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Description
Brookings, OR - from our deck
We get some incredible storms here on the Coast. It’s unbelievable to see the rain smashing sideways on the windows, and the glass in the sliding doors to the deck wavering.
I had a hard time getting a focus on anything, or even standing still.
The seagull above the dark 12-foot Coast Guard tower is crazy. There are 2 others in the lower right area. They love to play in storms.
And yesterday, we had a Tsunami warning after the California earthquake. The town panicked, but nothing happened, except a few swells. We are 55 feet above the ocean, so it would take an Indonesian-sized Tsunami to get us. Interesting place, this.
Specific Feedback
comments and suggestions always very welcome
Technical Details
“Strike-finder” software utilized to detect lightning and open the shutter
Model: NIKON D800
Software: Topaz Gigapixel AI Beta 8.1.0.5 (Windows)
Date Taken: 2018-01-18 00:57:33
Exposure Time: 1/100 sec
F Number: f/8
ISO Speed Ratings: ISO 200
Exposure Program: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
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@Jim_Erhardt
Hi, Jim!
Thanks!
A small device attaches to the hotshoe, and a standard cable goes to the remote input . It is extremely sensitive and reacts to the electrical charge immediately before the lightning strikes, and opens the shutter.
Just about fool-proof.
My only suggestion is to try a pano crop, losing the bottom of the frame so the horizon is on the 1/3rd. I suggest this as the cloud and strike are the subject and I’m not sure the surf below the rocks adds anything.
What the …!!! You’ve been sitting on this photo since 2018? That sky is unbelievable. And lucky how your shutter went off just as the seagull is just over tower. Waves were captured well also. All around amazing photograph.
Hi, Youssef - LOL! No, I’ve used it several times (and may have actually posted it on the old NPN; I forget)
It’s been in the newspaper here, on 2 Oregon Calendars, and the Coast Guard station here has a large metal print of it in their conference room.
It’s been around!
Updated now with better software.
This last big storm reminded me of this image, so I dug it up.
An impressive scene! What a great capture. I’ll google the strike finder.
I can understand @Mark_Orchard’s suggestion for a small crop. No more than 10-12% for me, otherwise the image will lose its balance. Just below the rock/breakwater (what is it?).
Amazing image.
Igor, the waves were breaking continually, and the lightning flashed very often for at least 15 minutes, during the peak of the storm. I probably took about 200 images or so…
Sandy: These are the kind of clouds and storms we see here in Texas in the Spring. In all my visits to Oregon over the years I’ve never witnessed a thunderstorm. A fabulous capture of an incredible moment. >=))>
@Han_Schutten
Hi, Han - the rocks are part of the (2) jettys that create a channel in the Chetco River, adjacent to us, that leads into the Brookings boat harbor.
It’s calmer today - high tide, though. Picture taken 30 minutes ago
Not much to add here but, WOW! What little I have done with lightning photography was always with a long exposure to get many strikes. But then I saw the frozen waves, and realized you did something special here. That “Trike finder” sounds pretty cool. As far as crop, not sure I would do much here, it seem well balanced. Maybe a little off the top and a little off the bottom. (Just a thought) But I like the balance of the light and the dark, and the lines throughout the frame. Again, WOW!
- high tide, though. Picture taken 30 minutes ago