Lightning Display near Adelaide [link to new images added]

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

What a terrific night, unfortunately for me I awoke with Heat stroke and was bed ridden for most of the day, well except for the times I ran to the loo . But I am glad it came after this event...

More images can be found here... http://s363.photobucket.com/user/Ast...0Thunderstorms

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

That looks absolutely incredible, great shots!

[dutch2 (Ingrid)]

Hope you are fully recovered.
Terrific photos, too.
Well done.

[danielsun]

Ripper shots there Andrew! Good to see we are all sharing in some good lightning action down South for a change.

[BlackWidow (Mardy)]

Great shots Andrew. Looks good over the salt lakes. Next time storms are arriving I should PM you for a catchup. I have posted a couple of shots on another post, a few of us got some good shots. Nice to get the chance here in Adelaide. I had my ISO too high and caused blow out. I should have noticed as the exposure times were very short. What ISO do you use on your shots?

Normally I would have used my Lightning Trigger, but I forgot to take a battery in the rush. I use the trigger on my 40D, but it's in being repaired. I used the old Canon 350d with a shutter timer this time....

Was a cracker of a night and I really like your shots. Great captures


Mardy

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Thanks Mardy,

I use ISO 100 to reduce noise most of the time, sometimes bump it to 200 if they are further away. I don't use a trigger at night, mainly because you don't need to. Bulb setting on the camera and fire away... If it's dark, you can go a long time before it becomes a problem.. many shots were in the range of 1min - 2min exposure times, the closer ones, much shorter.. I try and use the Aperture as the tool to increase or reduce the brightness of the strikes, but as you can see it works sometimes, no all the time... thats the nature of the storm unfortunately, can be predicted, but you would be wrong

Thanks again for the comments, yes would be great to catch up on a chase sometime.

[Derek Klepp]

Some interesting structure there thanks for the pics.

[gregbradley]

Great shots. Nice and sharp too.

Greg.

[astronobob (Bob)]

There you go Andrew, persistance and you come across a storm that just hammers ya, your best ive seen yet. Top capturing . . .
Totally envious ! !

[swannies1983 (Dan)]

Beautiful shots. Hoping the next event isn't going to be too far away!

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Great photos.

[Brettstar6754]

Ken awesome!

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

WOW ....would love to have been there to witness that lot....awesome display.

Col......

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

thanks guys... got a few others from that night also can be seen in the link below..

http://s363.photobucket.com/user/Ast...0Thunderstorms