Great shots! I missed our only storm here in Minnesota because my drunk needy cousin wouldn't get off the phone. Also, I laughed when you slid the lens hood up your arm. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who does that.
Great vlog, Brent! The monsoon is off to an electrifying start. I’ve already captured some great shots in west Texas/southern New Mexico region. I was in Deming and Lordsburg over Fathers Day weekend and got some decent sunset bolts.
This is a pretty fun subject for photography. I've played with it the last few years on our annual camping trip. Very exciting, as long as you know how to stay safe around the storms.
Well you did it. You finally put enough amazing images up there that i ran out of excuses and just went for it. Complete failure with the camera but got a couple of images i managed to edit into a decent phot. Thank you so much for the time you take to share your experiences with us. It has inspired me to do something i never thought id be able to do.
I have always liked your panic videos it makes it real . Some great photos there . I would be very happy with them. Just a Question on your thoughts about using a trigger for the lightning ?
Amazing shots again, so jealous of the storms you have over in the states! Also second time you've spoken about sensor dust, clean your damn sensor haha 🤣🤣 Looking forward to more dude 🙂
Thanks man! Yeah, I really need to send that RP in to Canon. I can clean the normal sensor dust, but there's something else on there that I can't get off. At least for stills it's pretty easy to fix.
Excellent shots. I was hoping the storms would move more toward the Phoenix area.....I'm still waiting. Does using neg. exposure compensation affect just the bolt of lightning or the whole picture? I have had many unusable blown out pictures, I had not even thought about using exp. comp.
If you're in manual mode you can just underexpose, but yeah, if you're in aperture priority or one of the other semi-manual modes then you can use the exposure compensation and it will work the same. It does affect the exposure for the whole image, not just the bolts, which is why I said in the video that if your camera doesn't have that great of DR or a decent sensor for shadow recovery, that you could just take another shot and expose for the foreground, then blend them in post.
The metal tripod in the open field should do the trick...🤣 All jokes aside, have you ever come close to getting struck? We only get maybe one or 2 lightning storms up here in the northeast Atlantic.⚡️⚡️⚡️
I'm more worried about all the metal inside my body! lol I think I've had 2 incidents where I felt like I was too close and could have gotten struck. I won't knowingly do that again...it was terrifying.
Excellent photos. I wish we had storms like that but I certainly don't want the firest fires living in such a remote place. I guess I'll have to go on vacation to the prairies in Canada for a couple weeks during what might be good stormy weather. Yeah, going up to the highest topographic point out even on a ridge line very close to a storm, not the best plan... but those are the risks in chasing thunderstorms.
Excellent video as always. I, too, get the hot pixels even with the R6 so I wondered if you use the Dust & Scratches Filter in PS or if you have any other tip for removing them. Thanks, Brent!
Thanks! I usually just do it manually. I just got Luminar Neo though, and it has an AI dust spot removal feature. I'll probably try it out and make a video about (neo in general) at some point soon.
Brent, I have to tell you that you make me crazy. For a guy that is always running at the last minute, you would think that you would have quick-release clamps on all your tripods? Love your videos. Keep it up.
it's hard to get lightning shots but I got a few. but what was harder is getting moon shots with detail of the moon and clouds i got shots of the buck moon in detail and i got shots of the clouds in detail with the moon behind looking like a giant white ball. any advice here. Thanks Brent.
how do you track these storms and plan for them? thats my issue... you see them come up but by the time youre there they are gone, and you cant really just go out finding them randomly, right?!
I just watch the radar and lightning tracker on my phone and try to either stay ahead of or parallel to the storms as they move, and keep an eye on their direction and speed.
Cancel I noticed that on your lightning what camera are you using and how come you don’t have a street strap or a cable and maybe an outdated too far on equipment Camera Mosley let me know
I watched it 2 times.. Been watching you since I got my r6 2 years ago. 2 quick questions. Were you using an ND filter this time. And looks like you were just using the internal time-lapse?
Well thanks for sticking around man, I appreciate it! I didn't use any filters for any of the shots in this video, and yeah, I always just use the built in intervalometers.
@@BrentHall thank you for the reply.. I hope this is the year that I can catch at least one shot like the amazing ones you caught here.. I know it is all about experience.. here's to hoping I get some this year..
@@BrentHall you don't find that it causes you to miss lightning strikes? There seems to be no way of not having a 1 sec delay between shots, which is really bugging me.
@@MartinFransson Yeah, I definitely miss strikes sometimes, but that's usually more during the day. 1 sec interval is the shortest you can go, at least with Canons, but that's fine because even if you could go shorter, if you had longer exposures then your camera would start skipping exposures to give it time to write the images to the card. Then you'd miss a lot more strikes.
@@BrentHall wouldn´t the risk of skipping be higher if you used shorter exposures? With long exposures there´s plenty of time to write to the card :) Also, when I´ve been using a wired remote instead, there is no gap between exposures and I have never had a problem with buffering. I find the 1 sec makes it impossible to use the built in timer for daylight timelapses of clouds and stuff like that, because then I might want to take 1 or 2 images per second.
Great video, Brent. I was browsing your equipment and noticed your favorite astrophotography lens is no linger available. What would you replace it with? I’m currently using an EF 16-35 mm f/4 L on my R5 and am thinking of replacing it with an RF compatible lens.
I've actually been using the 16-35 f/4 a lot for astro with my R6 and R5. It does a pretty good job. The 15-35 is great too, but really expensive. I use the 35mm f/1.8 quite a bit for astro as well and I really like it. The rf 16mm is a lot better now that it has the lens profile corrections in adobe, and it's really cheap.
Hot pixels look like dead pixels, sometimes when the sensors get hot individual pixels start doing wonky things. They usually look like red, green, or blue dots in the image. They're pretty easy to clean up in post though. So in the Canon mirrorless world, when you switch off the lens stabilization it turns it off in camera too. Not sure why they do that, but it does.
Another awesome video...I guess ill have to plan my vacation next year for NM. I thought I knew enough about taking lightning photos, but everytime I see one of your vids I learn sooo much more...Im curious what is the max lens you use for your photos?...i currently use a Sigma 20mm 2.8 art lens...but have used 100mm 2.8. I also use 18-25 1.8 DC lens.
Yeah, NM is a great place to explore, especially for photography! Not sure what you mean by max lens? If you mean by aperture, then the fastest lens I have right now is my 35mm f/1.8, which camera lady used to film this video, but I also used it for a couple of the still images from the video.
@@tyeeggleston6159 Well I use all the way up to 800mm. I actually use my 100-500 more than anything, even for landscape and lightning stuff, but really it just depends on the scene and if I need to go wide, medium, or long focal lengths.
hey Brent. using bridge, does that allow you to edit the raw files direct from the r5 as I'm using lightroom and coupled with Google drive and my phone I have to convert them to dng before I can work on them. does bridge work with the cr3 files
Yes it is. Maybe not wow as easy, but definitely possible. I have a video about how to do it on my youtube channel. I think I was using my s20 ultra at the time, but the process and work flow is the same.
I know that feeling all too well. That pretty 1DC sitting behind me on my desk is a lovely $12K paper weight now, right along side the 24-70 mk ii next to it...
Hi Brent I want to thank you for the time you take to explain to the little guys how to do this, by the way great job like your style.
Hey thanks, I really appreciate the kind words and I'm glad the video helped!
Las fotografías y videos se ven maravillosos!!! Gracias por compartir!!
Love your videos. I am also gearing up for monsoon season in AZ.
Great shots! I missed our only storm here in Minnesota because my drunk needy cousin wouldn't get off the phone. Also, I laughed when you slid the lens hood up your arm. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who does that.
Great vlog, Brent! The monsoon is off to an electrifying start. I’ve already captured some great shots in west Texas/southern New Mexico region. I was in Deming and Lordsburg over Fathers Day weekend and got some decent sunset bolts.
Thanks man! Let's hope it keeps going strong. I'm ready to chase some more storms, hopefully tonight and the next few days will be good out here.
Amazing shots!!!! 🥰🥰🥰
This is a pretty fun subject for photography. I've played with it the last few years on our annual camping trip. Very exciting, as long as you know how to stay safe around the storms.
Awesome!!!
Well you did it. You finally put enough amazing images up there that i ran out of excuses and just went for it. Complete failure with the camera but got a couple of images i managed to edit into a decent phot. Thank you so much for the time you take to share your experiences with us. It has inspired me to do something i never thought id be able to do.
Thanks awesome man, I'm glad my stuff is inspiring you to get out and photograph! No better compliment to work than that. :)
Beautiful shots
Thank you!
watching a vid about lightning photography while doing lightning photography. nice XD
That's legit!
awesome video keep up the great work
I have always liked your panic videos it makes it real . Some great photos there . I would be very happy with them. Just a Question on your thoughts about using a trigger for the lightning ?
Thanks man, I'm glad people enjoy me rushing around like a crazy person! 🤪 🤣 I've never used a trigger. I always set up for timelapses instead.
Loved this video!! You got some amazing shots!!!
Thanks Jenifer, I definitely lucked out this time!
Amazing shots again, so jealous of the storms you have over in the states! Also second time you've spoken about sensor dust, clean your damn sensor haha 🤣🤣
Looking forward to more dude 🙂
Thanks man! Yeah, I really need to send that RP in to Canon. I can clean the normal sensor dust, but there's something else on there that I can't get off. At least for stills it's pretty easy to fix.
Nice video, Like from Italy. I'm passionate about storms too :)
Great shots!
Many thanks!
Nice nice nice.
I'm still waiting for the storm to try.
Excellent shots. I was hoping the storms would move more toward the Phoenix area.....I'm still waiting. Does using neg. exposure compensation affect just the bolt of lightning or the whole picture? I have had many unusable blown out pictures, I had not even thought about using exp. comp.
If you're in manual mode you can just underexpose, but yeah, if you're in aperture priority or one of the other semi-manual modes then you can use the exposure compensation and it will work the same. It does affect the exposure for the whole image, not just the bolts, which is why I said in the video that if your camera doesn't have that great of DR or a decent sensor for shadow recovery, that you could just take another shot and expose for the foreground, then blend them in post.
Im so jealous of your storms, south central Texas here and we are having a horrible drought. Love your video and thanks for the under exposing tips.
Yeah, the drought is bad everywhere out here this year! Hopefully we all get some more rain soon.
I took the first picture with lightning and managed to get a good picture with the settings you had
thank you
sorry for my English
The metal tripod in the open field should do the trick...🤣 All jokes aside, have you ever come close to getting struck? We only get maybe one or 2 lightning storms up here in the northeast Atlantic.⚡️⚡️⚡️
I'm more worried about all the metal inside my body! lol I think I've had 2 incidents where I felt like I was too close and could have gotten struck. I won't knowingly do that again...it was terrifying.
@@BrentHall 🤣🤣
Love the image with the stars. I'd like to know what settings you had for that.
Excellent photos. I wish we had storms like that but I certainly don't want the firest fires living in such a remote place. I guess I'll have to go on vacation to the prairies in Canada for a couple weeks during what might be good stormy weather. Yeah, going up to the highest topographic point out even on a ridge line very close to a storm, not the best plan... but those are the risks in chasing thunderstorms.
Yeah, storm photography can definitely be scary. It's always a balancing act trying to get good photos while still staying somewhat safe.
Excellent video as always. I, too, get the hot pixels even with the R6 so I wondered if you use the Dust & Scratches Filter in PS or if you have any other tip for removing them. Thanks, Brent!
Thanks! I usually just do it manually. I just got Luminar Neo though, and it has an AI dust spot removal feature. I'll probably try it out and make a video about (neo in general) at some point soon.
@@BrentHall Thank you, Brent. I look forward to seeing that. Have a great day!
Affinity Photo removes them automatically.
Brent, I have to tell you that you make me crazy. For a guy that is always running at the last minute, you would think that you would have quick-release clamps on all your tripods? Love your videos. Keep it up.
😅🤣 yeah, the quick release clamps are great, but I actually need one of my tripods without it because certain setups I do.
Wow... This is great. I tried to use my phone to capture a thunder. But its not worked well. But I'm thinking to try it again
Thanks! Yeah, capturing lightning with a phone is certainly possible (I made a video about it last year) but it's definitely a bit harder.
@@BrentHall i will try again.
Hey, if it's windy - don't raise your center column! 😉
Edit: loving your vlogs!
Yeah, I'm well aware that raising the column can decrease stability, but sometimes when I need the height I'll risk it. :)
it's hard to get lightning shots but I got a few. but what was harder is getting moon shots with detail of the moon and clouds i got shots of the buck moon in detail and i got shots of the clouds in detail with the moon behind looking like a giant white ball. any advice here. Thanks Brent.
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One more question, do you shoot in raw or jpeg when shooting lightning? I do not time lapse or shoot video.
I pretty much always shoot everything in raw.
how do you track these storms and plan for them? thats my issue... you see them come up but by the time youre there they are gone, and you cant really just go out finding them randomly, right?!
I just watch the radar and lightning tracker on my phone and try to either stay ahead of or parallel to the storms as they move, and keep an eye on their direction and speed.
Cancel I noticed that on your lightning what camera are you using and how come you don’t have a street strap or a cable and maybe an outdated too far on equipment Camera Mosley let me know
I don’t understand how your happy with a road and pole in your composition?
I watched it 2 times.. Been watching you since I got my r6 2 years ago. 2 quick questions. Were you using an ND filter this time. And looks like you were just using the internal time-lapse?
Well thanks for sticking around man, I appreciate it! I didn't use any filters for any of the shots in this video, and yeah, I always just use the built in intervalometers.
@@BrentHall thank you for the reply.. I hope this is the year that I can catch at least one shot like the amazing ones you caught here.. I know it is all about experience.. here's to hoping I get some this year..
@@BrentHall you don't find that it causes you to miss lightning strikes? There seems to be no way of not having a 1 sec delay between shots, which is really bugging me.
@@MartinFransson Yeah, I definitely miss strikes sometimes, but that's usually more during the day. 1 sec interval is the shortest you can go, at least with Canons, but that's fine because even if you could go shorter, if you had longer exposures then your camera would start skipping exposures to give it time to write the images to the card. Then you'd miss a lot more strikes.
@@BrentHall wouldn´t the risk of skipping be higher if you used shorter exposures? With long exposures there´s plenty of time to write to the card :) Also, when I´ve been using a wired remote instead, there is no gap between exposures and I have never had a problem with buffering. I find the 1 sec makes it impossible to use the built in timer for daylight timelapses of clouds and stuff like that, because then I might want to take 1 or 2 images per second.
Great video, Brent. I was browsing your equipment and noticed your favorite astrophotography lens is no linger available. What would you replace it with? I’m currently using an EF 16-35 mm f/4 L on my R5 and am thinking of replacing it with an RF compatible lens.
I've actually been using the 16-35 f/4 a lot for astro with my R6 and R5. It does a pretty good job. The 15-35 is great too, but really expensive. I use the 35mm f/1.8 quite a bit for astro as well and I really like it. The rf 16mm is a lot better now that it has the lens profile corrections in adobe, and it's really cheap.
@@BrentHall Thanks for the suggestions. I'm leaning to adding one of the primes you mentioned.
What do you mean when you say hot pixels? And when you turn the stabilization off, you only turn off the lens stabilization.
Hot pixels look like dead pixels, sometimes when the sensors get hot individual pixels start doing wonky things. They usually look like red, green, or blue dots in the image. They're pretty easy to clean up in post though. So in the Canon mirrorless world, when you switch off the lens stabilization it turns it off in camera too. Not sure why they do that, but it does.
Another awesome video...I guess ill have to plan my vacation next year for NM. I thought I knew enough about taking lightning photos, but everytime I see one of your vids I learn sooo much more...Im curious what is the max lens you use for your photos?...i currently use a Sigma 20mm 2.8 art lens...but have used 100mm 2.8. I also use 18-25 1.8 DC lens.
Yeah, NM is a great place to explore, especially for photography! Not sure what you mean by max lens? If you mean by aperture, then the fastest lens I have right now is my 35mm f/1.8, which camera lady used to film this video, but I also used it for a couple of the still images from the video.
@@BrentHall sorry i guess i should proof read before sending...i mean maximum length lens you use.
@@tyeeggleston6159 Well I use all the way up to 800mm. I actually use my 100-500 more than anything, even for landscape and lightning stuff, but really it just depends on the scene and if I need to go wide, medium, or long focal lengths.
hey Brent. using bridge, does that allow you to edit the raw files direct from the r5 as I'm using lightroom and coupled with Google drive and my phone I have to convert them to dng before I can work on them. does bridge work with the cr3 files
Yeah, bridge can read the cr3 files, no need to convert them.
Is it possible to take photos such as these on the S22 ultra?
Yes it is. Maybe not wow as easy, but definitely possible. I have a video about how to do it on my youtube channel. I think I was using my s20 ultra at the time, but the process and work flow is the same.
Standing on a hill with lightning around is not wise. There are things called a bolt from the blue, you do not need to be under them to be hit by one.
I'm well aware of the dangers of photographing lightning. I never said what I was doing was the smartest or safest thing to do.
Drop the center post and weight the tripod.
Whats the point of spending $500 for a tripod if you're still going to have camera shaking? And lower that center column next time.
Hope your insurance agent doesn't see you climbing hills loaded with gear. Or he prays you never fall.
He's more worried when he sees me heading toward the ocean. . . lol
@@BrentHall 10 grand of gear on bottom of ocean. But Jaws knocked my boat over.
I know that feeling all too well. That pretty 1DC sitting behind me on my desk is a lovely $12K paper weight now, right along side the 24-70 mk ii next to it...
Hope camera lady is getting a good wage.