I'm sitting in my front room watching yet another electrical storm. How on earth do I take pictures of lightening?
How do you know where to aim..by the time the lightening's occurred , it's gone!
Watching lighting I've noticed that it tends to hit the same area more then once... You can try long exposure or burst. I've had more success with burst; just start clicking as soon as you see it [ If you can't focus manually get an far object to focus on and keep your "trigger finger" ready :-) ]
I love that site and I've bookmarked the article. I missed an amazing storm during the summer. Got about 100 photos of nothing! Thanks for posting guys!@eleanor
i use a prime lens and focus to infinity...and just shoot. I will shoot 300 images and get about 5 good ones. all about patience and luck...and a little bit of crazy :)
i use a different obstacle to focus on, like a light or lit building in the distance and then half hold shutter button and wait, like @sdpace i also catch a few good shots from many attempts but i enjoy the chase....there is other way which people prior to me have discussed....i wood like to try the bulb setting, i think this is also a good way to capture shooting stars during meteor showers and wood also like to try that somenight
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i use a different obstacle to focus on, like a light or lit building in the distance and then half hold shutter button and wait, like @sdpace i also catch a few good shots from many attempts but i enjoy the chase....there is other way which people prior to me have discussed....i wood like to try the bulb setting, i think this is also a good way to capture shooting stars during meteor showers and wood also like to try that somenight