Here's some info on lightning photography
<http://www.lightningphotography.com/tips.html>
and some OM specific stuff reported on this list long ago
<http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~kbagschi/blitze.shtml>
Bill Brooks (formerly of this list?) created a circuit for triggering an
OM camera from a lightning strike. An article and photos describing its
design and construction used to be featured here:
<http://www.petroglyph.crestline.ca.us/node/20>
While petroglyph.us still exists this particular URL does not and,
unfortunately, does not exist on the wayback machine either.
For a short time Bill (or someone associated with him) offered a small
kit of essential parts to build one. I have the kit but have never
built it. All the circuitry was installed into a small plastic project
box that sat atop the OM winder trigger. I also tried in the past to
capture <http://www.petroglyph.crestline.ca.us/node/20> but was only
partially successful. I got the text and some thumbnails but missed the
large images associated with the thumbnails.
But I do have Bill Brook's circuit diagram as a PDF which I'll send on
request to those that would like a copy.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/19/2012 11:10 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012, at 06:40 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>>
>>> Link posted on facebook by friend Adam Bolt ... Images from Australian
>>> photographer Peter Marin.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/8xjfdz9
>>>
>>
>> That is a very impressive photograph, taken at the exact right
>> moment. Wonderful backlighting of the clouds.
>
> More than likely, it was a very long exposure during which it was
> possible to catch the lightening by waiting for it, so to speak. Not to
> diminish the photo in any way. I think that's just how it is done.
>
> Joel W.
>
>
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