Quote Originally Posted by Flaming


Keith B,


Love the shot of the lightning. It is particularly interesting with the water in the foreground. Just out of curiosity what is the key to taking shots of lightning? It does not seem like an easy task.


Keep up the great work,


Samuel



Thanks Samuel.


Well, I don't know if I know the secret but this night it was particularly easy to time the lightning. Usually you'd slap the camera on a tripod and do long exposures (20-30 seconds) and hope the lightning goes off during this time. This shot though, I set it for only 3 second (how the lights on the bridge metered). The sky would flash a second or two before the bolts came striking. It did this consistently for about 3-4 minutes so I was able to time it for this shot.