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Uploaded by: wanderingtexgrrl — Tuesday May 26, 2009 — Allen, TX (Current Weather Conditions)

I am wondering if there is a name for the blow-out area in the lightning bolt and what causes it. Anyone know? Handheld with a shutter speed of 1/8 sec. thus not as sharp as I would have liked.

Categories: lightning, thunderstorm, clouds Camera Type: Canon 30D
 
Manufacturer: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 30D
Orientation: top - left
x-Resolution: 72.00
y-Resolution: 72.00
Resolution Unit: Inch
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 Windows
YCbCr Positioning: co-sited
Compression: JPEG compression
Exposure Time: 1/8 sec.
FNumber: f/4.0
Exposure Program: Manual
ISO Speed Ratings: 400
Exif Version: Exif Version 2.21
Components Configuration: Y Cb Cr -
Shutter speed: 3.00 EV (APEX: 2, 1/8 sec.)
Aperture: 4.00 EV (f/4.0)
Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
Focal Length: 24.0 mm
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FlashPixVersion: FlashPix Version 1.0
Color Space: sRGB
PixelXDimension: 3504
PixelYDimension: 2336
Focal Plane x-Resolution: 3959.32
Focal Plane y-Resolution: 3959.32
Focal Plane Resolution Unit: Inch
Custom Rendered: Normal process
Exposure Mode: Manual exposure
White Balance: Manual white balance
Scene Capture Type: Standard
InteroperabilityIndex: R98
InteroperabilityVersion: 0100
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1. charlesimages 4:56 PM GMT on May 30, 2009    
Nice one!
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2. ftogrf 5:00 PM GMT on May 30, 2009    
I think it's caused by the lightning coming out of the cloud, therefore more brighter, causing the "over" exposure. By using a longer shutterspeed, you could end up with a result like this. But on the positive side, it makes the picture look more "explosive" Plus, the closer you are to the lightning, the brighter it gets.
Still it's a very cool picture, specially with the clouds being exposed this good. You must had some really nasty weather.
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3. paperman1916 10:03 AM GMT on May 31, 2009    
Don't care if you goofed or not but this photo went to my desktop. Think it came out great you caught it all
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4. wanderingtexgrrl 2:12 AM GMT on June 01, 2009    
I appreciate the comments...but the part that I speak of is a quality of the lightning, not as a result of my shutter speed. If we think about it how do you ever expose for lightning? It is always a blownout area of the photo, you just can't expose for it, lightning is hotter than the sun, so whenever we capture an image of it, the whites are "blown out". My question pertained to the broad area of lightning that we see above the treeline, not the part that is obviously the bolt.

My shutter speed merely resulted in a softer image than I would have liked. It is getting a little tough to hand hold at that slow speed. Sorry about the confusion.
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wanderingtexgrrl In my enthusiastic interest of sharing my love of my land, I have begun a section in my blog titled "This is Texas". The photos in this collection are taken from all over Texas and by many different photogs. I welcome you to look over these photos, you might be surprised by the variety that Texas has to offer.
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