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ORLANDO_MAGIC
19-02-2005, 15:24
Just saw this great lightning photo on the Orlando Sentinel website and thought i would post in here.
Wish i had taken it
It was taken last year at Crystal Beach in Florida wherever that is:D
http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/Data/ORLANDO_MAGIC/2005219112158_lightning.jpg
Magical Dreams
19-02-2005, 15:32
Fantastic Shot!!
Glad I didn't take it!!
Can you imagine the sound of the thunder and lightening ??
Crystal Beach is near Clear Water
As in Crystal Clear
Its where the Zip code is showing on the map!
http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/Data/Magical Dreams/2005219113219_Browser0000February.jpg
Now that's a tricky photo to get..
I got some on video last year but never tried to photograph lightning. I can only imagine it is a lot lot trickier than getting a photo of fireworks. Would involve a lot of continous shooting and crossed fingers I suppose.
That's a good function with the Z3, I can hold my finger down, it will continue to take 2/3 pics per second and when I let go it will save the last 6-7 (or more if in lower resolution).
Brizzle.
I tried lightning shots a couple of times Brizzle, back in the 35mm world. I ended up with a bunch of films that were just completely dark. Saw tons of lightning, but never in the spot where the camera was pointing. It's like it knows you are trying to photograph it and it deliberately avoids you.
One more benefit of the digital age, no wasted film just wasted time :)
Brizzle.
Nostromo
19-02-2005, 17:12
Marvellous picture. John, does the Sentinel say who took it and how? It will be interesting to know the equipment and settings used.
LiesaAnna
19-02-2005, 17:22
brilliant picture!! have lots of lightening footage on video!! its so much better then ours!!!!!!! does any one understand that??????
ORLANDO_MAGIC
19-02-2005, 17:34
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
Marvellous picture. John, does the Sentinel say who took it and how? It will be interesting to know the equipment and settings used.
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The photographer is Don Naumann.
"Kodak, Fujichrome, and Agfa color slide film (100 asa) is used in Don's 1959 Hasselblad camera with a 50 mm Wide Angle Distagon Zeiss lens. Don purposely overexposes the film to get an effect called reciprocity failure. This causes the color shifts seen in some of the works. Different films produce different colors. The timed overexposures range between 10 seconds and 10 minutes. Because Kodak and Fuji no longer sell the chemicals to develop prints from slide film, the slides are drum scanned and printed on an Epson"
A couple more of his fab photo's below >>>
http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/Data/ORLANDO_MAGIC/200521913336_mast.jpg
http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/Data/ORLANDO_MAGIC/2005219133327_tarpon.jpg
LiesaAnna
19-02-2005, 18:02
theyre beautiful!!!
eagleydo
19-02-2005, 18:59
These are absolutely brilliant!!
Ray&Sarah
19-02-2005, 19:06
Brilliant photos, just glad I wasn't around to actually see the lightning.[msnscared][msnsmile]
Steve and Dawn
20-02-2005, 23:14
Years ago I had a 35mm Film camera that had a setting on it (Think it was marked B) Where you could keep your finger on the button and the shutter stayed open until you released it. If it was very dark you could get pics like that. I don't know if digital cams can do anything similar these days. I have just bought and trying to learn how to use a Canon Powershot Pro. So far I am very impressed.