This is what happens

[freakofnature]

...when I use the manual focus on my camera at night. Would have been a cool picture if it was in focus.

 

[pjbleek]

still looks very cool

 

[edgray]

still looks very cool

:homo:

 

[freakofnature]

Thanks guys. I'm a perfectionist, though, and lightning is tricky to photograph.

 

[pjbleek]

Thanks guys. I'm a perfectionist, though, and lightning is tricky to photograph.

kind of like capturing a genie in a bottle...

 

[freakofnature]

kind of like capturing a genie in a bottle...

:nod: It's a challenge. Kinda like Guyzerr and his hummingbirds. I got this shot a couple of years ago. I like that there's a horse in it too.

 

[Guyzerr]

:nod: It's a challenge. Kinda like Guyzerr and his hummingbirds. I got this shot a couple of years ago. I like that there's a horse in it too.

I would love the chance to shoot lightning. It never happens here. :mad

I like your shot. Mind if I fiddle with it a bit and repost?

 

[ATKU2]

Awesome pictures.... ^_^ Excellent job.

 

[skyblue]

you're lucky,the last proper lightening i saw here was about 5 years ago

 

[Staci]

thats pretty cool! i actually got a lighting shot off of my cell phone. i really want to get a bigger one.

 

[Guyzerr]

I like your shot. Mind if I fiddle with it a bit and repost?

I know you have your ass in the rack so I just went ahead and did it. It's easier to ask for forgiveness I always said. Forgive me? :24:

Yours............



After a bit of clean-up and stuff...

 

[Tuffdisc]

Awesome, shame the first one wasn't in focus, at least the lightning was

 

[cam elle toe]

Great shots Zirc....we get AWESOME lightening here on the coast:thumbup

 

[JanieDough]

manual focus can be really hard at night - increase your aperture and you will have a much better chance of having a clear photo

it does decrease the amount of light you have in your photo, but you can find a balance between the two.

also if you need or wear glasses, manual focus may not be for you

 

[freakofnature]

manual focus can be really hard at night - increase your aperture and you will have a much better chance of having a clear photo

it does decrease the amount of light you have in your photo, but you can find a balance between the two.

also if you need or wear glasses, manual focus may not be for you

For me it's not so much an aperture issue as it is an eyesight issue. Even with my contacts in I have a hard time determining if my camera is in focus, especially at night. It will usually be off just a little and I won't be able to tell until I look at the picture on my computer. I leave my camera on auto focus most of the time but I can't do that at night.

I know you have your ass in the rack so I just went ahead and did it. It's easier to ask for forgiveness I always said. Forgive me? :24:

Yours............



After a bit of clean-up and stuff...

Oh, I see what you did there. Didn't like the hydro poles, eh? The second one is nice but I didn't take that picture.

 

[porterjack]

am i only one who can see a great big sealion on top of the house

call the air force and kill it :willy_nilly:

...when I use the manual focus on my camera at night. Would have been a cool picture if it was in focus.

 

[Thornless]

am i only one who can see a great big sealion on top of the house

call the air force and kill it :willy_nilly:

:eek

A lightening Sea lion too!:24::24:

 

[porterjack]

they are the worst kind

 

[freakofnature]

Wow. Whoever took that picture has talent. Making sea lions out of lightning and everything. :cool

:ninja

 

[porterjack]

Wow. Whoever took that picture has talent. Making sea lions out of lightning and everything. :cool

:ninja

yes if only it was in focus, then we could see the teeth