Some more storm shots

[mindcrime1988]

We had another storm move through tonight and I was able to catch some more nice photos. About an hour after the storm passed, I caught the nice rainbow shot.

 

[Xraywolf]

Nice shots, I get excited like a kid when rainbow weather approaches

 

[tamrock]

Awesome shots. I'm not getting many storms so far this year.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Those are called shelf clouds. Really ominous looking end of the world type clouds. If you look close it appears to be a double rainbow. Nice shots! Gary

 

[A2coins]

Awesome shots too bad you couldnt swing your detector at the end of that rainbow. LOL

 

[mindcrime1988]

Those are called shelf clouds. Really ominous looking end of the world type clouds. If you look close it appears to be a double rainbow. Nice shots! Gary

Yes there was a double rainbow but just barely.

 

[mindcrime1988]

Awesome shots too bad you couldnt swing your detector at the end of that rainbow. LOL

I'm thinking I would only find the Lucky Charms leprechaun there.

 

[A2coins]

That would be just as cool as ye ol pot o gold

 

[Mudflap]

Very nice shots.

 

[fyrffytr1]

How do you capture the lightning?

 

[Louie D]

Great weather to cue up some music by The Doors.

 

[mindcrime1988]

How do you capture the lightning?

Those are created from still shots I used from filming the storms. I would set up the camera and video record the storm in the hopes of getting some lightning action. As you can imagine, I would quite often record about a minutes worth of video and get nothing several times over. I just delete those and start again. Once I know I have some video coverage of lightning, I go back and look it over frame by frame and see how they turn out. Some show up nicely while others do not.

I have also captured some nice video/shots of lightning using my dash cam. The first two photos are in complete darkness. That's why they are a little blurry but they light up the sky in spectacular fashion. And the third shot was during my morning commute to work.

I am particularly pleased with the first photo. What are the chances of driving down a long stretch of road and have lightning strike right down the middle?

 

[fyrffytr1]

Did your dash cam automatically take the shots or did you set it to record and go frame by frame? I also have a dash cam but never thought about using it that way.

 

[mindcrime1988]

Did your dash cam automatically take the shots or did you set it to record and go frame by frame? I also have a dash cam but never thought about using it that way.

My dash cam takes video and then I go back and look frame by frame for a good shot.

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great shots! Thanks for sharing and the information on how to capture them.