This made the Earth move

during a storm last night, would have had more but somehow moved the focus ring in the dark




not quite as dramatic

Love them. Well captured, i hope you didnt get too wet.
Any tips on how you did this (settings and such)

Derek

i was inside, door open, camera on the floor on a Gorillapod tripod, lens was Sigma 10-20 to get a wide area of sky in view, focus set to infinity and manual, shooting mode was Bulb, wired remote with lock button. i used tungsten white balance to get the blue sky. get that set up then wait for a flash to know roughly where to point the camera, lock the shutter open immediately after and wait , you can either release the shutter after each flash or you could leave it open and have a series, say of 2 or 3, in one exposure. the exif on the first one is 10-20 @11mm f8 30sec iso160, the second was @18mm f8 58sec iso160, as i say i kicked myself this morning finding i had moved the focus ring but i was more intent on getting to the side of the house where lightning was as it changed as the storm moved, anyway lesson leant. hope this helps ,this was my first time at it so i was happy i got something.

Well caught

Both good captures of a not so easy subject matter.

Best regards

Well done indeed! Very dramatic and getting blue sky helps a lot. Thanks for the technical info ... Bulb mode seems to be the way to go, I guess similar in principle as for fireworks.

thanks for comments, not sure about the fireworks but i would presume so again have never done it ,too cold or wet that time of year to be stood around outside for me

Great shots, what is the phobia called where your scared of thunder?

Great shots!

Never heard of that condition, har har!