not bike related just a shocking experience from my hols

[Red ones]

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

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

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

[Quiff Wichard]

of thunder and bolt of lighting

yes!

it's VERY VERY frightening!!



galileo !! figaro ..MMMagnificoooooooooooooooooooo0000000

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

Originally Posted by Red ones

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 !!

Originally Posted by Quiff Wichard

Brill !!

However-

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

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

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

[Quiff Wichard]

I sit corrected

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