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Old 10-01-2018, 10:03 AM
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Uluru, approaching storm

Having a short break out here at Uluru. It's been roasting hot, 42C every day.

A storm came in over Uluru last night. I saw the rain column in the distance and so drove to a spot that people don't usually go to for Uluru sunset to get the columns of rain in the same frame as the rock. People normally go to a car park on the other side, called the "Uluru sunset viewing carpark," and all watch from there like sheep. All the people in the sunset car park got rained on. I saw the lightning start striking & repositioned us for that. It was getting pretty dark & so I stopped the camera lens down to let less light in increased the required shutter time to 15 seconds per exposure. That in turn drastically increases the chances of capturing a lightning strike over trying to catch it using a short exposure where you rely on split second reaction time.

My mate was trying using continuous rapid exposures. He took 2700 rapid fire exposures and didn't even get one lightning strike. I caught three frames with lightning out of 27 frames of 15s exposures. This is the best frame.

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Old 10-01-2018, 01:09 PM
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That's a great shot.
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Old 10-01-2018, 02:02 PM
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Very nice!
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.Joe..Thanks for sharing your love,
Lovely work...and good thinking about the lightning strike.
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Old 10-01-2018, 07:09 PM
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That is excellent. Alex
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Old 10-01-2018, 07:17 PM
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Very cool, Joe!
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Old 10-01-2018, 08:46 PM
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Old 10-01-2018, 09:28 PM
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Love the contrasting colours Joe, nice to be out there with the rain
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Old 11-01-2018, 09:42 AM
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Thats a beauty. Well done. I climbed to the top in 1978. I don't think you are allowed to climb it any more.
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Old 11-01-2018, 06:35 PM
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That's a poster shot.
Very nice shot of such a sacred and majestic landmark.
Shown this to the kids, they loved it. We only ever saw it against pure deep blue sky, this image is radiating with colour and commands interest.
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Old 12-01-2018, 01:11 PM
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Not bad for a rock!

Excellent picture.

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Fantastic Joe !!
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Old 16-01-2018, 04:25 PM
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Great image Joe, makes for a nice Desktop Image.....
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A stunning shot Joe. Fabulous colours. Love it.

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