petroglyph.crestline.ca.us was my old domain. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I
even have backups of the old web site. If I find any, I'll be happy to
report pictures and article.
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Scott Gomez
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 16:47, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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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