Storm Pic from this morning...

[Astroman]

Had some storms roll through here in the wee hours of the morning so I went out with my camera, video etc................etc........

here is one of the pics I got.

http://www.saweather.net/reports/280905/2005_0928_001small.jpg

[iceman]

Wow! :eyepop: Stunning shot Andrew, nice one!

How many shots did you take to get that one?

[Astroman]

All up probably around 120 images were taken, got 6 good ones, 3 really good. More were erased off my camera

[davidpretorius]

like mike said!!!

[slice of heaven]

Good stuff Andrew :thumbsup:
I was watching it this morning and wondered if you were out snapping away.

[h0ughy]

nice one

[Astroman]

Okay a few more for you.

http://www.saweather.net/reports/280905/2005_0928_002small.jpg

http://www.saweather.net/reports/280905/2005_0928_003small.jpg

http://www.saweather.net/reports/280905/2005_0928_004small.jpg

[RB]

Andrew they are all stunning, well done.
I love these sort of images.

Thanks for sharing.
Cheers

[h0ughy]

wow, i hope no one was hit by them they are massive

[iceman]

Wow! That last one is spectacular!

[ving]

geart stuff! :thumbsup:
what sorta camera did you use?

[Astroman]

Thanks Guys, Images were taken using a Fuji Finepix S7000 with various exposure times but all on f6.3. Exposures ranged from 4sec to 11sec

[asimov]

Woah! Nice shots guys. I have a few shots that I was going to throw up, but mine are not all that good. I just took a heap of AVI footage & converted to individual frames & picked out the good one's. Most of mine are over-exposed of course, no settings to play with in AVI mode.

[Astroman]

Go on post them, I can throw up some Captures I got also if you like :) Might have to wait till I come back from Flinders Ranges though, next week sometime.

[slice of heaven]

Ditto that!!!!

Well captured!

[toetoe]

Very powerful pictures Andrew.

[asimov]

Andrew, My pics of the lightning have a great deal of 'flare' around the actual bolt itself washing the shot out, I've tried to get rid of it using software but It's not achieving the desired results....How come your pics don't have the same problem?

[TidaLpHasE]

:thumbsup:Awsome shots, i can't wait for some more lightning so i can give it another go at capturing it on film.

If i get quality half as good as your pcs, i will be very happy.

They seem a bit too close for comfort though, was your hair standing on end:scared:

[Astroman]

Asimov: I set the cameras Apature to f5.6 or 6.3 to begin with then depending on the storm and how the pics look I will close the apature or open it. I am surprised actually that the images wern't blown out, some storms do it, others don't. I guess I was lucky.

Trevor: Nah these strikes were a fair way out, closest one (the first one) was about 3km away. The closest strike I have been near was 3m away, it hit a power pole which I was parked next to, sprayed the car in sparks, but we were safe.

[TidaLpHasE]

:scared2: 3m, now that's way too close, i hope you got a pic:poke:

[asimov]

I thought as much. Thanks for the info. I have no control over aperture unfortunately....Only in 'still shot' mode. Here's some of my best shots, not very spectacular, but I'm glad I got anything at all. I had great fun while I was out there taking them, & even more fun when I was reviewing the video's this morning! I keep forgetting my camera has a mic on it! There was some choice words on one by me that I forgot all about lol! I remember it scared the hell out of me! :D & remarked while I was shooting accordingly...:rofl:

[Astroman]

No I didn't I was on my to a lookout at the time, driving. A mate of mine said he saw it, and it blew out the power. I do have ppics of the fried junction box though.

[Dave47tuc]

Great shots Andrew.
I showed some people at work all said wow great shots.

Well done :thumbsup:

[asimov]

Andrew? I just saw these lightning pics of yours on the channel 7 weather/news!

Well done mate!! They looked even better than on site! Can I have your autograph!!??

[Astroman]

LOL!! I can sell you a signed print if you like :)))))) Yeah I taped it, but forgot to set the TV up for widescreen OOPS so only saw half the picture.

Framed 8x10 low low price of $150 :)

[asimov]

Put me done for 3 copies, thanks..:D ;) I feel aweful about shoving my crappy pics into your thread mate! I can't compete with such a famous celebrity!! :D

[TidaLpHasE]

:thumbsup: Only $150, that's a bargain for the camera, no need to frame it, i'll take it with the bag lol.

[Astroman]

LOL Trevor!!! I am planning on a camera upgrade but $150 for current cam is a little low :)

John: No worries mate, love seeing other peoples efforts, and techniques. What was the camera you were using? Oh will that be MO/Cheque or IOU for those prints :P

[acropolite]

Andrew said You are one lucky boy. I used to test faulty cables for Telstra after lightning strikes. In one case I saw a 30m high tree blown in half and 20 or so metres of 20mm diameter lead sheathed cable (located 10 metres away from the tree) vapourised....

[asimov]

How about I fix you up next time I'm in town, lol!? :D

Done with the world famous 3.1 meg kodak easyshare mate! (in AVI mode):rofl:

[Mick]

Amazing photos Andrew, my missus would have been under the bed at the first hint of lightning. :)

[mickoking]

Very good work Andrew, nice one. Best lightning pics I have seen for a long time. :thumbsup:

[gaa_ian]

Very Very good .... I can see what I will be doing up here this wet season !
Have to get a new camera first !

[TidaLpHasE]

Managed a couple of shots as the storm went through Melbourne, not even in the same league as yours, you are the "lightning master":bowdown:

[slice of heaven]

Apparently they recorded 9,340 lightning strikes over SA in the 24 hours.

[Jonathan]

Great shots guys :thumbsup: Well done getting on the news Andrew!

[Astroman]

Great Shots Trevor. I was watching your storms as they went through Melb and Geelong, very intense, much more moisture with yours and you had golf ball hail (unconfirmed report) Still Your strike rate was over 1000 strikes/hr at one stage, pretty impressive.