Des (deskitty) wrote,
Des
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Lightning Pics

I had to scale them down a lot, otherwise they would've been more blurry than they already are. Focusing at night in low light conditions is unbelievably hard -- the camera refused to do it, and I wasn't able to do much either. It doesn't help that I have no formal camera training.

I shot at ISO 200 with a 15-second exposure and as wide an aperture as I could manage. Next time I think narrowing the aperture and lengthening the exposure might not be a bad idea. Oh yeah... and focusing correctly. :p

Here are the two best ones:





Still pretty cool, though, even if they didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped.

-- Des
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