LIGHTNING!!! Overcranked slo-mo

[groveChuck]

Some lightning I shot during a recent thunderstorm, overcranked at 60fps.
Mostly 1/120 shutter (and a little 1/250), and some occasional further slowing (and speeding up) in post.

There's some flash banding, but actually not near as bad as I expected.
Could be my imagination (or coincidence), but it seemed there was less banding after I changed ISO from 640 to 800.

Took a little over 1.5 hours to shoot, on the front and rear edges of the storm.
Canon EF 17-35 2.8L

Go Fullscreen, let me know how it looks on your monitor, thanks.

 

[SplitFieldDiopter]

This is AWESOME! The editing, the music. Just everything about it makes me smile.

 

[groveChuck]

Wow, thanks man! Much appreciated

 

[Downunderwild]

On a LG FLATRON LED 21" looks fantastic, banding is not bad, have you tried PHYX Deband plugin, works well.
Loved the job BTW

 

[Matt Harris]

awesome!

 

[groveChuck]

On a LG FLATRON LED 21" looks fantastic, banding is not bad, have you tried PHYX Deband plugin, works well.
Loved the job BTW

I haven't heard of PHYX, I'll look into it, thanks.
Like I said, I had expected the banding to be much worse, and imagine it would have been out of control on a Canon DSLR.
Thanks for watching!

awesome!

Thanks Matt! I see the lightning itself (not my humble video) as "awesome" in the literal sense: inspiring awe.

Lightning is some crazy stuff, right? Imagine capturing (and storing) all that power...

 

[Mitch Gross]

Don't want to steal your thread; you have some sweet footage there. But if anyone really wants to see some awesome slow-mo lightening, do a You Tube search for lightening and Phantom. It is awe-inspiring.

 

[groveChuck]

No worries, Mitch. If I had a Phantom (or even an Epic) believe me, I'd shoot some lightning with it!!!

 

[djmfoxtrot]

Wonderful! I have listened to the 9th scores of times and never experienced it like this . . . Bravo!

 

[Scott Wellington]

was really great. love the timing to the music in the edit.

 

[groveChuck]

Wonderful! I have listened to the 9th scores of times and never experienced it like this . . . Bravo!

Thanks- Beethoven seems to often work well for dramatic nature. And if you know the 9th really well, can you find the audio edit? :happy:

was really great. love the timing to the music in the edit.

Thanks Scott- Beethoven's known for his beats- ha ha!

I'm just pleased the banding doesn't seem to be a huge factor here... bring on the strobes!!!

 

[Sparky874]

Great work my friend. Really like the timelapses as well, keep it up!

 

[groveChuck]

Thanks Sparky, much appreciated!

Just remember- don't go swinging golf clubs in weather like this! :happy:

 

[Erik Naso]

Nailed the editing on this with the music. That was fun to watch.

 

[Chris Messineo]

I absolutely loved it!

 

[Bob Fagan]

Nicely done.

 

[jambredz]

Looks Amazing. the edit to the music is off the chain. Seems like ur having alot of fun with ur cam...and yeh i also thought the flash banding would be worse.

 

[Steve_Karl]

on a 24" Samsung 1920 x 1080 it looks good.
Not as good as a real good HD film on HD TV, but better than older films running on an HD channel.

 

[Hawk Teflon]

Really cool! I'm amazed the lighting just seemed to flash at perfect times in the music. Crazy how nature works like that sometimes, you know?

(yes, I know this is edited)

Also, I searched for "Lighting Phantom" on YT and got a bunch of hits of a band called Phantom Lightning.

 

[groveChuck]

Erik- thanks for noticing the edit to music- I was trying to make it work without being too obvious.

Thanks, Chris and Bob!

jambredz- thanks man! Yeah having lots of fun, need to have more work- ha ha! Maybe the vid should be a Panasonic sample of "minimal flash banding..." Hmmm...

Thanks for watching, guys!