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Alnath
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 05:25
We don’t get much lightning in Yorkshire and when we do it is usually not very big so i was quite pleased to get this.

http://members.aol.com/itsabelter/light.jpg

http://members.aol.com/itsabelter/light3.jpg

If only i had been a little more to the left on this one :(

http://members.aol.com/itsabelter/light2.jpg
foxbat
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 06:03
Nice one! The storms this year have certainly been producing a lot of lightning.
Harold_L
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 06:24
I enjoy seeing photos of lightning - yours are very good. In the first one, it looks like the lightning was in front of the tower, but I'm guessing it was much farther away? That picture is a classic example of lightning that strikes the ground far from where it started. It shows that it pays to be in a safe place during any audible thunderstorm (meaning that the lightning is less than 5 - 7 miles away. What exposure times were you using?

Harold
Airedale1
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 06:46
Fantastic! I love thunderstorms!
Alnath
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 08:54
I enjoy seeing photos of lightning - yours are very good. In the first one, it looks like the lightning was in front of the tower, but I'm guessing it was much farther away? That picture is a classic example of lightning that strikes the ground far from where it started. It shows that it pays to be in a safe place during any audible thunderstorm (meaning that the lightning is less than 5 - 7 miles away. What exposure times were you using?

Harold

It was much much further away than it look mate yes, using 4 seconds for 1 mile (lightning to thunder) it was about 5 miles away with the pylon being around half a mile away.

The first one was 15 seconds at f2 with the G6's ND filter on but i prefered the star shapes off the street lights so i turned the ND filter off, kept the shuter at 15 seconds and altered the aperture to suit. The ISO was 50 all the time.
guitarman3
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 13:40
Good job Alnath!
Alnath
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 15:00
Cheers, it has been a bit of a holy grail for me i must be honest.
ngannet
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 15:15
Wonderful!!! Lightning is one of my favorite things to watch, and I love seeing pictures of it. Good job!
Bald Eagle
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 19:20
great job, excellent exposure, i love lightning shorts as well. these are very good.
Paul A
30th of June 2005 (Thu), 21:07
Well done, a picture is worth a 1000 words, this one tells a story.
Mannytkd
1st of July 2005 (Fri), 02:43
Hi there, those photo's are awsome, where in yorkshire are you? I live in Bradford.
Alnath
1st of July 2005 (Fri), 16:39
Not a million miles away mate :)