NE - Omaha - LTNG

1/40" F/4 ISO-320

1/25" F/4 ISO-400

1/13" F/2.8 ISO-80

1/13" F/2.8 ISO-80

1/13" F/2.8 ISO-80

I decided to try my hand at some daylight photography tonight. It didn't go so well. Especially using a point and shoot camera (damnit I miss my DSLR) I didn't have any control over the f-stop. I could control the shutter speed slightly (varying between 1/30, 1/25, 1/15 and 1/5") and the ISO, but without the f-stop I was doomed from the get go.

I did manage to get 5 shots (click to enlarge if you can't see them in the thumbnails) of lightning, so it wasn't a total loss. These were all taken on the southwest entrance at Lake Cunningham. It's been a couple of years since I've been here, nice to see that they've filled the lake up with water, again.

NE - Omaha - LTNG

1" f/2.8 ISO-80

1" f/2.8 ISO-80

Tonight was pretty active but I was only able to get two shots of lightning. There was a lot going on to the southeast of Omaha so I headed that way, but by the time I got into position just southeast of Glenwood, IA, everything had stopped. The sun was due to come up within an hour so it wasn't worth driving west towards new storms rolling in near Lincoln.

These photos were shot in the American National Bank parking lot at 90th & Dodge while aimed just above the Walgreen's there. There were some nice crawlers that went directly overhead of me before I was able to park. It was quite breathtaking.

NE - Chalco - LTNG

 

 

Wow, what a night! I don't get to go shooting often since I'd been driving a convertible for the past three years, but now I own a hard top and I can go out again without the fear of being electrocuted! I got off some 397 photos and ended up with 21 great shots (even outside of those 21 were some pretty nice ones, but I had to cull somewhere).

A few of these I plan on getting prints of and maybe one or two some larger canvas prints.

Not too shabby for a Canon SD1200IS now, is it?

NE - Fremont to Snyder - LTNG

Alright, so this wasn't a spectacular shoot. By the time Rick and I got to a good point, all the lightning seemed to stop. I at least got these, but they're not great by any means. I at least have something to add to the log.

NE - Omaha - LTNG

Photographed in Northwest Omaha, Nebraska looking East. Obviously my best lightning chase so far. Simply had to go up the road to a church about 3 blocks away to do these shots. Shot on a Minolta DiMage 7i, most at 4" shutter speed.

IA - Crescent - LTNG

These photos were taken just west of Crescent, Iowa at about 4:30 AM.

NE - Omaha - LTNG

These were shot south of Omaha on Highway 50. Not a spectacular night, but there were some great colors to come out of this set!