# Making lemonade from lemons **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634 "2015-08-12T06:31:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/1 "2015-08-12T06:31:02Z")
I wanted to go out to a dark spot tonight to take some more Milky Way / Perseids photos tonight. I had arranged with my friend to drive out of the city this evening, because this was my last free night this week. At 5pm, it looked like there would be a break in the clouds, but after dinner it started to get cloudy again. I decided to drive out to his house anyway, and on the way over it became clear that a major storm was rolling in from the east. We decided to go out and try to take some lighting photos, and this was the best one of the evening: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/320/20480836076_7f023ecfa7_b.jpg "Lightning over the Superstitions") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/20480836076) So, at least I got a decent shot - next up, the Leonids. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/2 "2015-08-12T06:34:29Z")
Aye, very nice shot. ETA: How do you take that kind of pic? Shutter on a timer and hope you get lucky? Or do you manually trigger? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/3 "2015-08-12T14:32:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Aye, very nice shot. > > ETA: How do you take that kind of pic? Shutter on a timer and hope you get lucky? Or do you manually trigger? Lightning is _bright!_ So, you can use a small aperture (f/8 in this case) and low ISO (200), and take long exposures without blowing out the night sky. I was taking 30 second exposures, and hoping to catch a bolt. The storm was very, very active - there was almost continuous lightning on the horizon, so I caught quite a few bolts this way. This one was the best. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/4 "2015-08-13T03:45:38Z")
So you can make lemonade from leonids? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/5 "2015-08-13T05:49:24Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > So you can make lemonade from leonids? I certainly hope so! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/6 "2015-08-13T05:57:00Z")
Another great picture. It’s overcast here tonight too, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/7 "2015-08-13T06:12:48Z")
… I was hoping for lemonade recipes. Hum. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/8 "2015-08-13T14:01:30Z")
Yeah, shouldn’t this be in CS? And have more recipes? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/9 "2015-08-13T15:07:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Yeah, shouldn’t this be in CS? And have more recipes? I actually _do_ make lemonade from my lemons… I do it by taste - the juice from something like 4-5 big lemons, mixed with as much sugar as will dissolve in 1 pint of water, mixed together and then diluted to make 1 quart. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/10 "2015-08-13T20:40:24Z")
Hey, that is just the kind of shot I like using as background on my computer. Do you mind? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/11 "2015-08-13T20:46:51Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Hey, that is just the kind of shot I like using as background on my computer. Do you mind? I would be honored to have you use it! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-lemonade-from-lemons/727634/12 "2015-08-13T20:52:15Z")
Done. It’s gorgeous. And I’m extra pleased that it’s Doper-created. 🙂