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Lightening Bolt Pic,can You See The Face ?

twisted

I wanna be Dave
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ok so ive been trying to take pics of lightening bolts during storms with my cheap fuji camera.well the other night we got hit with a good storm and after 42 photos taken i get this pic.now i know it is not even close to being the greatest but i thought it was cool how the clouds look like a face. neat pic.

lightening08.jpg
 
Nice attempt at lightning photography! Avoid camera shake by using a tripod. Does your camera have manual settings, or is it a simple point-and-shoot with only automatic mode?

To get decent lightning photos, you basically have to set the camera on a tripod, open the shutter for 5-15 seconds (depending on the aperture and current lighting), and hope that while the shutter is open, lightning happens to strike where you've aimed the camera.

Here's a shot I took a few years ago during a rare lightning storm in the SF Bay Area:
intracloud_lightning_800.jpg

The shutter was open for 10 seconds and caught this lightning arcing across the sky. I spent about 3 hours taking pictures, and got dozens of shots of just boring mountains, clouds, and city lights, but only about 5 shots of lightning that were worth keeping.
 
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Sven with the funny!

I see a Swiss Army convertible front end loader, and a goofy shoe.
 
Nice attempt at lightning photography! Avoid camera shake by using a tripod. Does your camera have manual settings, or is it a simple point-and-shoot with only automatic mode?

To get decent lightning photos, you basically have to set the camera on a tripod, open the shutter for 5-15 seconds (depending on the aperture and current lighting), and hope that while the shutter is open, lightning happens to strike where you've aimed the camera.

Here's a shot I took a few years ago during a rare lightning storm in the SF Bay Area:
intracloud_lightning_800.jpg

The shutter was open for 10 seconds and caught this lightning arcing across the sky. I spent about 3 hours taking pictures, and got dozens of shots of just boring mountains, clouds, and city lights, but only about 5 shots of lightning that were worth keeping.

my camera does have manual settings but no shutter speed settings.it has a bunch of settings for ev,white balance,flash settings and quality of pics.

by the way thats an awesome photo.
 
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