Great lightening pic i took last night
djnee - October 31st, 2009 at 03:48 PM
I posted this on a couple of other forums, so apologies if you've seen it already.
We had some great thunder & lightening here last night, so i took about 20 mins of video footage using the digital camera so i could get some
stills from it.
This ones a beauty...smacked right onto our car!
Weird thing is at the time the lightening didn't appear to be that close.
Scary!
Can even see stuff coming down the rear of the car too....
68AutoBug - October 31st, 2009 at 05:34 PM
Excellent shot....
only way to get lightning...
You WERE very lucky it didn't get You,,,
did you feel the hairs on Your arms stick up????
lucky the car was there...
any damage to the car???
LEE
djnee - October 31st, 2009 at 05:43 PM
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You WERE very lucky it didn't get You,,,
did you feel the hairs on Your arms stick up????
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Yeah, it was weird though Lee...as none of the lightening seemed that close to us! Agree that we were pretty lucky though!
Didnt feel the hairs on my arms stick up either, and the car seems unscathed!
polak - October 31st, 2009 at 06:00 PM
sweet shot dude! love storms.... got any more pics?
grumble - October 31st, 2009 at 06:24 PM
Awesome shot with the lightening hitting the car,I suppose you may get a Gov grant for carbon trading with an electric vehicle.
Actually i know how hard it must be to be in the right place with a cameram
at the right time.Well done
djnee - October 31st, 2009 at 06:53 PM
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sweet shot dude! love storms.... got any more pics?
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Yeah sure!
The one with it hitting the car was the numero uno one, but here's the rest if interested!
djnee - October 31st, 2009 at 06:55 PM
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i know how hard it must be to be in the right place with a cameram at the right time.Well done
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Yeah, thats why i took video's as i reckon it's near impossible to get single images with a bog standard camera.
I then view the video in Sony Vegas 7 and from there you can grab stills.
Actually it's just started kicking off again here, so i might get some more tonight!
Baja Wes - November 1st, 2009 at 12:05 PM
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Yeah, thats why i took video's as i reckon it's near impossible to get single images with a bog standard camera.
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You just need a camera with a manual or Tv (shutter speed priority) setting. Set it to a long exposure (in seconds) and put it on a tripod. Then cross
your fingers. This was taken with a Canon S3IS point and shoot style camera.
68AutoBug - November 1st, 2009 at 12:23 PM
I'd hate to live where you are Wes...
My two large Dogs have to sit between my legs when there is thunder....
and its very uncomfortable...... to say the least...
Many years ago, using a Pentax 35mm camera i had
I took a delayed exposure shot of the fire works on the Sydney harbour bridge off My TV...
came out perfect.... lol never ever tried to do it again.... lol
I take my sunset shots off my roof...lol
LEE
PS this is a pic of the sun during one of the many dust staorms we had in Scone..
Baja Wes - November 1st, 2009 at 12:49 PM
This is a long exposure shot of Brisbane riverfire this year, taken from my work
71dub - November 1st, 2009 at 01:30 PM
great shots wes .riverfire great too