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                            Enlightening Clouds II

Bunny recently found some unexposed rolls of 35mm (millimeter) film, and
tonight I decided to test a roll (it's rather old film) on trying to
photograph some lightning.

The last time I tried photographing lightning [1] I had a difficult time with
the digital camera. I couldn't just keep the shutter open until I saw
lightning because the digital camera (at the time, and even the one I have
now) just doesn't work that way. I had to time the lightning, plus take into
account the inherent delay when taking the picture.

But with my 35mm camera? I have a shutter release cable, which I can use to
keep the shutter open as long as I like (makes it trivial for very long
exposures). So it's just a matter of opening the shutter, and waiting for
some lightning, then closing the shutter. The only down side is I have to
wait until the film is developed to see how well I did.

[Just hoping I avoid a shocking experience] [2]


And yes, this particular photo was taken at night, with my digital camera
(the camera in front of me is my 35mm camera), with the contrast and
brightness adjusted so you can actually see the image.

No really, it was dark out there.

[Hey! Who turned out the lights?] [3]


See?

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2003/08/13.2
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2009/05/20/photo.jpg
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2009/05/20/photo2.jpg

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