Very nice!!!!!

[Raydar]

Morning all

Our member Hillsrain sent me this to have a look at, I thought I would post them up for everyone on the forum.

At least I know why I haven’t been able to get in contact with him for some time.

Enjoy

http://www.hillsrain.com/TEMP/latest/10-dec/index.htm

Cheers
Ray

[fozzie]

Ray,

Thank you for posting.

The cloud formations and colours are simply stunning.

I am glad it was Hillsrain taking the shots with the lightning and not me.

Cheers,

[Greg B]

Wow.

Fantastic stuff!

[mudder]

G'day, Those shots are stunning!

[Nicole]

Cool pics!!!

[Killakoala]

I love a good storm shot, and there's plenty in that lot.

Those lightning shots are sensational.

[Flyer]

Fantastic photos!
I loved thm-10-Dec-04_21-31-58.jpg
Like others said - simply stunning!
Thanks for sharing.

[hillsrain]

Cheers all, Have been preoccupied this week with driving all over the country side and processing shots.
Thanks Ray for the post mate. !!
Going thru the 100 odd shots from yesterday now. Will post a link when the pics are up.
Thanks again for the kind words.
Cheers,
Tim

[Raydar]

No worries Hill’s

Be great to see the rest mate

Cheers
Ray

[Killakoala]

Tim, that avatar of yours is excellent

[mic]

Absolutely bloody stunny Tim,

Your lightning shots you have shot there make mine I posted the other day look very silly indeed.

What Lens & settings did you use ?

Keep em up.

Don't hide under any Trees when you are out there, I want to keep seeing these great Lightning Pics.

Mic.

[hillsrain]

I tell ya its been a great week.
Thanks for the kind words indeed!
Nearly thru yetserdays pics. This shot though has been my favourite for the week.

Cheers,
Tim

[mic]

Brilliant !

Like I said, don't hide under any Trees

Mic.

[mic]

Tim,

Just a matter of interest, what were you in when you took this shot ?

A car with a lot of rubber on it I hope ?

Mic.

[hillsrain]

No mate, never under a tree. Had em close but no probs yet.
It had just deluged torrential rain and was still raining lightly when I snapped this one. I had the car parked across the flow of rain with the tripod and cam sitting on the front seat of the car looking out the passenger window which was wound down. If the tree was not in the way you could have seen the strike hit the ground. There was an awesome crack immediately afterwards. Was quite close.
LOVE IT!!

[mic]

Sounds like you know what you are doing Tim, Looks like it too.

What Lens & settings do you use ?

Thanks,

Mic.

[Onyx]

Wow, that is an awesome lightning shot Hillsrain!!

[Raydar]

Rub it in Hill's we have had nothing up here
Few small cells getting about ATM but I dont think anything will come from them

Cheers
Ray

[hillsrain]

This is a once in a 50 year event probably. A retrograde low dragging moisture across from the pacific. Bloody fantastic stuff. The malle is so wet and so warm that storms are building daily just from remnat moisture from the previous days storms. Been a week and a half. Gotta make the most of it mate
Settings were f6.3, bulb, iso200 WB-daylight using the kit lens.
Its a damn easy cam to use for this sort of thing. The easiest I have used actually.
Cheers guys - half a dozen more pics then I will post yesterdays stuff. No lightning in these, just structure and RAIN!

[Raydar]

Great stuff mate.
Look forward to looking at them

If I can't get any up here I mite as well look at the stuff you have been getting.

Have a look at your PM Hill's.

Cheers
Ray

[mic]

Tim,

When you go to BULB Setting how do you keep it open without keeping your finger on the button ?

Probably is a silly Question, but I would like to know ?

And how long are your exposures generally ?

Thanks for sharing.

Mic.

[hillsrain]

Hi Mic,
I use a cheapo universal remote I bought from Dick Smiths (their small one) for 15 dollars or the like. Its programmed to one of the sanyo TV codes. Voila a cheap remote, and not so small it gets lost.
Its invaluable, could not do without it.
My exposures can vary from 12 seconds (as is the case of this pic) or multi minutes. I tend to close the shutter after the first decent bolt. Keeps the image natural. Too many strikes while impressive can blow out the shot a bit and make it look kinda unreal. Just MHO on this, others have different thoughts on this.
Anyway, my next series of images are finally up - http://www.hillsrain.com/TEMP/latest/11-dec/index.htm
Not quite as good as the first lot. But different.
Cheers Tim

[dooda]

Lightning is a lot harder to capture than one might think. These are unbelievable. Thanks for sharing.