Lightning
These were taken in July 2013 ... after several years of complaining that London just doesn't get good thunderstorms, and after missing a truly spectacular one in Marrakesh this time a year ago (dinner with new friends beckoned) I was happy to stay up until about 2am catching several hundred shots, and distilling the result down to this handful.
Note that white balance is a bit skewy on these, though surprisingly not by much. Manual focus to infinity, noise-reduction turned off (so a few hot pixels here and there) as NR on the Oly E-620 means you lose about half your opportunities for shots. Manual exposure of course, flipping between 4s at f5.6 or 8s at f4, and then high-speed shooting left clicking away. A few relocations of the camera to try to capture the movement of the storm, as well as get out of the way of the downpour that eventually arrived.
Note that white balance is a bit skewy on these, though surprisingly not by much. Manual focus to infinity, noise-reduction turned off (so a few hot pixels here and there) as NR on the Oly E-620 means you lose about half your opportunities for shots. Manual exposure of course, flipping between 4s at f5.6 or 8s at f4, and then high-speed shooting left clicking away. A few relocations of the camera to try to capture the movement of the storm, as well as get out of the way of the downpour that eventually arrived.
