# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/21 "2006-08-03T06:43:57Z")
> [@fairgentleman Z](#): > > 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. I was watching that shit too! Lightning flashing many a second and no thunder…the funny thing was that I turned on HBO while watching this storm to Tom Cruise asking “Where’s the thunder?” at the beginning of War of the Worlds :lol: ---
**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, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/22 "2006-08-03T06:46:41Z")
![http://www.micahweber.com/phbolt.jpg](http://www.micahweber.com/phbolt.jpg) AWD - use a long shutter, no flash, get lucky ---
**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, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/23 "2006-08-03T10:13:11Z")
Nice pics micah. Too bad buffalo doesn’t get many of these storms… I used Bulb setting, F8, remote, tripod, no flash, ISO 100. Wide angle lens, in my case a 18mm. Hit the shutter, wait, wait wait as soon as it strikes, give it like 10 seconds, and hit the shutter again. Usually they are around 40-80 second exposures… > wimp ![images/smilies/tongue.gif]() shoulda been outside taking pics instead ![images/smilies/smile.gif]() I was out in the field 20 feet from a tree taking most of those pics. I got drenched, but it was worth it! ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/24 "2006-08-03T10:21:26Z")
> [@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) do u think u could explian what those orange lights comming off the tree are? if not, i think i may know what they are, and u may have something special on your hands there. ---
**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, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/25 "2006-08-03T11:31:26Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#): > > do u think u could explian what those orange lights comming off the tree are? if not, i think i may know what they are, and u may have something special on your hands there. a drop of water on the lens is all that is ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/26 "2006-08-03T12:45:44Z")
> [@MicaH](#): > > a drop of water on the lens is all that is ok, i have heard that supposedly when lightning is about to hit something, there is a brief ‘lead’ i think its calledc that comes off of what its about to hit and meets the electricity in the air or something like that. i guess its really hard to capture it on film or something like that. keep in mind this is all stuff im remembering from an earth science class i took in high school about 5 years ago now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lightning-pics-inside/15420/27 "2006-08-03T20:55:23Z")
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