Look into my crystal ball....

[shellie20]

Had a play around with an electrical ball thing last night. Was inspired by one of our members who posted "home made lightning" image in the past day or two. Thought would give it a go myself and practice my shutter speeds.

M

[jakessnaps]

great photos. got one of them myself. and actually i tried to take shots of it, but they turned out shocking. what shutter settings did you use?

[shellie20]

All the images were totally manual. The settings on the last image are F5.3, ISO 1600, -2 exp, no flash, 1/15 sec shutter. I basically just played with the shutter speeds to see what I could get. But the longer the shutter speed the more of the lightning you capture and it ends up looking like an eye (I had it in the "on" mode not the vibration only mode). It is quite cool, do have a play. M

[jakessnaps]

Originally Posted by shellie20

All the images were totally manual. The settings on the last image are F5.3, ISO 1600, -2 exp, no flash, 1/15 sec shutter. I basically just played with the shutter speeds to see what I could get. But the longer the shutter speed the more of the lightning you capture and it ends up looking like an eye. It is quite cool, do have a play. M

thanks. now i'll try again tonight when i gets darker.

[shellie20]

Sweet as. Please post them here so I can have a gork too!!!

[SoxAddict]

Great work shellie! Love the colors and effects you've created.

[leonaashlee]

Cool work Michelle....these are pretty neat.

[picnik]

These are great... fun shots! Thanks for sharing!

[Steves Shots]

These are cool shots Michelle, something different but cool, well done, cheers Steve.

[Angelb]

They turned out pretty cool and you captured them well.