Lightning photos
My passion for this type of photos is started thanks to a shot of a big lightning. To capture a lightning fortune is not enough, you need patience and tecnical skills. In this section there are some of my best photos in HD.
Taken the July 13, 2008 from Monte Marenzo (Lecco, Italy) with a Canon EOS 350 D , 15 sec expousure, ISO 200, F/9.0.
Four lightning over the lake of Como and the city of Lecco, taken from Monte Marenzo, where i live.Taken the July 31, 2006 with 15 sec expousure, ISO 200, f/9.0 with a Canon EOS 350D. With this photo i won the competition "Una foto per 4 elementi" ("One photos for 4 elements") launched by the magazine Focus in 2006.
Taken the July 13, 2008 from Monte Marenzo (Lecco, Italy) with a Canon EOS 350 D , 15 sec expousure, ISO 200, F/9.0.
November 2007, from Monte Marenzo (Lecco, Italy) with Canon EOS 350D, ISO 200, F/9.0, 20 sec expousure.
How to make photos like this?
To take this photos I use a REFLEX camera, necessary because only REFLEX camera have the B pose (ore M mode) that enable you to take photos with arbitrary long expousure. Then is necessary a tripod to mantain the camera fixed during the expousure. That's all! When you see lightnings you have to place your REFLEX camera to the tripod, enable the M mode (or B pose) and select e time expousure of about 15/20/30 seconds. Set an F/ value to about 9 and set ISO to 200. Use the autoshoot mode to avoid vibration and good luck!