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Poor ol' Ben Franklin was stuck with a kite and we have digital

**Kevin B123** · 10-13-2019, 10:49 AM

Nice and clean, it's not raining there?

reh321 · 10-13-2019, 01:05 PM

Originally posted by gifthorse

Poor ol' Ben Franklin was stuck with a kite and we have digital

You had good reflexes to catch these lightning bolts.

**sergysergy** · 10-13-2019, 02:50 PM

very nice captures. did you use any triggers?

C_Jones · 10-13-2019, 03:19 PM

Nice shots.

gifthorse · 10-14-2019, 06:21 AM

Thanks, everyone. I didn't use a trigger for these. Just exposures about 10 second long. The lens was a 28 mm f2 Vivitar 'close focusing' lens. Here's one taken using a smc PENTAX-FA MACRO 100mm F3.5

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Kevin B123 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Hampshire Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,187	Nice and clean, it's not raining there?

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reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,185	Originally posted by gifthorse Poor ol' Ben Franklin was stuck with a kite and we have digital You had good reflexes to catch these lightning bolts.

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sergysergy Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,175	very nice captures. did you use any triggers?

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C_Jones Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,082	Nice shots.

10-14-2019, 06:21 AM	#6
gifthorse Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Nevada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,949 Original Poster	Thanks, everyone. I didn't use a trigger for these. Just exposures about 10 second long. The lens was a 28 mm f2 Vivitar 'close focusing' lens. Here's one taken using a smc PENTAX-FA MACRO 100mm F3.5