Lightning Photographs - Gallery 62 {11 - 20 February 2012}

Lightning Photographs - Gallery 62 ,,                                                                                      A couple of weak thunderstorms passed nearby on 12 February 2012. These shots of anvil crawler lightning of a stronger storm on the Border Ranges were taken from home.  

Lightning Photo Tips

Lightning Photo Tips

I used a Nikon print film 35mm SLR camera from the late 1980s then made the move to digital with a Nikon D70 digital SLR camera in June 2004, and have since upgraded to a Nikon D90 DSLR. I use ISO 200 for almost all lightning photos. The D70 came with an 18-70mm kit lens, however I mostly used an old manual focus 50mm lens for lightning as it has aperture to F1.8 and precise infinity focusing. I currently use a 18-200mm VR lens on the D90 and a F1.4 50mm lens. Despite lightning itself being very bright, the more overall scene light you let in, the better the picture (in most cases), so use lower F settings at night. Zooming in on distant lightning often produces disappointing results.