[Hattifnatt]

Cloudscapes with a bit of geology at Trovanti Museum.

[timb64]

iPhone 6s

[taks]

two swishy clouds

[MrB1]

The River Thames at Marlow:





Philip

[Scout]

Nicely done Scout! Maybe you can teach me how to do that.

Thank you very much wtlwdwgn
I try to explain briefly ... It 's a mix of chance and a little patience, ... and a lot of loss (waste) shots !
Not a problem with digital photography
So I live near "la Loire" river where storms are used to stay a little, it was a particular night with no wind, a lot of electricity in the air, but no real danger.
And there were lightnings during 2 or three hours every 30 seconds to 1 minute (relatively far from home). I started with no tripod, I was not always happy, a lot of trial and error with the settings of the camera,
I tried to find a good balance with the high lights, so photos were sometimes dark but still seeing the lightning flash (raw photo)
Then I took the tripod, kept the good setting (in manual) and managed to keep a 30 sec aperture (I almost got a light at one shot out of two), I used my two batteries (with grip).
I was at F6,3 if I recall.
After that, it's a question of choice, sorting and selection, and of course Post Processing (lightroom), mainly in the sky.
These are my two favourites that night (maybe the first one is handheld)
thanks for reading

[wtlwdwgn]

Thank you very much wtlwdwgn
I try to explain briefly ... It 's a mix of chance and a little patience, ... and a lot of loss (waste) shots !
Not a problem with digital photography
So I live near "la Loire" river where storms are used to stay a little, it was a particular night with no wind, a lot of electricity in the air, but no real danger.
And there were lightnings during 2 or three hours every 30 seconds to 1 minute (relatively far from home). I started with no tripod, I was not always happy, a lot of trial and error with the settings of the camera,
I tried to find a good balance with the high lights, so photos were sometimes dark but still seeing the lightning flash (raw photo)
Then I took the tripod, kept the good setting (in manual) and managed to keep a 30 sec aperture (I almost got a light at one shot out of two), I used my two batteries (with grip).
I was at F6,3 if I recall.
After that, it's a question of choice, sorting and selection, and of course Post Processing (lightroom), mainly in the sky.
These are my two favourites that night (maybe the first one is handheld)
thanks for reading

Thanks!

[ramseybuckeye]

[timb64]

Isla Holbox, Mexico

[goatsNdonkey]

Evening clouds.
Fujicolor 100 + GAF Memo 35EE + cropping & slight pp to scan

[wtlwdwgn]

Beautiful images Ramsey and Tim!

[paulh]

A random dogwalk shot taken a couple yrs ago with an old Canon p&s:

[pepperberry farm]

watching clouds form to the south...

[subsea]

These were taken with my first digital camera, a Canon PowerShot G3 (a gift). Pics of clouds over various sites in Italy, taken during the last week in December, 2005, during the worst winter in Europe in 25 years! The first shows clouds over the Roman Forum on Christmas day, followed by clouds over the Arno River in Florence, later in the week. The final two are in Venice (temperature of 26F), with sunset over Piazza San Marco and clouds over the island of Burano.

[wtlwdwgn]

Fab shot pepperberry!

[paulh]

Truckers sunset: