Another Storm Chase, another core punch..

[Astroman]

More storms were forecast, so off I went straight after a quick meal and a beer at the pub :)

I decided to head out into the riverland area but soon changed my mind and darted back to the west to a little town called Burra. I went a little south of Burra and was confronted with a severe storm and unintentionally put myself in it's firing line. Unable to get away from it as it rumbled in towards my location I decided to sit it out and let it go over the top of me...

Here are a few images I took while on the chase.

Gustfront approaching.

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_001.jpg

Close up of the gustfront.

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_001b.jpg

Some Daytime Lightning Shots...

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_011.jpg

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_010.jpg

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_004.jpg

Some Night Time Lightning Shots...

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_005.jpg

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_006.jpg

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_007.jpg

And some sunset shots taken from Burra...

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_002.jpg

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_003.jpg

[Octane]

Oh, my. What an awesome front!

Andrew, this http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo73/AstromanSID/30th%20November%202012%20Storms/image_1024_005.jpg is incredible.

The light in that image... I'm dribbling...

Beautiful work.

H

[Astroman]

Funny you say that H. Thats my favorite, I love the colours also...

[Octane]

I've been looking at a lot of lightning photography over the last couple of days.

Images like these are the ones that are inspiring me to pull the trigger and purchase a Lightning Trigger. $380 in total with the release cable, but, so much fun to be had. :O

H

[hotspur]

looks great! ,my lightning trigger arrived this week,be wanting to do this for ages!

[Astroman]

There are cheaper versions on ebay.. I made my own, works well as you can see :)

website I built mine from http://www.solorb.com/elect/lightning/index.html

[Octane]

Cheers, Andrew. :)

H

[lacad01]

Great set of shots Andrew :thumbsup:

[spacezebra]

OMG Andrew - what excellent captures - intrigued by the daylight lightning shots.

Cheers Petra d.

[MrB]

Great shots Andrew!



Nice to know that it works for you for daytime shots, as there is a note on the schematics that says "Not recommended for daytime use through an SLR camera, circuit will re-trigger indefinitely"
Cheers! :thumbsup:

[Larryp]

Great photos, Andrew!

[stardust steve]

Awesome set of storm images. :thumbsup:

[Astroman]

I think in the original design he had the sensor looking through the viewfinder of the DSLR. Mine sits on the hotshoe. I cannot use mine during the night, it wont fire... I use 2 ND filters so I get the exposure to 1/8s or lower.

[Paul Haese]

Nice work Andrew. My favourite is the same one you like. I should have gone out yesterday too. I was looking at the front moving in and thinking to myself that I ought to go out. Nice captures.

[jjjnettie]

:) excellent set of pics

[h0ughy]

some nice results there

[Astroman]

Paul, unless you were sitting on the trough line on the 30th you would have struggled to get any lightning on the camera... it was very embedded and so sporadic that having the camera pointed at the right place at the right time was near impossible, but still possible... on the night of the 30th there was quite a bit of lighting that was embedded, but being night time, made it easier to capture.

Thanks guys for the comments.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Very nice series of images Andrew!

It was a hell of a storm front.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Moon]

Just come back for a second look. These are really awesome and inspiring.

Here's 3 humble strikes from my meteor camera - no comparison to your quality :sadeyes: ... but still fun.

Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vsq4_mkdBw)

James

[iceman]

Very impressive shots, Andrew!

[Ric]

Wonderful images Andrew

Great work.

[colinmlegg]

Nice shots, Andrew. I think I'll get a lightning trigger as well. I've mainly shot lightning at night, but saw some daytime stuff the other day and a trigger would have been nice. Previously, I've just added lots of ND and set the camera to continuous shooting, but that chews up the shutter.