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Skillz
07-02-2007, 11:24 PM
..but I got some DAMN good shots. :wiggle:

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1179/lightninghr3.jpg

More pictures to come as I go through them, resize them and sign them.
andyofne
07-02-2007, 11:47 PM
..but I got some DAMN good shots. :wiggle:

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1179/lightninghr3.jpg

More pictures to come as I go through them, resize them and sign them.

Don't worry. I'll try harder.
hoser
07-03-2007, 07:43 AM
Nice pic skittles:)
Tempus
07-03-2007, 10:15 AM
Nice. I love shooting storms.
Skillz
07-03-2007, 11:38 AM
Thanks guys! I got about 15 more pretty good shots of the same storm I need to edit and post up.
Cowboy
07-03-2007, 04:12 PM
They are nice,how did you almost get killed though looks like you were pretty far away. :p
Skillz
07-03-2007, 05:51 PM
They are nice,how did you almost get killed though looks like you were pretty far away. :p

I'll post pics of the closer shots later.
Cowboy
07-03-2007, 06:23 PM
Good.They would make nice postcards or something. :)
I've seen lightning In Arizona that was pretty wild too. :eek:

Just be careful. :cool:
Tempus
07-03-2007, 06:56 PM
This is almost getting killed for a photo

This is looking straight up into a funnel cloud while lying on my back in my old driveway. If you look closely you can see the twist in the cloud.

http://home.comcast.net/~TempusMn/Lookinupweb2.jpg

This is the tornado forming up after it went over me. I think I've posted before that it touched down and made about a twenty three mile stripe across western Wisconsin a few minutes later.

http://home.comcast.net/~TempusMn/Funnelweb.jpg
Skillz
07-03-2007, 11:04 PM
Post the originals.

While I was out taking shots, lightning was popping all around me. Mostly behind me to the NE and where your seeing the shots, to the S/SE from where I was facing. Few shots did pop down pretty close behind me a few times.

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/2593/lightning4ft0.jpg

Here is one of the shots where the lightning was so close it just blinded the camera.

Last year, I was in the almost same location but on the other side of the marina (or whats left of it) taking some picture of lightning that I thought was far out. Lightning stuck so close to us (I appeard to hit around 50 yards out) that it burned my retina (spelling) and blinded me for seconds. Needless to say, I jumped in the car for a while.

Wish I still had the exposed picture of the time, but I lost it on a harddrive failure about 2-3 months ago. Learned a valuable lesson that day. :wtc:
{2399}Straycat
07-04-2007, 06:45 AM
Lets see the rest of the pics, Leroy.
D_A_M_A_G_E
07-04-2007, 08:02 AM
How do you time the shots or is it just spray and pray? :D
Skillz
07-04-2007, 12:06 PM
How do you time the shots or is it just spray and pray? :D

Each shot lasts 4 - 5 seconds, that's how long I keep the shutter open. I took around 400 shots in about an hour.
Skillz
07-04-2007, 12:40 PM
Lets see the rest of the pics, Leroy.

I tried to host them on imageshack but it's not working for me right now. I got them hosted on redlined's uploader, but it's a private uploader for the site. Can't view them here.

You can see the other few pictures I have posted here, still haven't gone through and edited them all yet.
http://forums.redlined.org/viewtopic.php?t=3585
Skillz
07-07-2007, 03:14 PM
Here are the other shots I posted. Imageshack seems to be working with me this time.

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9885/lightning1qe0.jpg

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/6008/lightning2np6.jpg

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/686/lightning3vz6.jpg

This is where the lightning was a little too close for comfort.
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8749/lightning4un0.jpg