Weather Phenomenon

[tmartenst]

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[mhambi]

Old pic....Clouds and dust over Geneva demolition.

[americanhero]

Approaching thunderstorm, Byng, Oklahoma, summer 2008...

Outstanding!! What a cloud, wow

[Spooky]

http://roadtrips.darktech.org/photoa...?g2_itemId=193

[Spooky]

http://roadtrips.darktech.org/photoa...?g2_itemId=187

Thunderstorm approaching Salt Lake City from the north. This was a rotating supercell.

[accadacca]

http://roadtrips.darktech.org/photoa...?g2_itemId=187

Thunderstorm approaching Salt Lake City from the north. This was a rotating supercell.

Hotlink?

[Spooky]

Hotlink?

No, it's my own website. I linked it because I didn't have access to my server to upload a jpg. file.

[Spooky]

Here's the photo, vs. the link.

Last year a beautiful, rotating shelf cloud came south towards SLC from Ogden. You can see the rear flanking downdraft in the background, and the front of the storm had rotation that formed a funnel. Unbelievably cool storm.

The link I posted is the entire album, including video of the rotation.

[oldno7]

Super awesome shot. Thanks for sharing.

[accadacca]

WOW! Yep, very cool shot. Whereabouts was this taken?

[Spooky]

WOW! Yep, very cool shot. Whereabouts was this taken?

Just off Legacy Highway in north Salt Lake.

Here's the video: (Excuse my incessant "Holy cow" moments...)

[accadacca]

Very cool! Love those types of storms .

[tmartenst]

The emergency alert system came on the tele and said to stay indoors due to extreme weather and lightning which was my motivation to get the camera out and stay high on the foothills. Not what they meant?

[asdf]

nice shot.
I tired to get some the other night and pretty much failed.

[Redpb]

nice shot.
I tired to get some the other night and pretty much failed.

Same here. Is it just luck to get the lightning shots?
can you just close everything down and open up the shutter for a second or two at a time?

edit: one more question... have any of you ever fried your camera in a lightning storm? I once fried my Palm in a storm and I wasn't even that close so I am now very cautious about taking my camera out.

[Udink]

Same here. Is it just luck to get the lightning shots?
can you just close everything down and open up the shutter for a second or two at a time?

I've had luck with my point-and-shoot by just setting it up on the tripod, setting the exposure time for 15 seconds, and letting it go. It usually takes several tries, but if lightning strikes while the shutter is open, you can get a pretty good shot. Here's one I got using that method--of course, there was a LOT of lightning that night and it wasn't difficult to catch a strike while the shutter was open.

[tmartenst]

Yep, I actually had the tripod set up short in my truck because it was raining out. It worked fine although the wind was moving the truck a bit so I don't recommend it unless absolutely necessary. It was ISO 100 at f5 and 8 seconds. I actually was handholding a Singh Ray 3 stop neutral density filter to see what the effect would be. It actually didn't change the scene much without it. The lightning bolt happened at the very end of the shot. I got lucky.

[asdf]

I think there is a ton of luck involved, went out last night and got nothing and only saw two strikes.

I normally shoot F5.6-F7 on aperture priority in continuous fire more. When I got this shot the other night it was still pretty light out so the exposure time was .8 of a second.... nothing special.

[goofball]

olympic mountains, wa. from hurricane ridge

[Udink]

Storm rolling in over Huntington Reservoir yesterday afternoon: