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We have been capturing Lightning for about 5 years now starting with the Phantom 4 ,
its a Mystery, a Puzzle and always the Adventure and have more fun doing that , than anything else with the drone .
Once you capture a nice picture of Lighting is easy to get hooked , its like catching fish , but I have learned some things along the Way.
Start by trying to Capture the Lighting at night , Just Keep your drone on video and Auto Setting.
That old saying that Lighting does not strike twice does not apply to the Capture of Lightning with your drone.
80% of the Lighting your going to miss ,, unless you have more than 1 Drone in the Air , but the 20 % you do capture will be worth it.
Take a look at the what was captured with just the Auto Settings at night,
Keep the drone still once you know the Direction of the Lightning .
Try to Frame the Picture with a building where you want the Lightning to Strike to get something nicer than just the sky. The Background is the Most Important in the Shot
When you first start out your going to be panning trying to chase the Lightning , Dont do it , Wait for the Fish to come to you.
Get up in the Air before the Strong winds come as its much easier to Negotiate the drone Swaying in the Wind in the sky than close to the ground.
Her is a good example :
During the Storm , you may want to try to Take a Pano in hopes of just getting lucky , with a capture here or there.
One of my most rewarding Pictures is that of a Tornado trying to Form at 3am when we lost Electricity so it was pitch black but I had a Generator to work with
and captured this :
Unfortunately you wont really know what you captured on your Footage until you run thru it frame by frame as it happens so fast.
One other thing to note: No matter how hard it raining , the Rain rarely shows up on the Pictures , so they tend to be very clean.
As you learn to fly in the Rain, you learn a lot of tricks with your camera , to capture the sky without drops on the lens.
Here is some unusual circle of Lighting captured during the day , which could not be seen by the Human Eye at that time , It was a Shock.
As much as I enjoy the Sunset Pictures , nothing compares to the Rush of the Storms and what they may bring.
Phantomrain.org
Gear to fly your Mavic 3 in the Rain and Capture the Lightning
its a Mystery, a Puzzle and always the Adventure and have more fun doing that , than anything else with the drone .
Once you capture a nice picture of Lighting is easy to get hooked , its like catching fish , but I have learned some things along the Way.
Start by trying to Capture the Lighting at night , Just Keep your drone on video and Auto Setting.
That old saying that Lighting does not strike twice does not apply to the Capture of Lightning with your drone.
80% of the Lighting your going to miss ,, unless you have more than 1 Drone in the Air , but the 20 % you do capture will be worth it.
Take a look at the what was captured with just the Auto Settings at night,
Keep the drone still once you know the Direction of the Lightning .
Try to Frame the Picture with a building where you want the Lightning to Strike to get something nicer than just the sky. The Background is the Most Important in the Shot
When you first start out your going to be panning trying to chase the Lightning , Dont do it , Wait for the Fish to come to you.
Get up in the Air before the Strong winds come as its much easier to Negotiate the drone Swaying in the Wind in the sky than close to the ground.
Her is a good example :
During the Storm , you may want to try to Take a Pano in hopes of just getting lucky , with a capture here or there.
One of my most rewarding Pictures is that of a Tornado trying to Form at 3am when we lost Electricity so it was pitch black but I had a Generator to work with
and captured this :
Unfortunately you wont really know what you captured on your Footage until you run thru it frame by frame as it happens so fast.
One other thing to note: No matter how hard it raining , the Rain rarely shows up on the Pictures , so they tend to be very clean.
As you learn to fly in the Rain, you learn a lot of tricks with your camera , to capture the sky without drops on the lens.
Here is some unusual circle of Lighting captured during the day , which could not be seen by the Human Eye at that time , It was a Shock.
As much as I enjoy the Sunset Pictures , nothing compares to the Rush of the Storms and what they may bring.
Phantomrain.org
Gear to fly your Mavic 3 in the Rain and Capture the Lightning
- see there I go, answering my own questions again. I'll just go now. 
