Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Things You’ll Need:
- Film camera
- Tripod
- Shutter release cable with button
- ASA100 film
Step1
First, the storm should only be a thunderstorm, not a complete downpour of rain. Taking your camera out into extremely wet conditions is not advised.
Step2
Next, locate an elevated area with a clear view of the area of sky the storm is located in.
Step3
Attach your camera to the tripod, and point it toward the area of the sky where you have witnessed the most recent lightning activity.
Step4
Next, attach the shutter release cable to your camera.
Step5
Now set your camera's focus to infinity so that distant objects are in-focus. This is when the lens is retracted all the way toward the base.
Step6
Then set your shutter speed to B. In this setting the shutter stays open as long as you hold the shutter button down.
Step7
Then set your aperture to f/8.
Step8
Now press the shutter release button on the cable and hold it down until lightning strikes.
Step9
If lightning does not strike within one minute release the shutter button and advance the film, the frame has been over-exposed.
Step10
If lightning strikes during this one minute time frame simply release the shutter button on your cable and advance to the next frame for hopes of another successful shot.
Comments
stevewall said
on 10/17/2007 For the web to be revealed against black it needs to be back lit. This could be by light you provide or perhaps light from a street light or a window. But then the spider will be a silhouetted, so you need to get light on it as well. Again light you provide. Flash might work, but it probably will wash it out. I have a photo of a spider shot with just flash at http://www.flickr.com/photos/finefoto/243092334/
You can hardly see the web, but the spider is not burned out and has great detail. It was shot with a canon sd700is pocket camera.
tduerre said
on 7/20/2007 I have a question for you. I only have
adigital camera but there is this incredibly cool transparent and reddish looking spider hanging around outside my house. How can i take a picture of the spider and the white web with a black background i.e at night?