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By adamg on Sat, 09/06/2014 - 9:11pm
Redsox223 watched lightning hit the Logan Airport control tower tonight (photo copyright Redsox223).
Dan Santry watched lightning strike from Winthrop:
Stevil photographed a two-pronged lightning strike (copyright Stevil):
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More storm photos, including lightning apparently hitting the Federal Reserve and lightning over Fenway Park.
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Dawn was fairly interesting too.
The lower stratus deck began this strange transformation of cloud feathers radiating from a spinning center.
An upper cloud layer glistened from the sun angle making impressive contrasts.
https://flic.kr/p/oPEhsJ
Well done! How do people get
Well done! How do people get such fantastic lightning shots... long exposure and a tripod or sheer luck?
All of the above
Long exposure and a tripod - for mine I needed an ND8 filter as well to slow down the shutter speed or the whole picture would have been "blown out" because it was still daytime/quite bright when I was shooting (all that light in the photo of the bolt that hit the Logan tower was off to my left)
Best is at night - because you can usually get your exposures up to 30 seconds (mine were 5-10 and I got one bolt out of about 30 shots - missed 3-4 good ones in between shots. Thank God for digital.)
One other trick - if you don't have a shutter release - many cameras can set for a 2 second delay before the shutter opens. That way you don't shake the camera when you release the shutter, although when you are filming storms - the breeze can still shake the camera around quite a bit.
Excellent, thanks Stevil!
Excellent, thanks Stevil!