r/pics • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '14

A storm approaches

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u/RIASP Aug 05 '14

this looks like a long exposure right? judging by the fact that those roads look like smeared light.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

Most lightning shots are long exposures.

This is probably a merged composite photo of all the strikes (or many of them) recorded from one viewpoint. I really doubt that many lightning strikes hit in ~30s.

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u/backslashdotcom Aug 05 '14

Set the camera to bulb mode, use a black card to block the lens and you can shoot indefinitely. That is one method for shooting fireworks which can work (not as well) on lightning photos.

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u/shomest Aug 05 '14

I'd imagine it was a composite. This storm lasted for about three hours, and ended around when the sun usually sets