Perth Lightning 5th December 2011

Hey All,

Last night we had an amazing lightning storm, it has been building up for days now and finally let loose just after sunset. I headed out storm chasing for a few hours, got some great photos from Mindarie Marina of the lightning over the ocean.

After things seemed to be slowing down a little I headed to South Perth to see if anything was happening, with in minutes of setting up I was presented with lightning strike after lightning strike! After taking about 50 shots the rain started in and I had to head home.

Going through the photos, most of them were massively overexposed, which was pretty disappointing, but I was able to put these four frames together to get one complete photo.. I’m really stoked with the out come.

If you would like to get a print of this image, please check it out on RedBubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/paulmp/works/8166977-perth-lightning-storm or if you are after something larger, please get in contact with me!

All these images are copyright Paul Pichugin, please do not steal them or use them for any commercial purposes, if you would like to share them on facebook / twitter / google plus.. please feel free, but it would be great if you could link back to this blog entry! If you would like permission to use these images for any commercial purposes, including print or TV, feel free to get in contact with me!

Regards

Paul Pichugin


Posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 at 4:34 am under art prints, Blog, general, news, slider.

14 Responses to “Perth Lightning 5th December 2011”

  1. Dean 09. Jan, 2012 at 4:34 pm #

    Great pics Paul!

  2. Mark Greenmantle Photography 07. Dec, 2011 at 9:53 pm #

    Ahh Paul, awesome captures mate. We’ve finally started getting some wet weather over here and it’s all drizzle and boring – no thunder no lightning and certainly nothing to chase.
    Make sure you catch up next time you are over in Brisbane. It’s been quite a while!

    • Paul 07. Dec, 2011 at 10:58 pm #

      Yeah we don’t get storms like this all that often, so I just had to go chase.. makes me miss Brisbane though. Not sure when I’ll be back over that way, I do want to head back and re-shoot a lot of things with fresh eyes now :)

  3. Grant 07. Dec, 2011 at 8:57 pm #

    It is such a surreal image, did you think about super imposing the silver surfer flying off the BHP building as it is very Marvel!!!!

    • Paul 07. Dec, 2011 at 10:01 pm #

      haha.. I can’t say it even crossed my mind :)

  4. tim holden 07. Dec, 2011 at 5:11 pm #

    Well done for the simple initiative needed to capture these images of power. I very much admired the picture of the Electric City, truly dynamic. You are Stormchaser, Paul. You were drawn to my attention by Reszegi on his Facebook site and I will follow you with interest.

  5. Yasier 07. Dec, 2011 at 9:57 am #

    very nice photos Paul.
    just stayed in my room on 5th dec…at last i know how amazing the view of CBD on that time

  6. Steve 07. Dec, 2011 at 12:21 am #

    Great photo’s Paul! I love that final shot – you must have been in awe watching that skyshow (and a little nervous being so exposed!)

    • Paul 07. Dec, 2011 at 12:23 am #

      It was quite intimidating at Mindarie as I was nearly the tallest thing out there! We had a storm cell form up right behind us and a few close (with in 500m) lightning flashes!

  7. Neal Pritchard 06. Dec, 2011 at 10:10 pm #

    wow paul some great lightning images there … that last one almost looks like a painting …

  8. Sabrina 06. Dec, 2011 at 4:20 pm #

    These photos are amazing! Great job

  9. RooFx 06. Dec, 2011 at 3:29 pm #

    You might want to try a black card over the lens instead of layering afterwards. Some luck is involved (that can be half the fun) but at high apertures you can get lucky pretty often during active storms.
    Nice stuff!

    • Paul 06. Dec, 2011 at 3:31 pm #

      I’ll have to give that technique a try next time for sure.. I’ve played with it before but not with much success..

  10. Mariti 06. Dec, 2011 at 12:16 pm #

    They are awesome. What God has created are so marvelous and and beautiful. Hard work well rewarded.