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Walking Teddy today, saw cranes in the wild...
Back to his natural state
Saw this scene with the crane lift. I Photoshopped the painter in.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Not many storms lately, but a very small one rolled through - oddly enough, from the north a little while ago. It was fading fast as it got near Madison. This is about the only image worth processing. I was hoping for something interesting from the residual sunset lighting, but it didn't quite work out.
I didn't like how this turned out so much. There are a lot of things wrong with it. Focus is off, I used aperture priority so the exposure is off a bit too. It's tricky shooting lightning at sunset. I haven't done very many daylight lightning sessions, so I need to work on that. I'm somewhat annoyed with myself over how the focus turned out. I set focus toward infinity by focusing on a very distant building - but should have focused on the trees along the near shore of the lake.
I was able to resurrect the lower left corner that was somewhat blown out and accentuate the lighting a bit more.
This was very close to being a great shot.
I didn't like how this turned out so much. There are a lot of things wrong with it. Focus is off, I used aperture priority so the exposure is off a bit too. It's tricky shooting lightning at sunset. I haven't done very many daylight lightning sessions, so I need to work on that. I'm somewhat annoyed with myself over how the focus turned out. I set focus toward infinity by focusing on a very distant building - but should have focused on the trees along the near shore of the lake.
I was able to resurrect the lower left corner that was somewhat blown out and accentuate the lighting a bit more.
This was very close to being a great shot.
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H2oman7.62mm
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DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
That last picture will be my new avatar.Not many storms lately, but a very small one rolled through - oddly enough, from the north a little while ago. It was fading fast as it got near Madison. This is about the only image worth processing. I was hoping for something interesting from the residual sunset lighting, but it didn't quite work out.
I didn't like how this turned out so much. There are a lot of things wrong with it. Focus is off, I used aperture priority so the exposure is off a bit too. It's tricky shooting lightning at sunset. I haven't done very many daylight lightning sessions, so I need to work on that. I'm somewhat annoyed with myself over how the focus turned out. I set focus toward infinity by focusing on a very distant building - but should have focused on the trees along the near shore of the lake.
I was able to resurrect the lower left corner that was somewhat blown out and accentuate the lighting a bit more.
This was very close to being a great shot.
Old Ears too
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^^^^What gauge train set?
If it's outdoors, it might be G scale.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Oh it's a rather large G-scale around the corner from my house. I think it is 35 years old. The Railroad Club here manages it. It's closed for the summer.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Is your camera on a trigger for lightening, or are you manually clicking it?Not many storms lately, but a very small one rolled through - oddly enough, from the north a little while ago. It was fading fast as it got near Madison. This is about the only image worth processing. I was hoping for something interesting from the residual sunset lighting, but it didn't quite work out.
I didn't like how this turned out so much. There are a lot of things wrong with it. Focus is off, I used aperture priority so the exposure is off a bit too. It's tricky shooting lightning at sunset. I haven't done very many daylight lightning sessions, so I need to work on that. I'm somewhat annoyed with myself over how the focus turned out. I set focus toward infinity by focusing on a very distant building - but should have focused on the trees along the near shore of the lake.
I was able to resurrect the lower left corner that was somewhat blown out and accentuate the lighting a bit more.
This was very close to being a great shot.
Enjoy!
I'm hoping to add more lightning images throughout the summer/fall. I've decided to try to improve the the clarity of other components in the images, such as the trees and whatnot. I ordered a set of ND filters, but not the ones that I want for this type of photography. I'll pick up GND filters soon. I found a set of Kase magnetic filters used that will provide a good base set to build on.
I use lightning sensors. I can't imagine trying to do this manually with a shutter release.
It's not that difficult at all. Once you establish a baseline for your settings, it's really just a matter of setting up your camera on a tripod, mounting the lightning sensor on the camera, add some weight for stability then pick your slice of sky and wait.
I have a MIOPS Smart+, which works pretty well for lightning and has a number of other functions it provides such as wireless remote trigger.
I just realized that the image I posted is the first from the other recently acquired lightning sensor I have. It's a MK Controls Lightning Bug Plus. I haven't gotten too far into the configuration on it. Essentially I used the basic controls for sensitivity and that was about it. Seems to work pretty well, but I don't have very much experience with it.
