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wilson.c
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wilson.c wrote:
We had a really big thunderstorm today. When I got home, I noticed some flashing in my window and grabbed my GF-1 w/ 20mm and a tripod. Here's some of the good ones.
No PP done, just cropping to square for better effect.
One thing that bugs me with the GF-1 is that for long exposures (these shots were around 30sec f:4) it takes equally as long to process, hence you miss alot of the action. Anyone else have this experience. I'm shooting with small JPG and RAW output.
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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hexi wrote:
Hi
very good captures especiially the 1st one. i'll consider those shots on my coming holidayz 
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Rolf wrote:
Tried many times to shot thunderstorms but without any success until now. Not so easy to get good results - and your pics are great Wilson. Congrats.
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Great shots. I've never tried shooting lightning. Any tips you can share?
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peterqd wrote:
Well done Wilson, great shots. You'll be a proper storm-chaser before too long 
Can you say where in HK you are and what direction we are looking?
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poilu wrote:
great series, you have a very nice view from your apartment
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F16SUNSHINE wrote:
Very impressive results
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| Great shots. I've never tried shooting lightning. Any tips you can share? |
I would be interested as well as there are some great storms here!
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wilson.c wrote:
Thanks guys for the kind comments.
I'm in Stanley which is on the south side of the island. The window I took the shots out of faces the south-west into Stanley Bay. I've never had any success since I moved in (9 years now) but I was home surfing the internet and noticed the flashing outside. If I had been ready a bit earlier, there were more awesome flashes. Here's the view from Google Street View.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Hong+Kong&ll=22.224758,114.214337&spn=0,0.002411&z=19&layer=c&cbll=22.224806,114.214436&panoid=iA1vRdhCpgyMgVJ06K7Fqw&cbp=12,141.29,,0,5
These few weeks is the thunderstorm season, after that in June it will be typhoon season where it's just a lot of wind and rain, not much lightning.
If I recall f5.6 for 40sec for the first shot and thereabouts for the others. But that all depends on the frequency and intensity of the lightning. I think I was shooting about 1.5 to 2 stops underexposed for ambient light.
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peterqd wrote:
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| I'm in Stanley which is on the south side of the island. The window I took the shots out of faces the south-west into Stanley Bay. |
I know it Wilson! I was there on a wet day in 2006. There was some construction work in progress on the beach. This was what I could see through the window in the hoarding. Great example of auto-focus
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Tried many times to shot thunderstorms but without any success until now. Not so easy to get good results - and your pics are great Wilson. Congrats.
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+1 I suppose very hard! Congrats!
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LucisPictor wrote:
Wow, great shots!
You do have a fantastic view from your window! 
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Those look great. I have to try that sometime.
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scary ! and really fantastic shots ...
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