[astronobob (Bob)]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Awesome images Bob!.

Real War of the worlds type stuff!

Cheers,

Justin.

Cheers Justin, worlds at war have been few and far between this season, looking farward to some winter astro tho

Originally Posted by LewisM

Was at Sunshine Plaza last night when the storm came through - we were walking to the car in the multi-level carpark. One strike was very close with the resulting ear splitting crack-boom, echoing violently in the carpark.

There were more than just me shouting 4 letter expletives when that bomb went off!

I was actually on the phone at the time with a mate in Kingaroy - even he said some choice words, despite the noise attenuation on my phone

Woah, can imagine the situation for yas, spine jolting by the sounds dont forget them in a hurry hey

Originally Posted by RickS

Great shots, Bob!

Thanx always Rick

Originally Posted by Craige

Nice Images Bob!

Craige

Thanx Graige

Originally Posted by N1

Wow Bob, that's one crap day for astro. Solid tube dobs would need big drainage holes near the mirror I would think

Thanx Mirko, would definately wash any cobwebs away also

Originally Posted by Regulus

Nice capture Bob.
I think I have said this before: I miss good storms. NW Tas is wet when it rains but it is NEVER impressive :-(

Cheers & yes mention before Trevor, Have you captured any Sth Auroras, That'd be some grouse Fotos, I'd be after them like a Pink Bat outta Brisbane

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

What's a thunderstorm? Don't seem to get them here, just rain.

Those images are amazing Bob.

Cheers Kevin & Lol, never lived near Mackay, remnants of Ita about your way now to hey

Originally Posted by leon

Love it, some real dark matter in that lot, nicely captured.

Leon

Thanx Leon quite happy with the nasty appearance considering the storm was at early stages, furthher along it path, Sth end of Mortan Bay wouldave seen the best of it at full wall cloud organisation, just needed a speedboat to get there at the time

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a really dramatic storm photo.

Greg.

Appreciated Greg, every once in a while, storms do go quite wild around these parts, gets the heart pumping thats for sure

Originally Posted by rcheshire

That's a woderful storm Bob.

Thanks Rowland, a bit hectic under them, worth the effort most times tho

Originally Posted by Derek Klepp

Top stuff Bob I was watching Captain America and just got drenched in it.

Cheers Derek how could you watch a cartoon while a super cell is at hand Ill remember that next storm

Originally Posted by dutch2

Amazing clouds, well done.

Thankyou Ingrid

Originally Posted by jenchris

I love the way you capture those weather effects.
I hope you're making some money with them - they're beautiful art.

Cheers Jenny One day I hope so, have been collecting some rather large wall hanging frames for a few of my captures of this & that

Originally Posted by Astro_Bot

I missed these. Nice shots, Bob. (I tried some cloud shots myself the other day. They came out horrible. It's harder than it looks).

Cheers Bot, bit tricky at times to capture half decently, light is ones worst enemy under stormage, some very bright areas and other rather dark, vast dynamic range, I try and combat it with Raw files, Low ISO, a moderate F/ratio, say 10'ish, focus is tricky as clouds in the distance can be like several K's away, but the wild stuff over head is well within a kilometer, I reckon this stuff at closest point over-head was only several hundred meters give/take
Hope this helps if you have another go, PS does wonders to