Comments on: Shaking fists at the skies

By: DarkoV

DarkoV — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:58:34 +0000

Your comments in regards to Michael M.’s inquiry regarding photographing lightning are just the type of bandying-about-of-words that I’ve been looking for in a book on digital photography. Are you (hopefully) thinking of writing just such a book? I’ll be first in line.
Any other book that I’ve perused leave me sweaty, tear-y, and exhausted. To get photographic results like you and to be able to imitate a steam engine simultaneously is just my goal in life.
A book, by you, on digital photography would go a long way toward that goal’s attainment.

I’ll be crossing my reading fingers.

By: MiamiDreams

MiamiDreams — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:28:55 +0000

I am not said to be a mean girl :) Besides, I have already exposed myself too much to dare doing any stalking activities. I’m pretty sure you’d know where to find me immediately.

@ Michael: hehe, no I’m not a psychopath, or at least I am not aware of it.

By: Michael M.

Michael M. — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:26:15 +0000

No, but maybe the voices in her head are?

/Chh Chh Chh, Ka Ka Ka

By: sgazzetti

sgazzetti — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:18:46 +0000

You’re not sketching out any stalking plans, are you?

By: MiamiDreams

MiamiDreams — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:49:48 +0000

@ sgazzetti: surprise surprise :) I guess you live on XXX. divizije, or am I wrong?

By: sgazzetti

sgazzetti — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:10:31 +0000

Wonder Woman: I had no idea you lived so close as to be visible from my bedroom window. That’s downright bizarre. This world gets smaller all the time.

Michael: I wish I could tell you what sophisticated techniques I routinely employ. I once did some googling about how best to photograph lightning, and even wrote down some f-stop and exposure crap, but of course when the opportunity arose I just took 100,000,000 pictures at different settings, and most of them were of the sky with no lightning and one was of lightning and I thought, ‘damn, this really sucks compared to how it really looked’ but I was tired of dicking around and I cut my losses. That’s my technique (and no, no tripod was involved).

By: Michael M.

Michael M. — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:55:09 +0000

Gorgeous photos. How did you catch (i.e. “ride”) the lightning? Tripod? I tried it the other day (it’s been a very stormy summer here, ne pas?) and managed to catch one bolt in about 40 photos. (Thank God for digital cameras)

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:08:31 +0000

If it is any consolation, the photos are gorgeous.

By: MiamiDreams

MiamiDreams — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:20:26 +0000

There’s got to be my house somewhere in there :)) Think to the left part of the image, but even if it is on the image, you can probably see the roof only :)

You’ve got great shots, it’s obvious you live far up (top floor?)…