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Lightning Storm in Houston
Thunderstorm in Houston last night
I always get weird looks when I run to the balcony with the tripod and camera. Tonight their was the first lightning storm… or I should say… first lightning since we moved in. I took about 20 timed shots altogether and only 4 or so were workable. This was the best one of the bunch. http://www.customminds.com/cityscape/2009-07-22/ URL = super large version where you can zoom in and pan around of the following image. if you can zoom in on the link, you can see the lightning behind the building under construction. kinda cool. http://www.customminds.com/cityscape...7-22/storm.jpg (i seem to be having a problem making this a displayable image. sorry!) positive critiques welcome.
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customminds wrote:
Thunderstorm in Houston last night I always get weird looks when I run to the balcony with the tripod and camera. Tonight their was the first lightning storm… or I should say… first lightning since we moved in. I took about 20 timed shots altogether and only 4 or so were workable. This was the best one of the bunch. http://www.customminds.com/cityscape/2009-07-22/ URL = super large version where you can zoom in and pan around of the following image. if you can zoom in on the link, you can see the lightning behind the building under construction. kinda cool. [image: http://www.customminds.com/cityscape...-22/storm.jpg] (i seem to be having a problem making this a displayable image. sorry!) positive critiques welcome. Congrats, nice capture. BTW, if you have more, I figure it's fair to overlay other strikes with a tripod long exposure shot like that g. -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam |
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customminds wrote:
Thunderstorm in Houston last night I always get weird looks when I run to the balcony with the tripod and camera. Tonight their was the first lightning storm… or I should say… first lightning since we moved in. I took about 20 timed shots altogether and only 4 or so were workable. This was the best one of the bunch. http://www.customminds.com/cityscape/2009-07-22/ URL = super large version where you can zoom in and pan around of the following image. if you can zoom in on the link, you can see the lightning behind the building under construction. kinda cool. [image: http://www.customminds.com/cityscape...-22/storm.jpg] (i seem to be having a problem making this a displayable image. sorry!) positive critiques welcome. Now that is a very COOL shot. (actually about 20,000°C ) As common and fascinating as lightning is, it is still a matter of debate as to exactly what causes it. Also, there are MANY different types of lightning with very different properties. Wikipedia has an interesting read on the subject. For those interested, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning Bob Williams |
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On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:51:24 +0100, customminds
wrote: Thunderstorm in Houston last night I always get weird looks when I run to the balcony with the tripod and camera. Tonight their was the first lightning storm… or I should say… first lightning since we moved in. I took about 20 timed shots altogether and only 4 or so were workable. This was the best one of the bunch. Great shot. Would you mind posting your exposure information? |
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On 24 Jul 2009 in rec.photo.digital, rwalker wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:51:24 +0100, customminds wrote: Thunderstorm in Houston last night I always get weird looks when I run to the balcony with the tripod and camera. Tonight their was the first lightning storm… or I should say… first lightning since we moved in. I took about 20 timed shots altogether and only 4 or so were workable. This was the best one of the bunch. Great shot. Would you mind posting your exposure information? Camera Make: Canon Camera Model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III Image Date: 2009:07:22 20:41:56 Flash Used: No Focal Length: 50.0mm CCD Width: 4.81mm Exposure Time: 30.000 s Apertu f/16.0 ISO equiv: 50 White Balance: Auto Exposure Mode: Manual Available from the second link the OP posted. There's a plugin for Firefox called FxIF which grabs exif information when you right-click on an image and select 'Properties'. http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/fxif/ -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org/ |
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Paul Furman wrote:
customminds wrote: Thunderstorm in Houston last night I always get weird looks when I run to the balcony with the tripod and camera. Tonight their was the first lightning storm… or I should say… first lightning since we moved in. I took about 20 timed shots altogether and only 4 or so were workable. This was the best one of the bunch. http://www.customminds.com/cityscape/2009-07-22/ URL = super large version where you can zoom in and pan around of the following image. if you can zoom in on the link, you can see the lightning behind the building under construction. kinda cool. [image: http://www.customminds.com/cityscape...-22/storm.jpg] (i seem to be having a problem making this a displayable image. sorry!) positive critiques welcome. Congrats, nice capture. BTW, if you have more, I figure it's fair to overlay other strikes with a tripod long exposure shot like that g. I haven't been to Houston in several years, thanks to mobility issues, but I assume that you took these from one of the tall buildings in the Galleria area, Right or wrong? And I enjoyed seeing your pictures. Allen |
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On 7/23/09 8:17 PM, in article , "Paul" wrote: "customminds" wrote in message ... Thunderstorm in Houston last night I always get weird looks when I run to the balcony with the tripod and camera. Tonight their was the first lightning storm… or I should say… first lightning since we moved in. I took about 20 timed shots altogether and only 4 or so were workable. This was the best one of the bunch. http://www.customminds.com/cityscape/2009-07-22/ URL = super large version where you can zoom in and pan around of the following image. if you can zoom in on the link, you can see the lightning behind the building under construction. kinda cool. [image: http://www.customminds.com/cityscape...-22/storm.jpg] (i seem to be having a problem making this a displayable image. sorry!) Very cool. Where in Houston was this taken from? I was driving back to Houston from the northwest last night. From that perspective, the storm was interesting, but not quite this spectacular. High-rise. Between Alameda Road and 288 near MacGregor/Hermann Drive. |
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On 7/24/09 5:04 AM, in article , "Joe Makowiec" wrote: On 24 Jul 2009 in rec.photo.digital, rwalker wrote: On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:51:24 +0100, customminds wrote: Thunderstorm in Houston last night I always get weird looks when I run to the balcony with the tripod and camera. Tonight their was the first lightning storm… or I should say… first lightning since we moved in. I took about 20 timed shots altogether and only 4 or so were workable. This was the best one of the bunch. Great shot. Would you mind posting your exposure information? Camera Make: Canon Camera Model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III Image Date: 2009:07:22 20:41:56 Flash Used: No Focal Length: 50.0mm CCD Width: 4.81mm Exposure Time: 30.000 s Apertu f/16.0 ISO equiv: 50 White Balance: Auto Exposure Mode: Manual Available from the second link the OP posted. There's a plugin for Firefox called FxIF which grabs exif information when you right-click on an image and select 'Properties'. http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/fxif/ Thanks for the tip, Joe! |
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Paul - Thank you. I'll attempt that this next storm for you! :-)
Bob - Thanks Bob. I'm heading there to read up on it now. Lightning is definitely a fascinating subject. R Walker - Thanks! Here are the shot settings iso L (50) shutter 30 seconds f16 auto WB
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