I love this time of year. The heat is awful, but storm season is so incredibly cool.









http://www.kevinkingphoto.com/blog/2007/08...ther-storm.html

I really like that first one. Please share your setup and the info, like shutter speed and f stop etc.

Fabulous! I would absolutely love to be there for that! So lucky! "storms" here in socal are drizzle and everyone freaks out! Those are great shots! I can't keep looking at them because I'm jelous that you see stuff like that!

Wow the first one is fantastic. That needs to be a big 30x40 metallic prints. Great colors, capture, and composition. Love it.

dude you ROCK the lightning shot world! those kick @....

Awesome and then some!! That first one is so cool with the bolts off in the background.

I tried to wait for a storm last night, but no deal. Just some light activity.

WOW! The first one is out of this world! Fantastic shot & the car's lights in it add that special finishing touch to it. Really well shot!

+1

Yes, dude those rock! I'd really like to learn how you kept your shutter open for so long? It was easy on my film bodies but I haven't figured it out yet how to do it with my D70.

Awesome - thanks guys!

The trick to the long shutter is the "B" / Bulb setting - all cameras (that I know of) have this setting. You may have to unlock it in a menu to select it - or set your cam to manual and dial the shutter waaaaaay down - bulb is the key.

You can also manually shoot 30 sec or so exposures one after the other and wait for the flashes to happen, but having bulb gives a lot more control over timing. Use a remote trigger / cable button also - otherwise you'll wiggle the tripod when shooting and blur stuff.

I did a pretty in depth write up in my blog about how to shoot this stuff.... hopefully it's helpful.....

http://www.kevinkingphoto.com/blog/2007/07...-lightning.html

Dude! I would be so sh*&ing my pants if I was there! I don't know how you stand outside and take these shots... I would be so shaking in my sh*& filled bottoms!!!!

BTW... the images are absolutely awesome! They just rock!

Kevin... that is G O R G E O U S! ... and I think you made my husband consider leaving me for you there. (He's a bit obsessed with lightning storms)

wow. stunning! thanks so much for the 'how to' help on the blog... we've had some awesome storms here in Vegas recently and I'd love to get and shoot some and hopefully not die haha

kevin- I LOVE that first shot! Amazing! I think I need to move your way- the really awesome storms always go right around my little part of the state ????? Glad to see you are getting some action