Photographing Lightning S
ummer is upon us, and that means lightning storms are coming. I love photographing these intense electrical discharges that seem other-worldly. It is easier than you might think. Night thunderstorms
30 seconds and the aperture to f/8, choose 400 ISO, and attach a medium telephoto to the camera. I typically use a focal length in the range of 150mm. This can vary depending on how far away the lightning is. Once, in Nevada, the bolts of lightning were right above my head and I actually used a 24mm wide angle to capture the action. But that was unusual.
The way to photograph storms differs from day to night. Taking pictures of lightning at night Since you can’t focus on the sky in the dark, requires no special equipment, and the only and the lightning bolts happen too fast to foreal challenge is focus. cus on them, you have to employ one of two focusing techniques. First, you can focus on The technique is quite simple. Mount your a distant light, such as an illuminated window, camera on a tripod, set the shutter speed to yard light, car head light, street lamp, etc. It has
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