Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-20 Thread Mark C
Very cool, Cotty - you managed to capture and excellent lightning strike! Mark On 7/18/2014 5:32 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Spent a few days in Cornwall and we have some hot air coming up the latitudes from Spain. Treated to a good show last night and managed to capture something half decent wit

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-19 Thread John
On 7/19/2014 6:32 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 18/7/14, Richard Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: Snide comment aside, I like the pic, especially the lighting of the clouds. Was it really that purple color? The camera was on auto white balance - kept giving me orange and red results, so swit

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-19 Thread Jack Davis
Worthy pay off for persistence, Cotty! J - Original Message - From: "David Mann" To: "PDML" Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 11:12:15 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014 Cool shot. We'd had a very mild winter so far until a co

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 19/7/14, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: >Nice drama and colour, Cotty. Thanks Bruce and thanks all :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 18/7/14, Richard Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: >Snide comment aside, I like the pic, especially the lighting of the >clouds. Was it really that purple color? The camera was on auto white balance - kept giving me orange and red results, so switched to daylight WB which was an improvement,

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-19 Thread Bruce Walker
Nice drama and colour, Cotty. On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > Spent a few days in Cornwall and we have some hot air coming up the > latitudes from Spain. Treated to a good show last night and managed to > capture something half decent with the Fuji X-E1 and Pentax A*85/1.

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-18 Thread David Mann
Cool shot. We'd had a very mild winter so far until a couple of days ago when the southern polar vortex sneezed. Cheers, Dave On Jul 19, 2014, at 9:32 am, Steve Cottrell wrote: > Spent a few days in Cornwall and we have some hot air coming up the > latitudes from Spain. Treated to a good show

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Glad to see this link - it looks better than on facebook I like the "tripod" you used too :-) ann On 7/18/2014 17:32, Steve Cottrell wrote: Spent a few days in Cornwall and we have some hot air coming up the latitudes from Spain. Treated to a good show last night and managed to capture somethin

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-18 Thread Richard Womer
Snide comment aside, I like the pic, especially the lighting of the clouds. Was it really that purple color? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > On Jul 18, 2014, at 5:32 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> Back at home now and we have a couple of

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-18 Thread Rick Womer
On Jul 18, 2014, at 5:32 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > Back at home now and we have a couple of days of more rough weather - > it's bakin hot here! Bakin' hot at 27C. Somebody pass me a hanky, please. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-18 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very nice, especially the way the cloud is lit. I went to the Dennis Hopper exhibition after work today, and cycled home at about 9pm, all the time watching the lightning flashing in the dense black clouds in the east. Felt the occasional fat drop of rain, but no downpour. The whole thing was a

PESO - Lightning Strike, Polzeath, Cornwall 2014

2014-07-18 Thread Steve Cottrell
Spent a few days in Cornwall and we have some hot air coming up the latitudes from Spain. Treated to a good show last night and managed to capture something half decent with the Fuji X-E1 and Pentax A*85/1.4 balanced on a bread tin atop an ironing board on the holiday apartment balcony! Settled on