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Lightning Photography

Lightning Photography

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Lightning Photography, the other morning I woke up to the sound of thunder and rain. I got up and looked outside and off to the east I saw a lot of lightning. So I quick checked the weather station as to where the storm was from my location.

It was way off to the east so I quickly grabbed my camera gear and headed out to find a spot to set up my camera. I was almost to late, I was able to get a short video and about 8 photos as the storm raced across the morning sky.

Short Video below or this Link; Lightning Strikes over Water

Lightning Photography

I actually only used my Go Pro camera for this series of photos. I attached the go pro to the front bumper on my jeep. There is actually a hitch on the front of the jeep that sticks up high and I attached the go pro to the end of it and went back inside the jeep and watched the lightning show.

My settings for these shots are; 20 second intervals with a 15 sec shutter speed and ISO of 100.

Lightning Photography

I then took all the good photos I had and stacked them on top each other to get the final results of the photo below. It combined all the lightning strikes together.

How to Photograph Lightning w Go Pro, Camera Settings #shorts
Lightning Photography

Lightning Photography

Sandra J

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      1. Yeah it’s really hard to time the lightning on frame. I tried and horribly failed 😄. But I like to try stacking which could help as you mentioned in your post ✌🏽 . And I try to get better with photography (few of them are on my page) 😄

        2. I will come over and look at your photos. There are some people who are really good at storm chasing photography. I only try it if the storms just happen to be near me.

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  22. What an interesting series of photos of the lightning Sandra. That is the perfect place for the GoPro – you saw it with your own eyes and the camera’s “eye” as well!

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  32. Oh WOW Sandra, thank you for taking us through the process and those exciting shots of the Lightning storm… I love to see a storm, and being safely inside you Jeep… Spectacular photos… Loved them..
    Happy New Year Sandra. <3

    1. Thank you very much Sue. Yes, this storm was way off in the distance but lightning is so unpredictable, I figured being in the jeep was much better. 😊

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I am a traveling photographer, I like to travel rural America, the roads less traveled when I can. I love the great outdoors, my Photo Galleries contain Landscapes, wild life and a few just for fun photos. Thank you and have a great day.

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