DD_Brando Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Here's a shot taken from over the top - and a quote from the pilot who took it: "How bout this Moth'a...I was at 41000ft and it was at least 8000 higher than I was.. and it was only 1400L. This was yesterday on the Kansas Nebraska border..I understand she did alot of mischief last night. I gave her a wide birth...see ya'll online tomorrow." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Swep, those are outstanding pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer57 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Some great photography there. If you aren't into cameras too much, it's hard to appreciate how difficult it is to get such amazing shots. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer57 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Some great photography there. If you aren't into cameras too much, it's hard to appreciate how difficult it is to get such amazing shots. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Thanks mates! Really appreciate your comments. To take decent pics of a thunderstorm you have to be on the right place at the right time. All my pics were lucky shots because the thunderstorm passed just over my place and all I did was rigged my camera pushed the trigger (out through my window!) and kept my fingers crossed that anything "flashy" would be framed. My dream is to be on a place with a nice landscape sceenery or view and have my camera ready when it starts to thunder, on fairly distance of course. This week has been extremly hot and I am just waiting on the wheather to change. It were several thunders and heavy rain warnings south from my place, but it never reached up here. ~S~ Swep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Thanks mates! Really appreciate your comments. To take decent pics of a thunderstorm you have to be on the right place at the right time. All my pics were lucky shots because the thunderstorm passed just over my place and all I did was rigged my camera pushed the trigger (out through my window!) and kept my fingers crossed that anything "flashy" would be framed. My dream is to be on a place with a nice landscape sceenery or view and have my camera ready when it starts to thunder, on fairly distance of course. This week has been extremly hot and I am just waiting on the wheather to change. It were several thunders and heavy rain warnings south from my place, but it never reached up here. ~S~ Swep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 You should try to come to the States during tornado season and go storm chasing through Oklahoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 You should try to come to the States during tornado season and go storm chasing through Oklahoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyKnight Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Rico, If I ever won the lottery, that is one of the things I'd love to do. Go tornado chasing in the mid-west for a few weeks. But if I won the lottery, I'd probably buy a decent surplus army APC and do it up and drive around in that, instead of some lightweight SUV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyKnight Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Rico, If I ever won the lottery, that is one of the things I'd love to do. Go tornado chasing in the mid-west for a few weeks. But if I won the lottery, I'd probably buy a decent surplus army APC and do it up and drive around in that, instead of some lightweight SUV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted July 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Rico, you and GK nailed it (in his first line). I just did not think that far with my dream. One of the things I sure like to do! This guy has an intresting job: http://www.stormchaser.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted July 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Rico, you and GK nailed it (in his first line). I just did not think that far with my dream. One of the things I sure like to do! This guy has an intresting job: http://www.stormchaser.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 That's pretty sweet, Swep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 That's pretty sweet, Swep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 ~S~ An update. Some more thunder pics, this time from Majorca where the weather was a bit unsteady the first two days. I brought a mini tripod and the picks were shot from the back side of house where i stayed. From the same place where I´m sitting having a beer on another pic. Swep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Sid Posted October 11, 2009 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Spectacular Swep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Superb picks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Damn Swep, those are good. Maybe you should send a couple of pictures or something to a publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 What settings did you shoot them at Sweper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 What settings did you shoot them at Sweper? Thanks mates, I appreciate your comments! Jim, I used a vr 70-300 on a tripod (of course) at 185mm, f/9, 30 seconds, Manual settings for time and f-stop, Matrix metering, ISO 200 and all pics were shot with RAW adjusted with ViewNx and converted to Jpeg. Second two pics I zoomed in to 300mm and f/6.3 at 30 seconds and ISO 400 because it´s been a little darker and I wanted the pics to be a bit lighter. Same as above. Swep Edit: I forgot to mention that I set the selftimer to 10 seconds and had a mirror delay of 1 second to avoid vibrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer57 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Man, 30 sec shutter, even zoomed in, and they are that sharp and the colors that good. I'm again impressed. In the category of pix I wish I'd taken. Whooo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAim Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 That is AWESOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyKnight Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Wow Swep, they are stunning! The contrast between the red of lightning and the blue of the lighthouse, and the way the two colours merge in to purple is amazing! p.s. Pix 1 & 4 are definitely worth someone paying money for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted October 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Thanks for your comments Enforcer BadAim anf GK! Swep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweper Posted July 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 Here we go again. Finally I got out and captured a couple of decent shots of a thunderstorm. Daytime (well, 7 pm or near) but pretty dark due to overcast. Used a tripod and a 24-85 lens. Stod on a ridge and the first lightnings were not too close. After a while a new tunderstorm came in from the south, much closer this time, and I decided to go in to my car and drive back home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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