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Christmas Night Lightning

Postby neroli on Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:32 am

Thought it was about time I posted some pics. First try at lightning pics. C&C most welcome, and any tips to improve :)

Technique - take heaps and hope to catch some strikes LOL, got a few keepers.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Cheers
Judy

#1 taken from top of hill at Wilston, Brisbane
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#2 Shorncliffe Pier
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#3
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#4
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#5
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#6
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:44 am

Very nice shots, Judy. :-)
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Postby mudder on Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:37 am

G'day Judy,
If these are your first try then it looks like you've done really well (better than I have).

Was scrolling through them but stopped at #4, not only a good lightning shot but also with some interest with the pier... Good stuff...
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Postby neroli on Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:09 pm

Thanks Kerry and Andrew.

I agree - #4 is my favourite I think. I was really pleased with the results, didn't have a clue what I was doing :D. Took heaps just trying to grab some strikes.

Much better results once it got darker. I want to try leaving the shutter open and holding a dark card or something across it but I didn't have anything suitable with me, it wasn't really a planned outing.

I tried a variety of f stops and shutter speeds, just need to investigate the successful shots to see which worked better.

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Postby Manta on Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:11 pm

Great shots Judy! I like 4 and the last one as well.
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Postby neroli on Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:25 pm

Appreciate the comments Simon.

That's Woody Point in left hand corner on the last one.

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Postby Oneputt on Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:32 pm

Top stuff 4 ,5, and 6 for me (in that order). The pier prpovides real interest.
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Postby neroli on Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:03 pm

Appreciate the comments thanks John.

A definite improvement as it got dark - I was really pleased with the results.

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Postby kinetic on Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:08 pm

Nice Shots! I particularly like number 5 myself. Hopefully we'll get some more storm activitiy this arvo (its sure humid enough for it).
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Postby Big Red on Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:13 pm

you have some excellent capture there 8)
lightning in daylight is damned hard to get so well done !
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Postby katweazl on Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:47 pm

Yeah nice shots!!!

The lights on the jetty have an interesting look. I have never seen the light behave like that. It is not really a normal "starburst" that you would usually expect. The light is almost scattered. Have you used a particular filter or technique to get this or is it just chance?

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Postby neroli on Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:01 am

kinetic wrote:Nice Shots! I particularly like number 5 myself. Hopefully we'll get some more storm activitiy this arvo (its sure humid enough for it).


Thanks kinetic - appreciate the comments.

No storm today... sure has got humid again :)

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Postby neroli on Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:02 am

shane gerrish wrote:you have some excellent capture there 8)
lightning in daylight is damned hard to get so well done !


Thanks Shane, yup I know that now LOL.

Mind you, with that first shot it was pouring down, and quite gloomy so that helped.

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Postby neroli on Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:04 am

katweazl wrote:Yeah nice shots!!!

The lights on the jetty have an interesting look. I have never seen the light behave like that. It is not really a normal "starburst" that you would usually expect. The light is almost scattered. Have you used a particular filter or technique to get this or is it just chance?

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Thanks a lot Joel.

Yep, noticed the odd lights. I've shot at the pier at night a lot and never had that effect before. I didn't do anything different to usual, and no filters etc so no idea what was going on there.

Same lens, tripod, variety of exposure times etc - no clues :D

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Postby SteveGriffin on Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:02 am

Nice work Judy!
I particularly like #4 & #6

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Postby neroli on Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:26 am

SteveGriffin wrote:Nice work Judy!
I particularly like #4 & #6

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Thanks for looking Steve.

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Postby Slider on Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:44 am

Great shots Judy :D

The last one in particular is awesome.
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Postby neroli on Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:27 am

Slider wrote:Great shots Judy :D

The last one in particular is awesome.


Thanks for the positive comments Mark - glad you enjoyed.

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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:48 am

Great work Judy, lighting shots have a special place for me as I love storms and being out in the thick of things, and the next best thing is a well captured lightning strike in camera. Your shots have great atmosphere and really re-create that electric mood of the storm!
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Postby MHD on Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:54 am

wow!!!! some great shots... particularly the last two...

My only advice: print them out and see how they look on paper :)
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Postby marcotrov on Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:02 pm

Congratulations Judy on a terrific series.
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