finally captured lightning

[medic276]

]I waited all last summer to capture lightning. Nice for me but bad for the next town over who had this same storm drop an F-2 tornado on them.Taken with a Canon T1I and EF-S 18-55mm kit lens at f/5.4 1/150sec

[SwissJon]

I can only see a small thumbnail.. Attachments are very hit and miss on this site.

Well done for the capture.. You must have been clicking like crazy to get one at 1/150

Normally it's recommended to use an aperture like f/22 and a 3+ stop nd filter so you get an exposure length in seconds, that gives you far more chance at getting something unless you use a lightning trigger. So well done

[Gulf Coast Girl]

Originally Posted by medic276

]I waited all last summer to capture lightning. Nice for me but bad for the next town over who had this same storm drop an F-2 tornado on them.Taken with a Canon T1I and EF-S 18-55mm kit lens at f/5.4 1/150sec

I wish I could see the photo bigger.... I can only see the thumbnail in the attachment box.

I live on the Gulf of Mexico and we have some SPECTACULAR lightning shows during our summer storms. Sometimes they are so intense that the sky is lit up for a solid 30 seconds at a time with lightning flashes. I'm really looking forward to capturing some shots this summer

[SwissJon]

Lucky thing.. We didn't get a storm at all last year

[TBrown00]

I can't even see the thumbnail and as Jon said attachments usually don't work well. Try this instead: Posting Photos from Flickr [July 2010 Update]

[Abhi]

I was able to view the pic...I guess I'm among the lucky few ; )

I really like the composition...that's something many forget to focus on when taking such pics. The pic is underexposed...I would try to adjust foreground brightness using layers in PS, that should bring about some contrast. That's my 2 cents...Happy Clicking

[medic276]

oh sorry about that how does this work

[medic276]

and now that you have all told me how here is another i took the same day

[Lois khalafalla]

Wow that is great! The storm looks so scary. Great capture!

[SwissJon]

Nice.. I'd be tempted to crop some of the road out and boost the deep dark scariness of the clouds using an ND grad filter