Lightning in the Otways

[TidaLpHasE]

:) I had planned to photograph some of the waterfalls around the Otway area today but the weather turned nasty and ruined my plans.

I was rewarded with a great light show, that went for at least 2-2.5 hours+

I had a ball and loved all the strikes against the backdrop of the southern ocean which made it even more awsome.

The missus thought it was great, but i think in the end she was bored, i'm still on a rush:party:

Here is a few pics from tonight.....

[33South]

Great stuff, to my mind better than waterfalls.

Last one gets my vote :)

[h0ughy]

yes No 4 and 7 got my vote. Was that a daylight shot on the 5th one?

[davidpretorius]

this dave agrees with dave.

nice work!

[TidaLpHasE]

:)Thanks for the nice comments.

I think it turned out better than my planned trip to the waterfalls, but they are still on my list of things to capture.

Houghy, yes that was a daytime pic, It was very hard to get anything longer than 2.5 second exposure without the image being washed out and over-exposed.

I think i need a Nuetral Density Filter to overcome this problem:confuse2: Could anyone suggest a solution?

The thing that was most annoying was the formation of a huge water spout right in the middle of a downpour, i tried to get a shot of it, but was not willing to water test the Canon and all i got was a frame full of rain drops:sad::sad:

Here's a couple more from the session.

[RB]

I love these shots Trevor,

Well done mate.

:drink:

[davidpretorius]

what happened to sacrificing your equipment for the team???

Mate
Are u bringing any fishing gear to camp????

[iceman]

Awesome! I'm going to the Otways tomorrow! I hope I get a lightning show too!

[xstream]

I'm going to incase this weather stays like this.

[Striker]

Really nice stuff Trevor.

Lightning and Striker just seems to go together...I love it.

[MiG]

Nice shots. A neutral density filter will allow a longer exposure, but it won't help the lightning show up up better. If you have a long daytime exposure, you are seeing a lot of light other than the lightning. The longer the exposure, the lower the lightning/daylight ratio.
An analogy could be bandwidth vs signal to noise ratio in radio systems, except here you're talking about the time domain rather than frequency.

[RB]

Nice analogy Mig.
BTW where have you been, I've missed your avatar..... :)

[MiG]

Don't let my supervisor know I posted here. My thesis was due on Friday. Must finish it :o
I've been a bit busy and I've been lurking rather than making silly comments here. I don't know too much when it comes to astronomy.