More lightning, more weather...

[iaincaradoc]

Here's yesterday's still - from the ground, with my regular gear - a Nikon D750.



And here's tonight's shot, from the Mavic Air 2. I think I'm getting the hang of this.

 

[xunhui]

Wow, absolutely beautiful. I don't know which I like better, both are stunning.

 

[MavicPeter]

Those are some great shots!

 

[Hydrostan]

Great shots OM

 

[ThommoPerth]

Great

 

[Tony McDrone]

I love seeing storms...in Arizona!!!???

 

[fguthrie]

Awesome shots - did you use burst mode to capture the lightening or some other technique? Lightening can be difficult to capture - you nailed it!

 

[itsneedtokno]

Love lightning, and weather in general.

 

[itsneedtokno]

For all the lightning fans out there!

The Twins (twin lightning strikes)

mavicpilots.com

(Not trying to hijack your thread @iaincaradoc)

Your stuff is always great!

 

[THE CYBORG]

Great timeing

 

[iaincaradoc]

Awesome shots - did you use burst mode to capture the lightening or some other technique? Lightening can be difficult to capture - you nailed it!

I’ve been shooting 4K60 and grabbing frames.

 

[bmeek11]

Stunning! keep sending them.

 

[Steel63]

That's awesome that is why i bought a wetsuit so i can capture lightning .great job awesome

 

[iaincaradoc]

That's awesome that is why i bought a wetsuit so i can capture lightning .great job awesome

With our storms, you need to worry more about the 50-70MPH gust front that precedes the rain. If you look at the bottom edge of the second image, you'll see the dust wall on the ground that indicates the outflow.

I have to be on the ground before that hits, or I risk losing the drone entirely because it'll be blown into the next county. Almost did that on Sunday, and barely made it to land about 20 feet downwind of my launch point because the battery was *gone* by then.

I started my descent at about 1200 feet upwind and 400 feet up, and got blown downwind *fast*. Had to fight to come back about 200 feet upwind, or I would have had to do some climbing to retrieve it.

 

[Steel63]

With our storms, you need to worry more about the 50-70MPH gust front that precedes the rain. If you look at the bottom edge of the second image, you'll see the dust wall on the ground that indicates the outflow.

I have to be on the ground before that hits, or I risk losing the drone entirely because it'll be blown into the next county. Almost did that on Sunday, and barely made it to land about 20 feet downwind of my launch point because the battery was *gone* by then.

I started my descent at about 1200 feet upwind and 400 feet up, and got blown downwind *fast*. Had to fight to come back about 200 feet upwind, or I would have had to do some climbing to retrieve it.

That's not good yes it's totally different weather here in Florida i got cought in a wall of rain and the sun was shining the water got into the battery compartment within 20 to 30 seconds i had to dry it out for a week but she still flys that's why i put the wetsuit on. Thanks for sharing God bless

 

[BigSwede]

I love shooting lightning...though I haven't done it in years, since I lived out in Arizona. Beautiful work!

 

[miniflyer]

Shocking! ?