Oklahoma T-Storm

wally5656wally5656 Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
edited April 3, 2006 in Holy Macro
Pretty wild here tonight and I'm not April foolin. We had some pretty good wind gusts and some hail.........and oh yeah some lightning too!

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Thanks for looking comments and critique are welcomed!!!

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  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2006
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2006
    Wow! It looks like a portal opening in the sky. Great shot.

    Looks like your horizon is slightly tilted, but that's just a nit... I certainly wouldn't be paying attention to my horizon line in that storm!
    Chris
  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    Super! That lightning is pretty spectacular
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    Great shot wally...my lightning ends & yours starts. thumb.gif
  • wally5656wally5656 Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    Thanks Daniel!!!

    I appreciate it Chris.....I thought I had it level but the tripod might have sunken some in the wet ground!!!

    Thank you Thusie!!!

    I appreciate it Humungus........you have some awesome shots!!!
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    Weldone great capture
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    Excellent
    wally5656 wrote:
    Pretty wild here tonight and I'm not April foolin. We had some pretty good wind gusts and some hail.........and oh yeah some lightning too!

    Thanks for looking comments and critique are welcomed!!!

    But......but where's the Tornado ??? eek7.gifrolleyes1.gif that's all that's missing rolleyes1.gif
    Just joking :D

    What a great capture, you just don't see storms like that around where I live...... Skippy (Australia)
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  • DaniDani Registered Users Posts: 807 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    beautiful!

    we didn't get any of last nights storm... not a single drop of rain or bolt of lightning... :cry
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  • dancinkatedancinkate Registered Users Posts: 267 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    Beautiful! Well done! thumb.gif

    I drove through that junk on my way from OK back to TN last night. The hail was QUITE fun. rolleyes1.gif
  • StormdancingStormdancing Registered Users Posts: 917 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    Excellent capture. How did you catch it?

    We had some wild storms just go through here. (Sw Indiana) Lots of lightning, but with lawn chairs flying in 60mph winds I didn't go out and try to catch any pics.rolleyes1.gif
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  • wally5656wally5656 Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    Thanks so much Awais!!!!

    Well Skippy, I am sure the tornados are just around the corner.......we are supposed to have more storms Tuesday and Wednesday.

    Thanks Dani! I am sure y'all need rain there too. Hey I got my daughter an XT........do you know anything about the hack for it?

    BTW tell AJ hello for me.

    Thanks so much Dancinkate..........I hope the hail didn't do any damage....it was minimal here.
  • wally5656wally5656 Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    Thanks Dana. I got the tripod set up before the winds kicked in and the rain started. I set the iso at 200 or 400 (did some of both) and the apeture from f11 down to f8 (I switch a lot to see what I like best). Used the remote cable release to take a 25 second exposure like every 17 seconds. I.E. after the last exposure it waits 17 seconds then does a 25 second exposure, then starts all over again. Then when the rain starts pack it all up and go inside. Don't blame ya for not going out in that wind!!!
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited April 2, 2006
    That's a pretty cool shot. I bet it was a great show and pretty loud :D
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  • ssersser Registered Users Posts: 233 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2006
    awesome shot love it
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,079 moderator
    edited April 3, 2006
    wally5656 wrote:
    Thanks so much Awais!!!!

    Well Skippy, I am sure the tornados are just around the corner.......we are supposed to have more storms Tuesday and Wednesday.

    Thanks Dani! I am sure y'all need rain there too. Hey I got my daughter an XT........do you know anything about the hack for it?

    BTW tell AJ hello for me.

    Thanks so much Dancinkate..........I hope the hail didn't do any damage....it was minimal here.

    Wally,

    Great shot!

    As far as I know, there is no "hack" for the Canon dRebel XT (350D). The only one I am aware of is for the "original" dRebel, the 300D.

    I shoot with an XT, so I wish I had an ISO3200 capability sometimes. I suppose an adjustable time for mirror-lockup might be possible as well. Other than that, it's pretty full featured and would require a major hardware change to implement the more significant improvements you find in other Canon dSLRs. (Spot metering, for example.)

    If anyone knows otherwise, I'm all ears.

    Thanks,

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  • SandySandy Registered Users Posts: 762 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2006
    Looks like a scene from a scary movie. Very nice!
  • iSparkiSpark Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2006
    Very cool capture, photo looks great! thumb.gif
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  • wally5656wally5656 Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2006
    Thanks so much Ian408, and you are right it was LOUD!!!

    sser Thank you very much for the kind comment.

    ziggy53, thanks so much and thank you for the info on the hack, I knew there was one for the rebel, but for some reason I was thinking there was also one for the xt which gave it fec, mirror lock up and iso 3200.......it must have been one heck of a dream.......lol. The xt is one heck of a camera anyway, my daughter is getting better with hers every day.

    Sandy thanks for your comment, and yeah, scary movie for sure.

    iSpark, thank you!!!
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