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Breadfan
09-02-2008, 06:18 PM
Finally got some vacation time last week, spent a week in NC specifically on the outer banks. First time I've been there. I had been to Kitty Hawk once before, but not down the outer banks.

Anyway, one night there was a storm cloud off the Atlantic ocean. It was sparking with some internal cloud-to-cloud lightning every 5-10 seconds.

I setup the tripod and used varying shutter speeds of 10-30 seconds to see what I could capture. Some of the bursts were too dim to get captured, but I did manage to get a few long exposures with multiple hits.

The first two were at ISO 1600

http://www.ionicflux.com/gallery/albums/clouds01/normal_clouds-4.jpg

http://www.ionicflux.com/gallery/albums/clouds01/normal_clouds-7.jpg

These were a bit clearer at ISO 800

http://www.ionicflux.com/gallery/albums/clouds01/normal_clouds-8.jpg

http://www.ionicflux.com/gallery/albums/clouds01/normal_clouds-9.jpg

These were lower shutter speeds so dimmer as I didn't catch as many bursts...

http://www.ionicflux.com/gallery/albums/clouds01/normal_clouds-10.jpg

http://www.ionicflux.com/gallery/albums/clouds01/normal_clouds-11.jpg
sd8683
09-02-2008, 06:23 PM
Cool pics! Are those the four horses of the apocolypse (sp?) I see! It looks like armageddon!
TiTo35
09-02-2008, 06:25 PM
The outerbanks are the *****...I use to go every year for vacation. We usually stay in Kenneket Shores right by the Food Lion.

Why didnt you take any pics of that big ass bridge?
Breadfan
09-04-2008, 08:07 PM
The outerbanks are the *****...I use to go every year for vacation. We usually stay in Kenneket Shores right by the Food Lion.

Why didnt you take any pics of that big ass bridge?

Which one, this one?

http://www.ionicflux.com/gallery/albums/nc06-bodiebridge/normal_nc-trip-ada--92.jpg

BTW I dunno who that dude is he just was there and made it in the pic...lol
TiTo35
09-04-2008, 08:10 PM
Which one, this one?

http://www.ionicflux.com/gallery/albums/nc06-bodiebridge/normal_nc-trip-ada--92.jpg

BTW I dunno who that dude is he just was there and made it in the pic...lol

A fisherman...probably? That is one scary bridge...but good pic!
TAKEDOWN
09-04-2008, 08:12 PM
Nice pics.
Breadfan
09-04-2008, 08:18 PM
A fisherman...probably? That is one scary bridge...but good pic!

Yup, there were several there it was hard to find a shot that time of day without a wader fisherman in the shot. I didn't try fishing there myself but looked like a nice spot
TAKEDOWN
09-04-2008, 08:21 PM
I can hear "Riders in the storm" playing in the background, I think sung by the doors.