Lightning in the Otways

TidaLpHasE · #1 24-10-2005, 02:18 AM

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

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

33South (Chris) · #2 24-10-2005, 05:50 AM

Great stuff, to my mind better than waterfalls.

Last one gets my vote

h0ughy (David) · #3 24-10-2005, 07:29 AM

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

davidpretorius · #4 24-10-2005, 07:33 AM

this dave agrees with dave.

nice work!

TidaLpHasE · #5 24-10-2005, 12:52 PM

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

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

Here's a couple more from the session.

RB (Andrew) · #6 24-10-2005, 01:08 PM

I love these shots Trevor,

Well done mate.

davidpretorius · #7 24-10-2005, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TidaLpHasE

but was not willing to water test the Canon and all i got was a frame full of rain drops

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

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

iceman (Mike) · #8 25-10-2005, 02:06 PM

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

xstream (John) · #9 25-10-2005, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by davidpretorius

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

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

Striker (Tony) · #10 25-10-2005, 04:31 PM

Really nice stuff Trevor.

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

MiG · #11 25-10-2005, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TidaLpHasE

I think i need a Nuetral Density Filter to overcome this problem

Could anyone suggest a solution?

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 (Andrew) · #12 25-10-2005, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

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

MiG · #13 25-10-2005, 06:53 PM

Don't let my supervisor know I posted here. My thesis was due on Friday. Must finish it

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.