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Night Time Lightning Photo Tips
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Tags: lightning, photos, pictures, tips, help, night, dark, camera
Taking pictures of late-night lightning storms? Unless you are a pro, you are going to need some help. Take this advice:
| 1. | Set your camera on a tripod. |
| 2. | Connect a cable shutter release or set the remote for taking the shots (otherwise the camera may wobble on the tripod when you actually press the shutter). |
| 3. | Lock focus at infinity. |
| 4. | Set the shutter speed to bulb 'B' (the shutter will stay open for as long as you hold it open). If you don't have this option, set the exposure time to the longest possible - realistically you need 10 to 30 seconds |
| 5. | Set the aperture (F-stop) to between F2.8 and F5.6. Experiment a little with different settings but I recommend nothing higher than F8 unless you want many bolts of lightning to occur in the one photo. |
| 6. | Frame the picture where the most lightning is occurring, or where the most spectacular clouds are. |
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