Taking pictures of lightning?

Uh, I’ve never heard of that. If you’re wanting to capture lightning, video tape it on your camera, if it has one, & turn it into a picture from that! I did the same thing, and my picture placed 4th in a contest!

You’re supposed to use high-speed film, night or minimal light settings, and NO FLASH. And most of the ‘good’ lightning photos are taken from a fair distance away from the storm, not directly under it.

Perhaps the older style ‘flash eject’ bulbs from the 40s-50s could’ve radiated ‘something’ other than light when they were used, ozone perhaps. But I don’t think modern camera flashes emit anything but light, since they’re contained in a sealed housing on the camera; so the chances of a lightning strike will remain fairly remote.

That is, unless you’re in an empty field, with a metal tripod, and a jumbo umbrella, on stilts, singing ACDC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ while thumbing your nose at Zeus.

If you do that, I promise you I will be TOTALLY unsympathetic. Oh, and I don’t think you’ll be able to capture thunder on film, since its a noise.

For a start, why would you use a flash when taking pictures of lightning? Flashes aren’t magic devices that make pictures brighter - they can only illuminate things within a few meters of the camera, which lightning (hopefully!) isn’t within a few meters - and is a lot brighter than the flash anyway.

Even if you did use a flash, though, there’s no way it would attract lightning. Standing wet in an empty field with a metal tripod and camera, during a thunderstorm isn’t the best idea, though.

who ever told you that is insane. that doesnt make any sense at all.

how can you take a picture of thunder?

And no taking a picture of lightning will not hurt you.