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Photo of last nights awesome storm over Christchurch

gavin		Posted : Wednesday, 5 September 2012 9:58:45 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Cool photo a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a... took attached. gavin attached the following image(s):
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DrunkBrother		Posted : Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:12:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 27/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 911 Location: Auckland Thanks: 21 times Was thanked: 206 time(s) in 161 post(s)		THis one even better(video made the news on NZherald) : Edited by user Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:13:38 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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gjj109		Posted : Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:37:22 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 14/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 464 Location: Thames Thanks: 217 times Was thanked: 194 time(s) in 115 post(s)		That still shot Gavin is absolutely bluddy fantastic.

simon		Posted : Wednesday, 5 September 2012 11:32:11 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		that's a great shot gavin. as a photographer i wish we had more lightning down here. used to see some good stuff over southland when i was younger.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 10:48:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Absolutely phantasmagorical - what more can I say - it has inspired me to watch all two thousand videos on you tube of the storm - Well it might be a slight exaggeration but lots there and many worth watching.

Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 10:50:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: simon that's a great shot gavin. as a photographer i wish we had more lightning down here. used to see some good stuff over southland when i was younger. Simon - just how far are you into photography - I want to learn how to take glass plate photographs...do you know anything about this?

simon		Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 11:37:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		lammerlaw, it's all about digital these days. i wouldn't even know where to look to find supplies for plate glass photography. i think the internet would be a great tool and you would have to import all the stuff from america. i'm sure someone caters for this still as its an old art form i guess. one thing i will point out. it took several minutes for some of the exposures you see in old photos, or many seconds. a long time compared to todat where an average shutter speed is 1/60th second thru to say 1/500th of a second for most shots except landscapes. it is because of this that you will see in most old photos containing several people or more that one or two people are sort of blurry. they have moved to some degree during the exposure. and stuff like the pet dog may well disappear from the exposure as the dog has run about too fast. here is a photo published in the odt by another local photographer of the storm over queenstown last night: simon attached the following image(s):
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simon		Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 11:39:35 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		glad i wasn't up the side of walter peak. the big bolt into the lake i would say is more likely to be down on land on mount nicolas station.
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