When nature throws down

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When nature throws down

Postby Big V on Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:48 pm

Well last night sure was hot and I decided to go for a drive as there was much activity in the air.. Here is a timelapse shot showing a particularly active 10 minutes of lightning. The camera was so hot from being in the car all day that this is the first time I have ever seen noise in an image from it at 400 ISO. I was hoping to get the lightning as it moved over the metro area but it was not co-operating which is a pity as it would have given the shot more balance. Not really happy with the extra sky glow etc but I do like how the shot shows the activity in this period. I guess this is more of a record of the intensity rather than a poster shot.Lesson from this dont let your camera reach 50 degrees and expect it to behave as per normal!!!!
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Re: When nature throws down

Postby DanielA on Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:43 pm

There's some good lightning there. A bit of a shame about the noise. It looks like you have an explosion on the right. :shock:

Big V wrote:The camera was so hot from being in the car all day that this is the first time I have ever seen noise in an image from it at 400 ISO.

From now on when you say how little noise your Canon has, we can point to this. :lol:

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Re: When nature throws down

Postby aim54x on Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:38 am

 ROFL about the noise. Interesting shot though, i love how you have managed to catch soo many lightening bolts in one picture.
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