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RiverRatMike
09-03-2007, 08:50 PM
These photos I took Thursday evening. Took the Rhino up on a hill behind my place at the river and captured a few good ones. My camera that I use to take my lightning photos broke and I have another one on order. I ended up using my sister in-laws camera Sat night when we had the big storm. Only got a few on that one due to the be rain storm we had. I'll post those once she sends them to me.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38549&stc=1&d=1188881403
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38550&stc=1&d=1188881411
78TaylorSS460
09-03-2007, 08:52 PM
Those are beautiful pics! Great job
ccfdland
09-03-2007, 08:52 PM
shocking!
topless
09-03-2007, 09:12 PM
Awesome pictures. Thanks.:)
ColeTR2
09-04-2007, 06:28 AM
Very cool.... my house is right between you and the lighting... it was a great show!
prkr247
09-04-2007, 07:13 AM
Wow, Those are unbelievable. We have a place in Parker and it makes me jealous I was not there. Thanks for posting.
Mike
Wheeler
09-04-2007, 07:16 AM
Mike, Great Pictures!
yopengo
09-04-2007, 07:22 AM
Nice...you must be quick on that shutter. :D
Hardly Satisfied
09-04-2007, 07:46 AM
Awesome lookin, nice pics
CORONA&LIME
09-04-2007, 07:55 AM
Lightning pictures are awesome
River Lynchmob
09-04-2007, 09:02 AM
Those are great pics. There was amazing shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The rain storm on Sat was a good one.
502schiada
09-04-2007, 11:10 AM
Yes that was an awesome lightning show.
BigBoyBlue
09-04-2007, 11:16 AM
it was a spectacular show indeed. Nice pics.
We had a community BBQ on our docs out in the storm, we braved the 90minute storm out in the open. it was rad.
RiverRatMike
09-04-2007, 08:19 PM
Here are a few more from Sat night just before the big storm hit. A couple of these I took off the dock looking up river. These 3photos I used my sister in-laws camera. It's a Kodak something, but I found out it had shutter speed option that she never even knew it had. Well I figured that out. Somewhat, still think my Olypmus C5050 does a much better job. Well have a new on one order since I dropped it and broke the lens and gears to a million pieces.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38628&stc=1&d=1188965859
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38629&stc=1&d=1188965859
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38630&stc=1&d=1188965859
RiverRatMike
09-06-2007, 05:15 AM
Those are great pics. There was amazing shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The rain storm on Sat was a good one.
the storm on Sat night surprised me. It rained over a inch easy that night and flooded everything at my place. Never lost power though.
photo chick
09-06-2007, 05:27 AM
Cool pics...the first 3 are awesome...tell sis to clean her lens :) they're still great shots too!
Miss Perfect
09-06-2007, 06:13 AM
WOW, nice pics
RiverRatMike
09-09-2007, 05:22 PM
well here is the last of them. Took these 2 Sept 2nd Sunday night from my dock. That storm almost reached us that night. Really I missed out on alot of lightning images over that weekend, due to my Olympus camera that broke Thurs night due to me dropping it over a month ago. I found another one on ebay and won the highest bid. So I'll be getting that in a few days. The Kodak camera I used just didn't do the job for me. I liked my Olympus C5050 much better.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38796&stc=1&d=1189387099
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38797&stc=1&d=1189387099
DeltaSigBoater
09-09-2007, 05:34 PM
Awesome camera work! I love doing night photography in the Desert.
I dropped my Cannon Digital SLR, on a sportfishing trip in August '06, never has been the same since :mad:
Back in March went out & bought me a point 'n shoot, Olympus Stylus 770SW.
RiverRatMike
09-09-2007, 08:21 PM
Awesome camera work! I love doing night photography in the Desert.
I dropped my Cannon Digital SLR, on a sportfishing trip in August '06, never has been the same since :mad:
Back in March went out & bought me a point 'n shoot, Olympus Stylus 770SW.
Yeah buying a new digital camera is no picnic. Especially the high end ones. How you like that new Olympus?
RiverRatMike
09-10-2007, 05:04 AM
that second one, looked like the bastard that kicked my power (& everybody) else's at parker out .... :sqeyes: those are great shots :)
we got lucky, didn't lose any power, But our front porch where we had all the stereo equipment set up got pretty wet from the rain. It was blowin' big time!
DeltaSigBoater
09-10-2007, 06:23 AM
Yeah buying a new digital camera is no picnic. Especially the high end ones. How you like that new Olympus?
Its bad ass to say the least... part of the reason why I bought it was because its waterproof to 33', shockproof from up to 5', crush proof, and has 7.1 megapixels. Perfect for the Lake/River/Boat
RiverRatMike
09-10-2007, 04:13 PM
Its bad ass to say the least... part of the reason why I bought it was because its waterproof to 33', shockproof from up to 5', crush proof, and has 7.1 megapixels. Perfect for the Lake/River/Boat
cool deal, was looking at your camera online. Looks very rugged. Olympus are awesome camera's just like Yamaha's that's all I'll buy.
burtandnancy2
09-10-2007, 04:36 PM
Delta Sig, where is that photo of the marina you post often. Looks familiar...
DeltaSigBoater
09-10-2007, 05:00 PM
Delta Sig, where is that photo of the marina you post often. Looks familiar...
If you mean the one currently in my signature, its Temple Bar
DeltaSigBoater
09-10-2007, 05:16 PM
cool deal, was looking at your camera online. Looks very rugged. Olympus are awesome camera's just like Yamaha's that's all I'll buy.
However rugged it maybe I still baby it. It is nice having not having to worry about it getting wet, I just worry about it sinking.
I hear you on the Yamaha only factor
Trumpet = YAMAHA
WaverRunner III = YAMAHA
Portable Generator = YAMAHA
Outboard on my 13' Boston Whaler = It will be a YAMAHA
I'm trying to talk my Dad into buying a YAMAHA Rhino over the Kawasaki Mule... he's wanted one ever since that show w/ the little people who live on a farm in Oregon, aired on TLC.
RiverRatMike
09-10-2007, 05:19 PM
However rugged it maybe I still baby it. It is nice having not having to worry about it getting wet, I just worry about it sinking.
I hear you on the Yamaha only factor
Trumpet = YAMAHA
WaverRunner III = YAMAHA
Portable Generator = YAMAHA
Outboard on my 13' Boston Whaler = It will be a YAMAHA
I'm trying to talk my Dad into buying a YAMAHA Rhino over the Kawasaki Mule... he's wanted one ever since that show w/ the little people who live on a farm in Oregon, aired on TLC.
You know what's best. :)
burtandnancy2
09-11-2007, 07:42 AM
Delta Sig, thanks. I hadn't seen Temple bar since they moved the covered docks in from Overton (Mr Prattes). Also, it looks so different with the long, long walkways. Hows the launch ramp now days?
DeltaSigBoater
09-11-2007, 08:02 AM
Delta Sig, thanks. I hadn't seen Temple bar since they moved the covered docks in from Overton (Mr Prattes). Also, it looks so different with the long, long walkways. Hows the launch ramp now days?
Not to bad, but not to good either... It is a bit on the shallow side. You can launch/retrieve about 3 boats at a time, four if your crew really knows what they are doing. If you have anything over 35' (or 5 tons) launch at night so the rangers don’t catch you.
I thought Labor Day was going to be a major Fluster Cuck, and it wasn’t, I was surprised to say the least.
That picture was taken back in June ’07, since then they have moved the gas dock to the end of the first cover dock.
burtandnancy2
09-11-2007, 08:14 AM
Again, Delta Sig, thanks. I have aerial photos of that section of marina being pushed down the Overton Arm from last year. I also have photos of all the marinas (except the original Las Vegas Harbor) from the air as the water was receding. What a contrast from when the water level was closer to full pond rather than down 120 feet...