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Right now there is a storm in Greece and I want to try to take a picture of lightning. Idk how though.

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[–] Modest_Moze@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

With long shutter speed, but how? Within an app, one or another.

[–] karmasutrah@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Without some kind of sensor to open the shutter at the right time, tough.

Some options I can think of

  • shoot a HD video and extract a frame out of it
  • shoot a burst and if you’re lucky you will get lightning in one of the pics
  • set up a timelapse and hope one of the pics has the lightning
  • long exposure
[–] aarrtee@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

maybe try app like Halide to control the shutter... but its going to be tough to do.

a dedicated camera is what i use

v. slow shutter speed. and i shoot a hundred photos to get one good one.

this was shot at 1.3 seconds... on a tripod.... used interval timer.... i probably shot 500 photos... 2 or 3 were ok... and this one

https://flickr.com/photos/186162491@N07/53021276244/

[–] geovasilop@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Damn that's pretty

[–] fullitorrrrrrr@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The first step is to go onto a rooftop to get a good vantage point, then you want to hold up the phone as high up as you can over your head, then point it up and wait