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<blockquote data-quote="AxeMan - Rick S." data-source="post: 54122" data-attributes="member: 1746">Thanks Jeff.&nbsp; I'm not an expert, but have had many years of trial and error. I WAS avoiding this post because I do not want to promote or encourage this practice but someone dragged my name into it (Jeff) lol, just kidding.&nbsp; So now that the cat's out of the bag, let me start off by saying don't do this, but I know your not going to listen to me so here goes:&nbsp;The trick to this is adjusting your aperture, there is not going to be one set setting, your going have to learn by looking at your shots to see if you need to adjust up or down.&nbsp; Also your going to need lady luck on your side no two strikes are the same brightness, but you will find a working zone to use.&nbsp; I work with no more than a 20 to 30 second exposures to avoid what I call the Red cast of death.&nbsp; A lot of this should be covered in this thread.&nbsp;<a href="http://nikonites.com/d3000-d5000/1717-help-pleaseee-lightning-shots.html" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/d3000-d5000/1717-help-pleaseee-lightning-shots.html</a>&nbsp;Post #5 <a href="http://nikonites.com/d3000-d5000/1717-help-pleaseee-lightning-shots.html#post10307" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/d3000-d5000/1717-help-pleaseee-lightning-shots.html#post10307</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="AxeMan - Rick S., post: 54122, member: 1746"] Thanks Jeff. I'm not an expert, but have had many years of trial and error. I WAS avoiding this post because I do not want to promote or encourage this practice but someone dragged my name into it (Jeff) lol, just kidding. So now that the cat's out of the bag, let me start off by saying don't do this, but I know your not going to listen to me so here goes: The trick to this is adjusting your aperture, there is not going to be one set setting, your going have to learn by looking at your shots to see if you need to adjust up or down. Also your going to need lady luck on your side no two strikes are the same brightness, but you will find a working zone to use. I work with no more than a 20 to 30 second exposures to avoid what I call the Red cast of death. A lot of this should be covered in this thread. [URL]http://nikonites.com/d3000-d5000/1717-help-pleaseee-lightning-shots.html[/URL] Post #5 [URL]http://nikonites.com/d3000-d5000/1717-help-pleaseee-lightning-shots.html#post10307[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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