not bike related just a shocking experience from my hols

[amarko5]

We had a great light show one night and i captured these shots

what do you think of em :?:


http://www.mark.davidson.dsl.pipex.com/pics/lightning1.jpg
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http://www.mark.davidson.dsl.pipex.com/pics/lightning2.jpg
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http://www.mark.davidson.dsl.pipex.com/pics/lightning3.jpg
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http://www.mark.davidson.dsl.pipex.com/pics/lightning4.jpg
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[KrZ]

spectacula pics :notworthy:

[Quiff Wichard]

looks like a van de graph generator ..

and them globe things u get with the bolts of elec inside-

somewhat more than 240 volts me thinks !!




































someone be be along in a min to tell me its the amps wots kills ya or summat !!

[650newb]

nice =D>

3rd pic is the best i think

[Red ones]

Quite lucky how you hit the shutter at the right moment!

[fizzwheel]

8)

Nice Pics

[Amanda M]

:notworthy:

Those are the coolest pics I have ever seen 8) 8) 8)

[Grinch]

Cool pic's.. my wife was taking some pic's of a storm in France a few years ago which was a nightmare with the camera lag, but did manage this one.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/thegrinch/photogallery/photos271103/Img0095.JPG

Reminds me a bit of the Aliens invading in ID

[Carsick]

someone be be along in a min to tell me its the amps wots kills ya or summat !!
Yup, but it's the volts that'll make it jump like that. :wink:

[Ed]

Cor, the power of nature. Where were you?

I bet the cranes glowed all night after that dousing 8)

[Red ones]

Seriuosly, how do you get the picture taken at the right moment?

[falc]

Awesome shots marko and excellent one too Grinch of the invasion! :shock:

Lighting has to be one of the more cooler effects of nature, the crack of thunder and bolt of lighting, makes everyone feel humble in a way :D

[Quiff Wichard]

of thunder and bolt of lighting


yes!

it's VERY VERY frightening!!



galileo !! figaro ..MMMagnificoooooooooooooooooooo0000000

[BURNER]

Brilliant pics mate, makes me want to go out and buy a better camera.

[amarko5]

Seriuosly, how do you get the picture taken at the right moment?

right place right time

location was Majorca
camera was a s2is canon (fairly pricey snappy cam) not my SLR outfit.

it was a case of mini tripod on the balcony table point it in the direction of the storm

set the apeture at its max in manual mode happened to be F8

then set the exposure time to the longest it would allow me in this case 15 seconds.

as the direction fo the storm was pitch black i just kept clicking the shutter and praying the lightning struck within the 15 seconds

and on 4 occasions it did.

being so bright I guessed i would have no issues with under exposure, and being a digital camera you just review and dump the non event ones and keep the best.

the storm lasted about 30 mins in total and i also have several mins of video of the lightning as well (taken on the same camera)

hope thats answered everyone

P.S. the last pic was so close i packed up and moved off the metal spiral staircase i was sitting on and removed the camera from the metal table. my ears were ringing all night from the crack produced from the last bolt.

[Quiff Wichard]

Brill !!

However-

not the weather you want or the holiday pics u expected from your hols !!

[amarko5]

Brill !!

However-

not the weather you want or the holiday pics u expected from your hols !!


quite the contrary really :wink: it cooled the place down overnight and the sunshine was splitting the pavement the next day 8)

honestly I don't mind the odd thunderstorm and both occasions i have been to majorca we have had them on a night time. a regular occurance on that island i am told.

didnt spoil the hols just made em more interesting, and it shut the kids up for a night :P :lol:

[Quiff Wichard]

I sit corrected

[silent]

nice pics...i very recently went on holiday to the alps on lac leman (geneva lake) on the french side...go pretty much every year and there has always been a very good storm.

worked out how to get pics like that this year on my camera...but guess what, for the first time in at least 5 years, no thunder storm, lots of rain though :(

well done tough, they are good pics

Andy

[Richie]

Fantastic pic's mark.. don't know what it is but I love lightning storms... but the missus and the kids hate the thunder part... That's the best part IMHO

[Glynmitch]

Reminds me of our honeymoon to Mexico 7 year ago. Every night at 5pm on the dot there would be a lightening storm. The worst bit was that there were always kids playing in the pool below and noone asked them to go inside :shock:

[carelesschucca]

brilliant piccys I love lightning...

[Anonymous]

Cool pic's.. my wife was taking some pic's of a storm in France a few years ago which was a nightmare with the camera lag, but did manage this one.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/thegrinch/photogallery/photos271103/Img0095.JPG

Reminds me a bit of the Aliens invading in ID

Never mind that! It looks like the propagation of a mushroom cloud from an airbursted nuclear device!

[shutdown]

Join you with attmept at lightening photos

http://www.thebikereview.com/iup/get8.asp?ID=1084

[BernardBikerchick]

wooooowww top top pics hey fella !!!!!!

impressed as usual!!!!

bbc :lol: :wink: :wink:

[Peter Henry]

Marko...Not a bad attempt...maybe next time you will get those houses in a bit more detail mate?....What? :lol:
p.s.Having family over in Mallorca,I know all bout what the weather an do there! Why u fink I chose where I am?! :lol:

[Cloggsy]

Fantastic pic's mark.. don't know what it is but I love lightning storms... but the missus and the kids hate the thunder part... That's the best part IMHO

Ditto :D

[Tara]

Superb pics :D absolutely brilliant

[amarko5]

I love the other pics :love:

any more lightning pics that YOU have captured :lol: (and no cheating by posting ones off the web) :P :wink:

[Richie]

I love the other pics :love:

any more lightning pics that YOU have captured :lol: (and no cheating by posting ones off the web) :P :wink:

Some time ago I was in Canada with the Army, ( Not going to star this reply "During the War") we got caught in a Thunder & Lightning storm... It was fantastic.. some of the younger squaddies had there squaddiematic point and press ( no digital back then )
funny thing was one of them would say "there's one " then you would hear click, click, click as a few took photo's but the lightninng had gone by then.
I think only one person got one photo of actual lightning that day.
made me laugh at the time anyway. :wink:

[lynw]

most memorable was in Australia, in Bega.

you could sit outside for about an hour watching the lightning before the rain would arrive. it was just like one giant plasma ball across the sky.

absolutely unforgettable.

Love thunder and lightning, but not riding in it when its overhead. :?

But stunning pics everyone. Well impressed. :D

[bluebell]

Nice photos amarko.