Oryon Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Along with Aviation, R/C Jets, and Motorcycles now! (yay)I also am an amateur storm chaser, NWS Storm spotter, and dabble in photography..Grabbed this shot last night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Nice. Have any more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapesmuggler27 Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Cool pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oryon Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Not from last night, I do have some from over the years, including a few tornado shots and video, that i'll link up here sometime soon...Hoping to get some more tonight with the weather we are having down here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garvinzoom Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Time exposure or really good luck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJ Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Along with Aviation, R/C Jets, and Motorcycles now! (yay)I also am an amateur storm chaser, NWS Storm spotter, and dabble in photography..Grabbed this shot last night!Just don't combine your other hobbies with storm watching .What & where do you fly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 I've taken a few good shots like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oryon Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Still flying out of Warren Co. Rent a Cherokee 180, I also rent/borrow a PItts S2C upon occasion out of Muncie Indiana, old friend of mine owns.Plan is to build a Vans RV-8 someday, probably not till I retire though.. got that family crap going on...On a side note of combining those activities, I read that the Natl Weather Svc is buying a fleet of retired A-10 warthogs, and outfitting them with meteorologic instrumentation, and then going to use them to fly into the mesocyclone and possibly even the funnel of Supercell storms out west! Kind of a twist on the "hurricane Hunters"Now THAT would be a hell of a job for a pilot!! If I had my commercial ticket and turbine time.. etc etc, id apply for that job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oryon Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Noce shot Buildit! I mainly shoot lighting after dark where can leave the shutter open, any advice for daylight shooting?(I of course shoot other weather stuff in the daylight, chasing a tornado after dark is just stupid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oryon Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Time exposure or really good luck?Time exposure, set up the shutter for 30 second release, triggered via remote. basically aim the cam @ the active part of the sky, trigger, wait, trigger, wait. etc etc.. wound up with over 120 shots last night to get that one good bolt shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Noce shot Buildit! I mainly shoot lighting after dark where can leave the shutter open, any advice for daylight shooting?(I of course shoot other weather stuff in the daylight, chasing a tornado after dark is just stupid)Night shots are hard because the flash over exposes the shot most of the time. During the day it is easier as the setting can be set for bright situations. Any lightening shot is just dumb luck unless you have high speed photography equipment. I have dumb luck. Here are some night shots that were okayThis is a flag pole in the foreground, I was trying to get the flag illuminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Along with Aviation, R/C Jets, and Motorcycles now! (yay)I also am an amateur storm chaser, NWS Storm spotter, and dabble in photography..Grabbed this shot last night!(pic removed)NWS huh? you should at least warn us before you catch a downpour of naked women on camera... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oryon Posted May 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 That shot was at night, auto exposure, ISO 400, turned out pretty well i think..I shoot with a Nikon D70 DSLR... funny that I have a harder time with daytime shots than night, since ive heard night is harder before too!If I catch a downpour of naked women on camera, I promise I will post the photos and video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) Tonight has been a good night for shooting lightening.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AowNUOBG4RU Edited May 2, 2012 by buildit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oryon Posted May 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Nicely done!Yea im out back shooting right now!Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 The best shots I get always seem to be before the rain and clouds move in. The lightening reflects off the clouds too much most the time for a good shot. As I said though, it's mostly luck for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Tonights storm so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Cool pics guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crf69 Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 rc heli's FTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaDoc Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 nice pics luke and matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 A few more from last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideSlow Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 theres alot of talent and luck in taking those photos that way. has anyone tried using digital video camera? then you could use a single frame exported as an image? they won't be as high definition, but if you want a good web shot or 5x7 quality, might be ok enough depending on what your use is. either way thank you for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 theres alot of talent and luck in taking those photos that way. has anyone tried using digital video camera? then you could use a single frame exported as an image? they won't be as high definition, but if you want a good web shot or 5x7 quality, might be ok enough depending on what your use is. either way thank you for sharing!Yes, I've tried several video cameras including my contour. Problem is they can not adjust fast enough in most cases for the flash of the lightening so all you get is a big white frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStump Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 We should be getting some crazy storms tonight, not sure if they will be good for pics or not but I have been seeing alerts all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 I would love to be a storm chaser. Dream job if I was single and no kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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