Hell Hath No Fury...

...like a photographer who can't make the camera work as he wants it to when he needs it to. Though it was a "striking" lesson in "flash" photography and compositing 5 images with HDR. The color was a surprise! Who knew that is what happens in lightning storms?

I should have used the 60D that I know much better, but wanted to use the greater detail available in the dark with the 5D and the L lens. Several enlightening things I learned about the camera BY ACCIDENT. Hold the shutter release down and the camera will only go off when there is a lightning strike to provide enough light. The better lesson, however is I REALLY NEED to do the tutorials for the 5D. It is definitely differently configured than the 60D.

This all happened coming home from a friend's birthday party. Was it the wine? In my rush to get to the water's edge before all the lightning stopped (I can see from the studio window it is still going on, so I wouldn't have needed the speed), I forgot there is a short but steep embankment just before the shore of the inlet. Fortunately I had the camera on the substantial tripod. It didn't mind the embankment. But, I, on the other hand, got a 9.5 from the Russian judge in Beach Photo Klutzing and a bronze in Sand Nibbling.

Oh, I had mentioned Florida's dubious honor of being the lightning capital of the world in last night's post. So VOILA!

The previous shot Kendall alludes to in the first comment.

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