A Break in the Weather.
Time to leave...
There was something in the air that's been missing this summer, humidity - you could smell it on the breeze and feel it in that prickly heat.
After work I headed out to the lighthouse in the hope of catching a bit of fresh breeze and this was the sight that greeted me as I pulled into the carpark.
The view down Wollongong's South Beach is always a good one, but, when you have these conditions ...steevsteveselbyphotographypentaxpentaxkpwollongongsouth beachweatherstormoceanricohON1ON1 Photo Raw 2020aurora hdrskylum
On the face of it...
Nothing really panorama's quite like a storm and this is a great location for one. The Roll Cloud can be seen stretching from Past Port Kembla's "Hill 60" in the south east to Mt Kiera in the west.
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Lieutenant James Cook...
Might have not found this view quite as interesting in a wooden bark.
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Prequel to the lightning..
The whole time I'm shooting these couple of panoramas the rumbling was non stop and my hopes of catching a few bolts increased by the minute.
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Three minutes...
This is 3 minutes worth of lighting rolling over the scene - the lightning tracker app on my phone reported the closest bolt at less than 5 kilometers - which, when you're standing on an exposed hill side with a metal tripod can start to become a little unnerving.
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Taking in the show...
Interestingly I wasn't the only person with careless disregard for their own safety.
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Lookout Sydney...
Wollongong lighthouse in relief of the storm heading north to wash down Sydney.
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Two for one...
This bolt repeated so many times I caught it across two frames ..
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