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I catched a live one - Lighning it is.

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Hi guys - just fooling with my GoPro in the middle of a thunder storm 1080W 80FPS - still have the ozone smell in my nose.

So this is about 1/10th of a second total!

First frame
20150727Lightning00b.jpg


Second frame: Interesting midframe light reaction.
20150727Ligtning01b.jpg


Third frame
20150727Ligtning02b.jpg


4th
20150727Ligtning03b.jpg


5th
20150727Ligtning04b.jpg


6th
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7th
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Pretty cool.
 
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Awesome man! Love lightning shots. I need to get me a Go Pro. I have to stop buying Khuks for a month or so first. Dont know if I can do that yet. I need a Khuk intervention...ah..Maybe not:D
 
ndoghouse said:
Awesome man! Love lightning shots. I need to get me a Go Pro. I have to stop buying Khuks for a month or so first. Dont know if I can do that yet. I need a Khuk intervention...ah..Maybe not:D
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Yeah, I'd love to see some good pictures of a Texas lightning storm. I've always enjoyed watching and hearing the storms in Houston; there aren't many good storms 'round Utah.
 
yer digital camera logic circuits got a bit overwhelmed in frame 2 :)

what was the timing between the frames?

made cool photos anyway!
 
Awesome pics:) One of my favorite natural displays is a good lightning storm.
 
kronckew said:
yer digital camera logic circuits got a bit overwhelmed in frame 2 :)

what was the timing between the frames?

made cool photos anyway!
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Thanks guys!

I know it's no Georgia or Texas lightning shots and taken with consumer grade material (GoPro Hero4 Black Edition)

Settings was on 80 frame per second.
So frame 1: 0s
frame 2 (1/80s),
frame 3 (2/80s),
(...) you get the picture (pun intended)

Now what I wonder if it would have been better at higher speed or not.
The GoPro doesn't seems to like sudden flashes or bangs...

Last year I wrapped it on my shotgun - the results were lamentable.
1- The wide fish eye lens even at 4K can barely see a bird size object at 10 yards.
2- The GoPro mic doesn't pickup the bang. Dunno if it's because of the recoil or the noise.

I saw some "national geographic" grade things last year and the GoPro couldn't catch it properly.
Biggest disappointment was a mother Lynx with 3 cubs.
 
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