this camera is the Olympus E-300 EVOLT so it had good potential to have MUCH higher quality, it wasn't my camera and I didn't know how to work the settings. oh well, maybe next time. It took me about 400 tries to actually get a bolt. here is the link to my image on digg: http://digg.com/environment/Good_lightning_bolt
Very nice picture. Makes you realise just how insignificant we are compared to the rest of nature. Dugg.
wow looks sweet , really good quality picture I love lighting specially during the night it lets me sleep better , u must be very pleased after last night
yes, very pleased. I also have some awesome shots of some of the clouds i'll be posting up later tonight probably. two hours worth of finding good spots to shoot and watch the storm move in. Its supposed to storm again tonight so MAYBE i'll get some extra shots in tonight as well. Also, the photos I post are reduced in size still, they are in the 3***x2**** range in resolution right off the camera.
nah, it was about 10:45pm. Just the purpleish flash from the lightning did that. Off to the far east of where this photo was taken there was lots of orange and redish colored lightning.
Yeah, the thing that sucks about trying to shoot lightning is that if you see the flash, its already too late. you have to be already taking the picture before the bolt comes. i was taking about 5 shots a second when i was shooting.
Interesting... What about if you just left the shutter open? Wouldn't that still catch it? Anyways, once again, great shot...
Yeah, I could have left the exposure time longer and it would have been a better picture, but it wasn't my camera and we were parked on the side of the road. I played with a few settings, but I don't know the camera well enough to make changes and test enough. I just wanted to get some that I knew would turn out.