Nice capture. We get these all the time, and this year learned the word derecho.
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent, David! > > I've never tried my hand at long exposures. I did once manage to capture > some lightning shots using one of those disposable film cameras, years ago. > I obviously haven't been able to duplicate that success with digital, > though. > > -- Walt > > > On 9/4/2012 2:12 AM, David Mann wrote: >> >> We rarely get thunderstorms here but when I noticed clouds moving in from >> the northeast with more clouds moving in from the southwest at the same >> time, I knew we were in for a bit of a show. >> >> I stood out at the footpath watching the fireworks and eventually thought >> I should try to take a few pics... >> >> http://www.multi.net.nz/thunderstorm/ >> >> K10D, 16-45mm (at 16mm). >> >> I didn't get very long before my battery started to run low but I'd had >> enough by then and the storm was heading north. I ended up shooting at f/22 >> for 15 seconds. The wait during the dark-frame subtraction was agonising, >> especially the times when I just missed spectacular flashes. >> >> It would have been spectacular to view from the hills. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
