29 08/08
16:58

Dragons in the Sky

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Dragons in the sky

We are experiencing a bit of heavy downpour over here in Tokyo. Lots of rain, lightning and thunder. It’s not just Tokyo, but cities in other prefectures too. Some have to deal with knee high floods. The rescue teams are all out and about. There have been some casualties. I hope the number doesn’t increase. Trains have been temporarily stopped along certain lines. Quite the inconvenience this downpour is causing.

On a different note, it’s only using storms like these that I might get to see lightning. I took out my camera, took in the rain with an umbrella and my gorillapod. Took some photos… decided “nah, I don’t have to proper gear to be out in this downpour waiting for lightning”, so I went back in and just sat in the comfort of my balcony waiting for lightning to strike! It was a pretty long wait since I only had my camera pointing in one direction. When I thought I had enough of taking shots and was just about to pack up, a big one appeared. Murphy’s law strikes again. I sat till my camera ran out of juice (haven’t charged it for a while. only 2 bars left on a D80). I’ve only got 5 shots though. Anyone with experience taking lightning shots?

Dragons in the sky

Dragons in the sky

Dragons in the sky

Dragons in the sky


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  • Panther

    No, I want to do that too. Lightning is lovely.

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  • Kozta-Boom

    Lightning is dangerous, but it’s cool. Guess I should take some shots of it. ^^”

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  • nanu

    That sideways one is the most dragon-like, huh.
    o_O Taken at midnight? That’s some dedication!

    I may have to try this, except when it thunderstorms it’s fairly windy. My region is in a drought, though.

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  • Sindharta Tanuwijaya

    The first picture is cool. Is that like, you did repeated shots for one direction ?

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  • 5thLuna

    amazing!
    great sparking photo :O

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  • gordon

    u are quick!

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  • xenohawk

    Cool shots! I never taken lightning before, should do that sometime now before the raining season stop.

    Did you just do a lot of shot burst or you have some hunch like when it is coming? he he.

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  • k

    thanks for the compliments guys.

    @nanu, where are you?

    @sin, i only aimed my camera in one direction and waited with my finger on the shutter. i didn't do any continuous shots if that's what you mean. ^^

    @gordon, lightning quick! ^^

    @xenohawk, rainy season seems to be almost behind us now ><. i had hunches when it was coming. haha. but it wasn't always spot on. i set the shutter to bulb mode.

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  • suki

    Ah, those are beautiful photos! Strange enough, last Sunday (in South Africa) we had a thunderstorm and there were many pics about it too..
    Weather is popular for pics and always appreciated. Thank you for sharing your creative and heard-work work with us (b^o^)7

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  • suki

    Sorry, that was ‘hard-work’ ^^;

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  • http://www.darrenwashere.com darren

    oh very nice! those are beautiful! thanks for the great comments. love your blog. im addicted! :)
    [rq=1460,0,blog][/rq]Lightning answers

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