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Close Lightning

nobody@flickr.com (zoutedrop) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:10:58 -0700

zoutedrop posted a photo:

Lightning crashes

A few hints to the ppl who would like to take these kind of pics:

1. Use the M-setting, that is Manual aperture, Manual Exposure, Manual ISO settings, Manual zoom-factor and most important: Manual focus. (This one was @ f2.8, 30s, 100ISO)

2. Determine your zoomfactor (wider is better, you can crop afterwards), lock your zoom if possible, and then focus at infinity on manual. For this you may use a street-light at decent distance to auto-focus on, an then switch to manual focus. If left on autofocus your camera won't be your best friend for this...

3. Shoot in RAW: This pic was actually heavy over-exposed, but a little bit HDR-tonemapping made it quite acceptable.

5. Shoot at large aperture. Ok, it makes focussing a bit more fragile, but you really need the contrast (for capturing those less-bright tunnels) unless you're in really, really close. It beats higher ISO-settings anytime...

4. Shoot lowest ISO: 100, 200 maybe 400, larger makes it difficult for post-processing.

6. Test your settings: shoot a pic at say, 10sec, take a look and determine if it is dark enough (taken that you didn't get a flash ;). If it's pitch-dark you can go to 30 sec or even bulb-settings.

7. It's better to over-expose than to under-expose (darkening the shot works, lighting up will not!)

8. Don't get struck with lightning, that could potentially hurt your equipment

Good luck

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Some View

nobody@flickr.com (zoutedrop) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:58:08 -0700

zoutedrop posted a photo:

On the way from Chang Mai to the nearby Doi Suthep hilltribe you see this amazing view (Thailand, june 2008) Click for Big

Dutch winter landscape

nobody@flickr.com (zoutedrop) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:47:25 -0800

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The church you see is in Deurningen, Holland, The Netherlands (Overijssel , Twente, Hengelo).

Waterfall Palenque Mexico one of my favorites

nobody@flickr.com (zoutedrop) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:02:24 -0800

zoutedrop posted a photo:

Palenque Mexico january 2008.
Made it with my good old 4Mp Canon G3 on manual: 1/3s ISO50 f1/8, no photoshopping here :)
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