Photo Corkboard 2014 (Share your photos!!)

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Re: Photo Corkboard 2014 (Share your photos!!)

Post by weathercrazy » August 1st, 2014, 8:45 pm

I've only been trying for 16 years to get good lightning photos...driven to the Plains, east of the Cascades, Arizona for the monsoon...and end up taking these about 2 miles from my house haha.
markesc wrote:Wow wow and more wow!

Congrats! Amazing! I'm envious!

I only have one decent one...

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Re: Photo Corkboard 2014 (Share your photos!!)

Post by markesc » August 2nd, 2014, 6:00 am

My one decent one:
QM6A3001c.jpg
Earlier at the Pittock:
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Post by jdemott » August 2nd, 2014, 7:46 am

Great lightning shots, Tyler! Did you use a trigger or just a series of long exposures? The latter strategy is the only one I have used, but obviously you need a very active storm to get many successful shots.

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Re: Photo Corkboard 2014 (Share your photos!!)

Post by raftingdog » August 2nd, 2014, 9:52 am

is someone bringing lightning in order to photograph it????..... just saying

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Post by weathercrazy » August 2nd, 2014, 9:03 pm

Thanks! I like your shot too! I'm happy with my photos, but curious when I'll be able to get shots like that again.
markesc wrote:My one decent one:
QM6A3001c.jpg
Earlier at the Pittock:
QM6A2721_stitchb.jpg
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Post by weathercrazy » August 2nd, 2014, 9:04 pm

These were shot with 20 second exposures. I have a trigger as well, but I used it in Arizona last year and it seemed to be way too sensitive (in day time situations). The one downfall to those is that once it senses a discharge it starts taking photos, often missing detailed branching.

Yes, this was a rare opportunity of a storm producing constant lightning, with little rain and no wind.
jdemott wrote:Great lightning shots, Tyler! Did you use a trigger or just a series of long exposures? The latter strategy is the only one I have used, but obviously you need a very active storm to get many successful shots.

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Post by retired jerry » August 7th, 2014, 6:15 am

Nice pictures both of you

Seems like you could have a camera that shot pictures continuously, looping through memory, and when you press a button it saves the last N seconds

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Post by romann » August 8th, 2014, 12:38 am

Great lightning shots! That was quite a storm about a week ago.

Storm clouds over Goat Rocks at sunset on Sunday, from the summit of Blue Lake Ridge (not out of focus, just a lot of haze)
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Next day from Bishop Ridge
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Post by Sean Thomas » August 8th, 2014, 7:25 am

Nice pics Romann! Ive always been curious about Blue Lake and Bishop Ridges, good on you for exploring those and thanks for posting the pics :)

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Re: Photo Corkboard 2014 (Share your photos!!)

Post by romann » August 8th, 2014, 11:30 am

Sean - Bishop Ridge's open east side is just awesome, not big area (for about 2 miles of trail) that maybe better as a "come there, stay there" hike, rather than a part of longer hike. Lots of scrambling opportunities there, a bit brushy but the brush is not bad (and half of it is huckleberry). More pics here.

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