fucker. damn good think I don’t have a locker or something ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/6 "2006-08-02T22:40:58Z")
It was a very quick storm. Not much rain here in West Seneca… ---
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/7 "2006-08-02T22:52:04Z")
We were sitting on patio watching it on the water and into N.T. so awesome looking but what it can do when it hits something. Very nice pics tho.I need a damn camera to catch some of these shots over here. D ---
**Author:** ![RobtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@RobtC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobtC)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/8 "2006-08-02T23:03:18Z")
nice first shot, did you crop that or did you just manage to perfectly center everything? ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/9 "2006-08-03T00:40:18Z")
No cropping done to the pics above. No cropping done to the pics below. ---
**Author:** ![buffalove](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buffalove/32/7460_2.png) [@buffalove](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalove)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/10 "2006-08-03T00:49:11Z")
Taken around 3 am. 2nd wave of the storm. ![http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3200.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3200.jpg) This one below was taken from the inside through the glass door. ![http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3176.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3176.jpg) Yes, thats a 3rd gen prelude…heh, too bad the lightning didn’t hit it. ![http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3167.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3167.jpg) and last one for the night, i hope…?! ![http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3170.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3170.jpg) Damn, i have to work in a few hours. It was well worth it tho. I hope i don’t see no more lightning for the night, cause ill get up and take some more pics. I missed a huge lightning strike while i was setting up the camera. It went horizontal in the sky, and it was huge! ---
**Author:** ![95Z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/85e7bf/32.png) [@95Z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95Z28)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/11 "2006-08-03T01:16:10Z")
Very cool pics Ivan, did you take these right from your house? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/12 "2006-08-03T01:22:23Z")
hot pics 🙂 > [@sonikempire](#): > > This one below was taken from the inside through the glass door. > > [http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG\_3176.jpg](http://www.sonikempire.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3176.jpg) wimp 😛 shoulda been outside taking pics instead 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/13 "2006-08-03T03:59:36Z")
i got scurrred and went to bed ---
**Author:** ![Tkklemann](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tkklemann/32/7298_2.png) [@Tkklemann](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tkklemann)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/14 "2006-08-03T04:31:32Z")
If you like pic’s like that, I have TON’s, somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-60. And, that’s only since I moved to SC. The storms here are rediculous! Lightning literally every 10 seconds. Sooo, it works perfectly with a open shutter around 20 seconds and a darkening filter. I usually use a F-Stop reducer of 1, F Stop at 2.8 and a 20 second shutter speed. Then, when I get real lazy, I set up the tripod and put it on intervalometer and automatically take 1 picture every 30 seconds for 30 minutes… ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/15 "2006-08-03T05:59:08Z")
The lightning actually scared me last night. I would see the lightning, but therer was no thunder. I was like omg, TRIPODS, and not the kind you put a camera on. To my relief I started hearing thunder and there was no EMP pulse, so I knew I was safe, this time. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/16 "2006-08-03T06:02:09Z")
Seems tough to time those pics just right. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/17 "2006-08-03T06:09:49Z")
nice pics… i woke up at 2am because of that storm…went to close my windows… tripped over something on my floor and hurt my toe ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ezfd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ezfd/32/7334_2.png) [@ezfd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ezfd)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/18 "2006-08-03T06:18:41Z")
those are some pretty insane shots mang. ---
**Author:** ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/19 "2006-08-03T06:24:25Z")
nice, i got out too late last nite and this is the only one i got ![http://www.micahweber.com/2bolts.jpg](http://www.micahweber.com/2bolts.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/20 "2006-08-03T06:28:31Z")
Those are awesome. How do you do it though? I have tried but I don’t know what I am doing. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420.md?page=2)