Re: thunder & hailstones


"Dave Liquorice" <new5pam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:09:49 +0100, a l l y wrote:
>
> > Here's the stitched version.
> > www.marshallmcgurk.co.uk/stuff/the_side_room/big_rainbow.jpg
> > It is impossible to stitch something like this together accurately,
> > of course, because the camera angle changes with each photo, so I
> > haven't even tried.
>
> But if you mount the camera properly you should be able to. I Think
> the trick is to rotate the camera around the vertical and horizontal
> centre lines of the film plane. Rotation about the vertical centre
> line is how you take panoramas without having to fudge the joins, not
> quite sure what happens if you also rotate about the horizontal.
>
> Panorama mounts are available on ebay but they generaly only rotate in
> one axis not two.
>
> > All I've tried to do is get the arc of the rainbow correct, and I've
> > enhanced the contrast a bit so you can see the secondary arc a bit
> > better.
>
> Still a fascinating image. I think if you played a bit more so the arc
> was perfect both for alignment and sky colours it would be a really go
> image. Take down the houses bottom center so they don't grab the eye
> so much as well.
>
> As for the weather up here, been peeing it down since about 1330

Blimey, Dave, that's a long time. 675 years. Did you get your ABC gear out?
Snorkel, flippers and mask?

with
> a very heavy spell (30mins) at 1500 and again but very short as the
> cold front passed through at 1800. Total rain fall of about an inch
> some localised flooding and all the gills and rivers are torrents. No
> thunder and lighting as normal. B-(
>
> --
> Cheers new5pam@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Dave. pam is missing e-mail



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