Fire it up!

Nothing But Net · 06-04-2004, 11:46 PM

We had some major thunderstorms move through the area toninght, and I wanted to test the limits of my slow-ass digital camera. Not slow for exposure (which would be a good thing), but slow loading memory. After about 100 tries I managed to obtain this shot freehand:

xoxoxoBruce · 06-05-2004, 07:47 AM

Beautiful! I love lightning.

blue · 06-05-2004, 01:27 PM

Very cool! Did ya live through it?

I still want to get a telescope with a camera adaptor, only problem I'm usually in bed by dark, and when I'm not it's like 2 degrees outside.

Pi · 06-09-2004, 11:31 AM

In North-Germany they had some terrible summer thunderstorms, found some nice flashs :

glatt · 06-09-2004, 01:40 PM

Cool lightning pictures from Germany. From the height of the camera, it looks like these were taken from a car. I hope so. The photographer appears to be the highest thing around. Would make a perfect lightning rod. At least in a car, the photographer would be safe from lightning.

ladysycamore · 06-09-2004, 02:02 PM

NBN: excellent shot for freehand!!! That the lightening strike came out relatively clear while everything else is blurred...I love it! Also cool that on the left, there are some stray clouds passing by.

Great shot!

Kitsune · 06-09-2004, 04:34 PM

Lightning? We have a little of that in Florida.

Kitsune · 06-09-2004, 04:40 PM

One of these days I hope to get a nice wide shot of the stuff in Tampa that spiders from one horizon to the other. For now, all I have is the stuff that didn't escape my shutter. (aka - the pathetic strikes)

06-04-2004, 11:46 PM	#1
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Fire it up! We had some major thunderstorms move through the area toninght, and I wanted to test the limits of my slow-ass digital camera. Not slow for exposure (which would be a good thing), but slow loading memory. After about 100 tries I managed to obtain this shot freehand: Attached Images

06-05-2004, 07:47 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Beautiful! I love lightning. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-05-2004, 01:27 PM	#3
blue Operations Operative Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern WI Posts: 739	Very cool! Did ya live through it? I still want to get a telescope with a camera adaptor, only problem I'm usually in bed by dark, and when I'm not it's like 2 degrees outside. __________________ If you spot a tornado, always remember to point at it, yell "tornado!", and run like hell.

06-09-2004, 11:31 AM	#4
Pi desperate finder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 437	In North-Germany they had some terrible summer thunderstorms, found some nice flashs : __________________ Complex simplex

06-09-2004, 02:02 PM	#6
ladysycamore "I may not always be perfect, but I'm always me." Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In Sycamore's boxers Posts: 1,341	NBN: excellent shot for freehand!!! That the lightening strike came out relatively clear while everything else is blurred...I love it! Also cool that on the left, there are some stray clouds passing by. Great shot! __________________ "Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken." ~Tagline from the movie "Amistad"~ "The Akan concept of Sankofa: In order to move forward we first have to take a step back. In other words, before we can be prepared for the future, we must comprehend the past." From "We Did It, They Hid It"

06-09-2004, 01:40 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Cool lightning pictures from Germany. From the height of the camera, it looks like these were taken from a car. I hope so. The photographer appears to be the highest thing around. Would make a perfect lightning rod. At least in a car, the photographer would be safe from lightning.

06-09-2004, 04:34 PM	#7
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Lightning? We have a little of that in Florida. Attached Images

06-09-2004, 04:40 PM	#8
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	One of these days I hope to get a nice wide shot of the stuff in Tampa that spiders from one horizon to the other. For now, all I have is the stuff that didn't escape my shutter. (aka - the pathetic strikes) Attached Images

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