Sunset Lightning.
- Thread starter Scott Murray
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Whiskeyman
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Oh, my! That's good!
WM
WM
Scott Murray
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Haha thank you.
Great shot!!!
Scott Murray
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Thank you Jeff.
RockyNH_RIP
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Scott, that sunset lightning is so Excellent!
Pat in NH
Pat in NH
Scott Murray
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Thanks Pat, I was sitting here on a dull night drinking heineken and I thought 'what if' I combined only 3 - 4 images instead of the 6 - 8 that were not working. And then I looked at them and thought, hang on I had lightning across the frame with in a few minutes so these should combine quite well. And this is what I ended up with out of 4 x images. I guess sometimes we over do things and they do not work out.
Scott Murray
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Cheers Lee.
Whiskeyman
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Scott,
Can you tell us a bit more about how you did this? I understand stacking somewhat, but I'm not sure how it was used here. In addition, how did you capture the individual images? I plan to be in the Florida Keys in June, and would love any insight into your techniques that you will offer.
WM
Can you tell us a bit more about how you did this? I understand stacking somewhat, but I'm not sure how it was used here. In addition, how did you capture the individual images? I plan to be in the Florida Keys in June, and would love any insight into your techniques that you will offer.
WM
Scott Murray
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Ok let me find the individual frames and then we will start from there.
Scott Murray
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Ok here is the thing, I took multiple shots using a NERO lightning trigger and for the use of these 4 images this is what I had to wade through. I then selected my images, auto aligned them and then auto blended them. This does not always work and you either need to a: re do them with less images or b: adjust settings and blend more naturally. I stuck with a: and adjusted to what I wanted eg lightning strikes across the image with minimal change. This is of course you get such ideal circumstances, and also if you can wade or wait out the crappy shots.
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Scott Murray
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Honestly its hard to pick the individual frames that made up this shot. The thing with lightning if you place your camera in the right direction and you have enough bolts within a small space of time with no to limited cloud shift then this is possible. If you have a storm build up and you have access to a sunset at the same time then it becomes more interesting. But all these things do not happen at once and its pure luck if it does.
Scott Murray
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Ok this should make it easier for this lightning period. As you can see there are a lot of shots and you need to place together the shots that work or find the perfect shot.
Whiskeyman
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That many shots has to make the sorting task daunting, but you've done it quite well.
I'll research the Nero lightning trigger. When I tried to photograph lightning last fall, I used longer exposure times and hoped for blind luck to help me out. Luck wasn't on my side then.
Thanks for providing the information. Any other information you'd want to provide is eagerly anticipated.
WM
I'll research the Nero lightning trigger. When I tried to photograph lightning last fall, I used longer exposure times and hoped for blind luck to help me out. Luck wasn't on my side then.
Thanks for providing the information. Any other information you'd want to provide is eagerly anticipated.
WM
Scott Murray
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Have patience and keep a reasonable distance from the storm, you do not want an approaching storm but you want to be on the edge of it ;-)
Scott Murray
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long exposures got my best shots, I used to hold it open in bulb at a daylight setting and wait for a flash. The only issue is processing time as the longer you leave it open the longer it takes to process. ,