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Anyone photograph lightning in bright daylight?
I know about the "Bulb & Wait" method, but how to do it in bright daylight short of using ND filters? I see this $370 gizmo ( http://www.lightningtrigger.com/indexLT3.html ) but don't get how it operates as it appears to use a remote that has the "Bulb lock" (Shutter open.) switch on the remote cable as with a Nikon MC-30 remote for a D800. It claims daylight use, but back to the idea of using ND filters perhaps? Anyone got one and describe better how it works than their online info which seems spotty at best. Tia. Jul 17 14 07:13 am Link Use a triggering device like a Camera-Axe. http://www.techphotoblog.com/tpb1-light … otography/ ND filters would work too with a tripod and 30 second exposure. In that it's hit the shutter and hope for the best. Cheers BC Jul 17 14 07:33 am Link lightning triggers work the same way as optical slaves for flashes, just way more sensitive. basically they trigger the shutter the moment they detect any quick flash of light. i've actually tried using an optical slave as a lightning trigger by connecting it's pc sync port to the camera's remote shutter release connector with a homemade cable, but it only managed to catch a tiny fraction of the brightest lightning strikes. Jul 17 14 08:41 am Link The people I know who do it attach their trigger to the clouds, and the fire the camera at the same time they trigger the lighting to happen. Jul 17 14 09:12 am Link You don't need an expensive gizmo. Set to Lo 1 (ISO 50), stop down to f/22, put on a 2 stop polarizer and adjust the shutter speed for a correct exposure. Then do a time lapse either manually with a remote trigger or with an intervalometer. 6 Tips on Photographing Lightning During the Day Jul 17 14 09:29 am Link Michael Broughton wrote: I personally haven't seen any lightning triggers based on light sensors. Jul 17 14 04:16 pm Link HV images wrote: these are all the triggers i found in the first page of a google search. the only one that doesn't use a traditional optical sensor is an android app. Jul 17 14 05:13 pm Link Michael Broughton wrote: Small misunderstanding. Jul 17 14 06:03 pm Link A few years back I had an Olympus that would shoot 14 frames/sec in preview mode, meaning when you let off the shutter button, it would save the prior 14 frames. Made shooting daytime lightning a breeze, and it allowed me to capture lightning feelers (lightning actually starts from the ground up) twice. Both times the feelers were within 10 feet of me, so I guess I could have gotten hit, but the actual strikes were across the lake. I think the easiest way now would be to shoot 4k video, still frames are 8mp. Jul 17 14 07:31 pm Link HV images wrote: ah. Jul 17 14 07:34 pm Link I just met this photographer last weekend. He captured this image in the middle of the day without a trigger. He told me, "I got lucky". http://richstantonphotography.zenfolio. … #h19ff9281 Jul 17 14 10:40 pm Link  A lightning strike lasts longer than you might imagine. And I missed more than I got, but it is possible to capture lightning based on reaction time. No filters. No tricks. Jul 19 14 02:53 am Link |
