Picture of the Day

**dfinn** · 05-01-2017, 11:18 PM

**Norseman** · 05-01-2017, 11:32 PM

**BaNosser** · 05-02-2017, 01:01 AM

wow

**Norseman** · 05-08-2017, 11:59 PM

**dfinn** · 05-11-2017, 11:21 PM

Summer is here

**east or bust** · 05-13-2017, 05:18 PM

nice

sure doesn't feel like it on the EC.. 48 and rain

**dfinn** · 05-15-2017, 11:41 AM

so I've heard from friends and family. hopefully it makes a turn, I'm headed home for a visit in a few weeks.

**From_the_NEK** · 05-19-2017, 02:58 PM

Strong storms here in the NEK of Vermont yesterday evening. Strong winds (lots of downed trees), heavy rain, and crazy lightning.

Tiki Bar After the Storm by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

Lightning on a Summer Evening_-2 by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

Lightning Bolt From Darling Hill 2 by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

Lightning Bolts over Whipple Hill 2 by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

Lightning Bolts 2 by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

Lightning Bolts by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

**andrew** · 05-19-2017, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by From_the_NEK

Lightning on a Summer Evening_-2 by Tim_NEK, on Flickr

This one is perfect

**wyeaster** · 05-19-2017, 03:19 PM

sweet shots, tim!

**Supermoon** · 05-19-2017, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by andrew

This one is perfect

Yeah. That's great

**Supermoon** · 05-21-2017, 08:23 AM

Full send

**The AD** · 05-21-2017, 01:57 PM

P-51D Mustang

North American P-51D Mustang by Kirk & Barb Nelson, on Flickr

**waltonhockey05** · 05-22-2017, 07:34 PM

Tim, is there a specific technique you used to get the full lightning arc in those shots? They look great!

**From_the_NEK** · 05-23-2017, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by waltonhockey05

Tim, is there a specific technique you used to get the full lightning arc in those shots? They look great!

Thanks

I was trying lots of different things while I was out there. Luckily is was getting dark so I could run the shutter open for a long time (15-30 seconds). Earlier in the evening, when the sky was still rather light, I set the f stop around f10 to keep from over-exposing the sky. As it got darker I decreased to f4-f6. The lightning bolts are bright enough that they show up well anywhere in that range.
Going wide angle 12-16mm didn't yield very many keepers. The lightning was too far away to make it a significant part of a wide angle image. Had the storm been closer it may have worked out but I would guess that it is pretty rare to be close enough to a storm to get a good shot and not get drenched with rain or actually be in danger of getting struck by the lightning you are trying to photograph.

**dfinn** · 05-23-2017, 10:26 AM

just finished up 5 days of this. I had never done an overnight raft trip before. at first 5 days/nights sounded like a lot. it went by way too fast and now I'm itching for more.

**The AD** · 05-28-2017, 01:01 PM

A little low tide action this weekend.

Anemone Macro by Kirk & Barb Nelson, on Flickr

**wyeaster** · 05-28-2017, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by dfinn

just finished up 5 days of this. I had never done an overnight raft trip before. at first 5 days/nights sounded like a lot. it went by way too fast and now I'm itching for more.

nice

**The SnowShow** · 05-28-2017, 01:12 PM

A-Basin

**zion zig zag** · 05-29-2017, 09:16 PM

Totally new to photography so I was pretty stoked to catch the northern lights and the milky way on a camping trip this weekend. Feel free to critique.

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**Supermoon** · 05-29-2017, 09:57 PM

Nice man! Those are great.

If I were to nit pick them, I'd say they'd be helped by finding a way to get some detail into the foreground. Either with a big flashlight of some kind, or taking a second exposure with a longer shutter speed and stitching them together.

**zion zig zag** · 05-31-2017, 07:19 AM

Originally Posted by Phildo_Baggins

Nice man! Those are great.

If I were to nit pick them, I'd say they'd be helped by finding a way to get some detail into the foreground. Either with a big flashlight of some kind, or taking a second exposure with a longer shutter speed and stitching them together.

Thanks, I messed around with "painting" the foreground with a headlamp but they turned out weird. I'll have to read up on that and try again.