Some highspeed lightning I caught

[Things]

We had our first storm of the season today - it was even classed as a severe storm! A well needed break, seeing as our last storm was around April!

So, broke out the highspeed camera after noticing a bunch of strikes, and managed to get a few:

And the highspeed videos these are from:




Might have to try an even higher speed if I get the chance tomorrow, not holding my hopes for it, but who knows

 

[LaZeRz]

Wow, that's awesome!!

+1

 

[azzman372]

Thats pretty cool! Wow in Sydney about a month ago we had one week of absolutely crappy weather but it hasn't been really that bad since

 

[Things]

I'm in awe as to what Brisbane was smashed with today. I'd love a few similar strength storms here, except, minus the hail

 

[Somedude]

Thats different, the lightning we get here is much more robust , my wifes from California where they get no lightning , she freaked out during the first lightning storm.

 

[HaloBlu]

Nice. What camera did you use?
Love to try a cannon with the CHDK firmware & motion detection script.

Use to sit out as a kid & get soaked in summer thunderstorms while watching the sky.

 

[Things]

It's a Fuji HS10. It's a great camera, however it's rather disappointing Fuji left out the option for remote shutter. Kinda limits how far you can go with it

I didn't think about CHDK for Canon, I have a cheap Powershot A640, maybe I'll load it up onto that and see if it can get anything. Although I'm not sure the response times would be fast enough.

 

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I miss the summer storms in QLD.

There's nothing that puts me to sleep like the sound of my house being torn apart

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