Archive 2012 · Lightning over Portland, OR

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Lightning over Portland, OR

We never get Lightning in Portland... in the 6 years I've lived in this house we've had a storm like this over downtown just one other time that I've noticed. Sometimes the sky will light up, but never directly over the city, offering this composition. Unfortunately it's not the sharpest photo... not sure why. It was on a Gitzo 3 series carbon tripod (3 leg section), 4 seconds, ISO100, f5.3, 18mm (center cropped). The tripod is on a cantelivered deck overhanging the cliff, so perhaps it's just due to the instability of that? I stood motionless against the house using a Nikon ML-3 wireless remote for the photos... I could literally feel the vibration in my feet when the shutter opened (M-UP).


	© David Paris 2012

Jul 20, 2012 at 03:36 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Lightning over Portland, OR

Very nice! We've also had this unusual spate of electrical storms up north in Seattle. Great to have a good quality capture of the excitement

Jul 20, 2012 at 04:13 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Lightning over Portland, OR

I'm sure if you would have your apeture at f8 or f11 it would have all been in focus. It is an awesome shot no matter what. The lightning is in great focus!!

Great shot!

Jul 21, 2012 at 11:25 AM


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