Re: You think your sparks are big...

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Original poster: humanb-at-chaoticuniverse-dot-com 

You have some nice pictures there Chris. I am keeping four of them for my 
desktop background. What kind of camara were you using?

Regards,

David Trimmell

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:39:30 -0600
  "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
>Original poster: "Chris Roberts" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>You know, no matter how much power you push into your coil, no matter how 
>big the sparks get, all you need is one lousy storm to roll through and 
>put you in your place. =D
>We had a pretty good storm roll through last sunday. I drove halfway up 
>one of the nearby mountains and got some photos overlooking the Salt Lake 
>City valley. By the time I got there, the original storm moved on, but 
>eventually a second rolled through. They are all 10 second exposures, with 
>anywhere from a 2.8 to 3.6 f-stop. Just kept clicking the button... You 
>will notice one bolt was particularly bright, I did nothing extra to the 
>camera, it was just that darn powerful. =D Hope you enjoy them.
><http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/ChrisRoberts/Lightning/>http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/ChrisRoberts/Lightning/
>PS: The files are really large (Sorry 56k'ers) so try to be patient. Next 
>time I will remember to turn the noise reduction setting on too, to try 
>and reduce the grainy-ness.
>-Chris