a little bit of lightning from Home 26 November 2012

[h0ughy]

I took this series of shots tonight from the front veranda at around 10pm when the front of storms came through. not really a pretty view with the power lines, but hey you work with what you have - its a pity we didnt get any rain, but then the lightning wouldn't have been visible.

canon 600D manual iso100 , 20second shots. 18mm lens

image is a stack of 50 shots.

beautiful to watch:thumbsup::lol:

[jjjnettie]

Awesome work Dave. Amazing.

[ourkind]

Spectacular editing! :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks JJJ - its still going on but since i havent recharged the battery from Cairns - oh well:rofl:

[h0ughy]

na pretty lazy:rofl: - startrails de and a bit of photoshop for resizing;)

[ourkind]

Hehehe very cool all the same :lol:

[Buddman]

Wow, I'd never thought about stacking the shots. I love it.

How'd you keep the clouds from blurring over the 20 odd minutes?

[h0ughy]

i didnt as it was that active - there are some shots that were covered but overall who cares :D- it was brilliant to watch. doing the sums it is around the 16 min mark

[Larryp]

Stacking the shots sure makes for a spectacular image! Good one!

[h0ughy]

thanks Larry:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

small video made of this - sows ear :rofl:

http://youtu.be/ODFL41wDagI

[bartman]

WOW fantastic David!!!!
might have to revisit some of my lightning shots and stack them.....
Bartman

[Octane]

A /little/ bit lightning, you say?

That's insane!

Great work, David!

H

[RickS]

Wow, that's spectacular!

[lacad01]

wow - a little bit?? Sounds like the Monty Python "it's just a flesh wound"...;)

[Shark Bait]

Jeez, did you think it was the 21st of December? :P

[h0ughy]

yeah have a go

twas only a tad lit up

thanks rick - it was enough to drag me away from the TV

:rofl: yep it was only a flesh wound. quite a number of years ago, i think when my daughter was one or two we had a series of storms that came through - in one night there were over 20000 strikes air to ground in the space of an hour. I have never been so frightened as that night - i even stayed away from the windows and anything electrical in the house. from my place to the north east is a major substation just the other side of the uni. there were lots of green and orange strikes that night there.... I had a film camera then and wasnt game to set it up either;):lol:

[h0ughy]

no just the prelude to our 19th wedding anniversary:lol: which is today

[Shark Bait]

So tempting to make some wise cracks, but I had better not. :lol:

Congratulations.

[Ric]

Nice work Dave

Certainly was busy out your way. I must have a go at lightning photography, December is usually a good month out my way for lightning.

[Osirisra]

Very cool!

Imagine if lightning was like that normally!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Cool David!

Just imagine if there was multiple stikes, what frightening scenario!

Cheers,

Justin.

[gary]

Fantastic David!

[iceman]

haha nice work Dave

[Deeno]

Awsome lightning shots!
But, nothing drives me mental like catching powerlines........

[EagleEyes]

Great image Dave!

[h0ughy]

thanks Guys:thumbsup:

[leon]

Top stuff Houghy, now tell me mate which was the first strike. :shrug: :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

the one in the middle:rofl:

[RB]

Good to see the spark's still there ! :)
Hope you had a great 19th.

Awesome photo mate !