Neat pictures I've taken - Page 91

xoxoxoBruce · 06-22-2011, 11:20 PM

Stop it, he did not.

dmg1969 · 06-24-2011, 08:23 AM

Thanks all. It's something I have tried several times but did not get lucky until recently. Mostly, I would get the flash in the sky, but not the streak. It's simply being pointed in the right place at the right time and having the shutter open at that right time. It's not easy because we don't have a covered deck or porch. So, I have to have a storm with good lightning, but not raining yet. Thanks again!

dmg1969 · 06-24-2011, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anonymoo

I never can catch the lightning on my camera. Hubby suggested I stand by the clothes line pole, but I don't see how that can work

LOL! Holding an umbrella?

The only trick (other than luck) is you have to be able to keep the shutter open for a given length of time. Capturing one in automatic mode is one in a million shot. I set my camera to manual and then adjust the aperture, ISO and shutter speed based on what I want out of the photo.

TheMercenary · 06-24-2011, 09:32 AM

Got another one yesterday. This guy was about 4 feet long.

Lola Bunny · 06-24-2011, 03:40 PM

Your area is overrun with gators, Merc?

TheMercenary · 06-24-2011, 06:08 PM

Not really overrun, but we have quite a few of them, esp where I live. These two are from a brood that came from a pond near by. A big momma gator has lived there for year, she is about 12 feet. Once a year she has babies and I think they are kicked out of her pond periodically as they grow. There are lots of places for them to go but they often find there way into our ponds. Since we have kids around and fish it the pond we don't want them that close. We also get an occasional sea otter that has to be professional captured to relocate.

ZenGum · 06-24-2011, 11:36 PM

With all those gators and rattlers and such, I guess you don't have a problem with woodchucks, then, eh?

Bullitt · 06-25-2011, 10:41 AM

Buddy of mine just got a job with Savannah Fire, I showed him some of your gator pictures Merc and he's not thrilled about potentially dealing with those things. He thought they only lived in the Florida glades!
The only gators we run into up here are in the zoos, and guarding meth labs. No really. There were a couple cases a few years ago where gators were found chained up inside meth houses like guard dogs.

bigw00dy · 06-25-2011, 11:30 PM

Pilesgrove, NJ
Largest solar farm in the northeast (USA that is)

Gravdigr · 06-26-2011, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmg1969

This is from a few weeks ago. Finally captured streak lightning during a storm. Just pure luck using a 5 second shutter. I'd love to get some more.

Great catch, dmg!

dmg1969 · 06-27-2011, 12:58 PM

Thanks Grave!

bigw00dy · 07-09-2011, 12:31 AM

Really tiny shroom
-taken w/ iphone 4

xoxoxoBruce · 07-09-2011, 12:33 AM

I expect to see a smurf show up.

classicman · 07-09-2011, 03:05 PM

Its a red russula- in case you were wondering.

chrisinhouston · 07-10-2011, 11:08 AM

Kite surfers at sunset at The Fishermen's Huts beach in Aruba. Just the luck of the draw, I was driving by and it looked like it would be a great sunset so I set up and shot until it was dark.

06-22-2011, 11:20 PM	#1351
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Stop it, he did not. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-24-2011, 08:23 AM	#1352
dmg1969 I got nothing Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 486	Thanks all. It's something I have tried several times but did not get lucky until recently. Mostly, I would get the flash in the sky, but not the streak. It's simply being pointed in the right place at the right time and having the shutter open at that right time. It's not easy because we don't have a covered deck or porch. So, I have to have a storm with good lightning, but not raining yet. Thanks again! __________________ Void where prohibited. Your results may vary. Not intended for resale. Do not remove tag. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

06-24-2011, 09:32 AM	#1354
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Got another one yesterday. This guy was about 4 feet long. Attached Images __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-24-2011, 06:08 PM	#1356
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Not really overrun, but we have quite a few of them, esp where I live. These two are from a brood that came from a pond near by. A big momma gator has lived there for year, she is about 12 feet. Once a year she has babies and I think they are kicked out of her pond periodically as they grow. There are lots of places for them to go but they often find there way into our ponds. Since we have kids around and fish it the pond we don't want them that close. We also get an occasional sea otter that has to be professional captured to relocate. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-24-2011, 11:36 PM	#1357
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	With all those gators and rattlers and such, I guess you don't have a problem with woodchucks, then, eh? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-24-2011, 03:40 PM	#1355
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Your area is overrun with gators, Merc?

06-25-2011, 10:41 AM	#1358
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Buddy of mine just got a job with Savannah Fire, I showed him some of your gator pictures Merc and he's not thrilled about potentially dealing with those things. He thought they only lived in the Florida glades! The only gators we run into up here are in the zoos, and guarding meth labs. No really. There were a couple cases a few years ago where gators were found chained up inside meth houses like guard dogs. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

06-25-2011, 11:30 PM	#1359
bigw00dy I'm here once in a while Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 458	Pilesgrove, NJ Largest solar farm in the northeast (USA that is) __________________ flickr®

06-27-2011, 12:58 PM	#1361
dmg1969 I got nothing Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 486	Thanks Grave! __________________ Void where prohibited. Your results may vary. Not intended for resale. Do not remove tag. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

07-09-2011, 12:31 AM	#1362
bigw00dy I'm here once in a while Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 458	Really tiny shroom -taken w/ iphone 4 __________________ flickr®

07-09-2011, 12:33 AM	#1363
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I expect to see a smurf show up. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-09-2011, 03:05 PM	#1364
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Its a red russula- in case you were wondering. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-10-2011, 11:08 AM	#1365
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Kite surfers at sunset at The Fishermen's Huts beach in Aruba. Just the luck of the draw, I was driving by and it looked like it would be a great sunset so I set up and shot until it was dark. Attached Images

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