Originally posted by BruceBanner Double entries are actually quite common, at least for me and if anything is to go by on same for others as I've seen quite a few double whammys posted here. I've had a triple whammy before lol, I'm going for that quadruple boys!!!
If I'd gone back in this thread a a bit I would have seen the frequency of multiple entries. Some FAQ I read about Explore was clearly wrong.
Originally posted by baro-nite That is quite the dramatic lightning image; were you using a trigger?
I'm almost embarrassed to explain it Jeff. Just having a walk on the beach when the storm rolled in and the lightning flashes started. I had my humble K-S2 and DA 18-135. Didn't have my tripod. I thought my only chance to capture a lightning bolt was to use the slowest shutter speed I thought I could manage handheld (1/4th second). I framed the image at 24mm, pointed in the general direction of the storm and keep firing. After about 10 or 12 shots, bingo!
By then Di was suggesting that perhaps the beach wasn't the best place to be.
Didn't get zapped and the rain didn't start in earnest until just after we got back to the car. There were lightning strikes all around on the way home. We had a slightly nervous discussion about whether a car really acted as a Faraday cage. One strike brought down a tree on the road ahead of us, although I managed to drive around it. The power was off across the district for about 6 hours. It was quite an evening.