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For those who like lightning!!!!!!

Postby Raydar on Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:55 pm

I just had to show you all this.
It was taken by a member of the weather forum I spend the other half of my life in.

Enjoy.

http://www.bsch.au.com/martypouwelse/se ... -20-23.jpg

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Postby BBJ on Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:59 pm

Nice pic Ray, I think it is great to be able capture shots like these and i have yet to try get 1 of them oneday, a fellow i know in Sydney from my Fuji forum got a great shot over sydney harbour once and even sold it to one of the papers over there.
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Postby bago100 on Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:02 pm

Raydar

Can I ask what the URL address of the weather forum is please?

Thanks

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Postby Raydar on Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:12 pm

No worries mate

Here Tis!!!! :wink:

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/index.jsp

If you join the forum you can find out if there’s any storms happening around OZ with up to date images :shock:

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Postby xerubus on Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:25 pm

ray.. that's a marvellous shot... look's like mt cootha in brisbane to me... is that right?
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Postby Raydar on Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:48 pm

You mite be right mate, look like it.

I will ask Marti next time I’ll talking to him.
I don’t even know what cam he has
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I have a strange suspicion it mite start with that “C” letter :(

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Postby xerubus on Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:51 pm

aha... definitely is mt cootha... here's the rest of the series from the storms which went through last night...

http://www.bsch.au.com/martypouwelse/se ... 004-12-20/
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Postby Raydar on Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:55 pm

Seen them mate thanks :wink:

I was talking to him last night about the storms.
We in NNSW mist them again; I’m starting to think it’s going to be a slack year for lightning around this region.

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Postby birddog114 on Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:57 pm

xerubus wrote:aha... definitely is mt cootha... here's the rest of the series from the storms which went through last night...

http://www.bsch.au.com/martypouwelse/se ... 004-12-20/


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lightning arrestor

Postby christiand on Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:58 pm

Hi,

Does Marty travel with a lightning arrestor ?
His elevation seems higher than the area the lightning bolts went in.
I just imagine the headline, charr grilled photographer discovered after severe thunderstorm.
(I wonder how the D70 would hold up)


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Re: lightning arrestor

Postby Raydar on Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:03 pm

christiand wrote:Hi,

Does Marty travel with a lightning arrestor ?
His elevation seems higher than the area the lightning bolts went in.
I just imagine the headline, charr grilled photographer discovered after severe thunderstorm.
(I wonder how the D70 would hold up)


Regards
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That’s a good point mate.
Considering how many there are of us here in OZ chasing these things I’ve yet to hear of anyone being hit.
There’s been a few close calls; I for one can vouch for that !!!!!!! :shock: :shock:

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Postby Flyer on Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:08 pm

Here are few shots taken with my old Sony F717 in January this year.
http://FlyerOz.smugmug.com/gallery/326859/1/12998814
Got lucky quite a few times... :D
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Postby Raydar on Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:10 pm

Awesome stuff mate!!!!!!!

I’m looking forward to see what you can do with the D70 after seeing that lot :shock:

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Postby Raydar on Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:18 pm

Here’s one of mine from a coulpe of years back.
Taken with a Coolpix 5700, it actually made the front page of the local paper.

I ended up with about 30 images that night, awesome display!!!!!! :shock:

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Postby Onyx on Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:39 pm

Wow, lightning pic is fantastic. If I had more patience I'd probably be a storm chaser too. :)
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Postby Raydar on Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:47 pm

Onyx wrote:Wow, lightning pic is fantastic. If I had more patience I'd probably be a storm chaser too. :)


I didn't need much patience for this one mate.
It was taken out my back window wile whatching TV :wink:

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Postby bago100 on Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:41 pm

Raydar wrote:
I didn't need much patience for this one mate.
It was taken out my back window wile whatching TV :wink:

Cheers
Ray :P


I think the "h" in Radar's "while" jumped across to join the "w" and "a" in "watching" :D

Thanks for the link Raydar and thans for the photos everyone

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Postby Raydar on Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:38 am

I new some one would pick that up!!!! :wink:

I couldn’t be bothered fixing it last night :cry:

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Re: lightning arrestor

Postby mudder on Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:57 am

christiand wrote:Hi,
I just imagine the headline, charr grilled photographer discovered after severe thunderstorm.
(I wonder how the D70 would hold up)


G'day Christian,
I know it can handle the kick from an electric fence...! A damn site better than I did, considering I ended up flat on my arse... :shock: Main thing was I didn't lose any shots on the card tho... hmmm, priorities, priorities...

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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:14 am

Hi Raydar - check out new forum member imarine’s website for storm shots

http://www.clevelandweather.net/

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