Totally not SolidWorks related, but I used to use this blog for personal stuff as well as SolidWorks stuff, so I thought I would bring back some personal stuff.
These are some pictures I took the other night of a storm that was passing through the Las Vegas valley. I live just a couple of blocks from the south west edge of the Las Vegas Valley, so it's very dark in that area. The storm was headed to the north, so I got some pictures before it blew through. Enjoy.
To capture these pictures I had my Nikon D70 sitting on a tripod next to my truck. I was using the kit lens (18mm-70mm) to take the pictures. I was sitting along side a road that was pretty much pitch black. I opened the shutter and let it sit open until the lightning struck. Once that occurred I closed the shutter and repeated the process. The hardest part of trying to capture lightning on camera is to know where to point the camera. In the third picture I had just panned it to the right and was barely able to still get the big bolts on the left side of the picture.
Also I know it's been a while since I posted here but that's because I have been doing most of my posting over on the SolidWorks Corporate blog. I'm going to start posting to both but will keep fun personal stuff like this, to this blog only. Hope you enjoy the pictures. And thanks to Matt West for the new look!
Crazy pics! I just watch a BBC lightening vid on YouTube last night. ...Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Brian | May 23, 2011 at 03:13 PM
Crazy good shots. Nice!
Posted by: VonRiesling | August 25, 2010 at 01:16 PM
Nice pics! I've been wanting to get out and try to get some lightning photos.
Posted by: Brian | August 11, 2010 at 01:31 PM
That last pic was way over exposed because the strike was pretty intense. As soon as it struck I knew it was way to bright, I thnk there were multiple strikes in a pretty concentrated area. I'll have to give your method a shot as well.
Posted by: Mike Puckett | August 09, 2010 at 04:35 PM
I made this one with continues capturing http://twitpic.com/2465mw
I also tried the shutter time but got a glow like your last picture. And the problem with shutter time was with me if I was to late or to early it failed. And because shutter time takes more time you also has less change to get one right. I think the best way is combining both methods, will try that next time when a storm is flying by :)
Cool post btw
Posted by: CADkid | August 09, 2010 at 04:31 PM