Weather Watching - Page 31

modest · #**301** (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 11:36 PM

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Yes that's the setting. The 'B' is for bulb,

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Is this an option on today's digital SLR or other cameras?

Say whiskey!

Not to press and hold, at least not on mine. I can turn the shutter duration up to 15 seconds - that's the limit. Actually, I might be able to catch some lightning with that. It's raining here now - but I'm not seeing much in the way of lightning.

Thanks for the clever thinking with that T

~modest

Turtle · #**302** (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by modest

Not to press and hold, at least not on mine. I can turn the shutter duration up to 15 seconds - that's the limit. Actually, I might be able to catch some lightning with that. It's raining here now - but I'm not seeing much in the way of lightning.

Thanks for the clever thinking with that T

~modest

That ought to do it. Good luck!

Weather here is 78º F, barometer 29.9, and hazy from smoke; I found 2/10" of rain in the gauge this morning.

Unfortunately one has to follow clever thinking with hard work and I am still editing my recording. My video camera uses a hard drive and records continuously, but 8 hour files puts the computer in a tizzy.

I have to split out the segments with lightning strikes on the camera and delete the dross.

So far today I have a couple dozen segments with strikes going from 9pm to 3am, but I still have 4 more hours of recording to review. So much for the end of darkroom days!

Be back this evening with some lightning photos.

Turtle · #**303** (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 05:52 PM

Wow! I caught some great stuff!!

I fell asleep just as it got good starting ~ 3 am and going 'til 3:50am. I ended up with 80+ clips and only now starting with the computer editing. I have one sequence done, and it starts with video/audio of the thunder & then a cloud to cloud lightning stroke, and finishes with frame by frame stills of the stroke. Much more to come.

Popcorn! Get yer popcorn here.

YouTube - Lightning Storm Sequence 1

Grains · #**304** (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 07:52 PM

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We went from chilly to heat wave last week. It hit 102 F on my porch Saturday. Here's some lightning I caught on Sunday evening about 9pm. Nothing closer than about 4 miles. Two men were struck South of me in Oregon, and the weather service is working to confirm a tornado as well over there.

thats awesome!!! good show!!!

DougF · #**305** (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 08:08 PM

Very Very nice Turtle-son,

Question: Do you think lighting would trip the motions censer on my camera?

Turtle · #**306** (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 10:29 PM

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thats awesome!!! good show!!!

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Very Very nice Turtle-son,

Question: Do you think lighting would trip the motions censer on my camera?

Thanks fellas.

Just don't forget not to feed the turtle after midnight!

Got another video ready & I got the date wrong on the header.

Oh well.

This series of strikes was looking ESE over the Cascade Mountains and all occured within 10 minutes around 9pm. The previous video and the rest to follow are looking SW after 3am.

YouTube - Lightning Storm Sequence 1

Turtle · #**307** (**permalink**) 07-04-2008, 03:50 PM

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Question: Do you think lighting would trip the motions censer on my camera?

Sorry D; forgot to answer this. I don't think so, no. One way to find out though.

Here's the next video, and it's another that is a single stroke/counterstroke sequence. I start with the real-time video, and then follow with 47 sequential frames of the event. (I had the camera on normal automatic settings; shutter speed is 1/30th second.)

YouTube - Lightning Storm Sequence 3

modest · #**308** (**permalink**) 08-28-2008, 04:15 PM

I was going to try the video method with the electrical storm moving thorough, but the storm is fierce enough that all I had to to was point and click.

This was one of the first shots I took. I shifted the histogram in the second file being it's daytime.

modest · #**309** (**permalink**) 08-28-2008, 04:20 PM

And a wimpy one

Turtle · #**310** (**permalink**) 08-28-2008, 04:56 PM

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I was going to try the video method with the electrical storm moving thorough, but the storm is fierce enough that all I had to to was point and click.

This was one of the first shots I took. I shifted the histogram in the second file being it's daytime.

Nice! Tie goes to the runner.

I think I have bad air 'cause most of my bolts lack the side branches that you caught.

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday, for a lightning bolt today.