Lounge but Australian

[sudden karma]

Apparently they're incredibly tough tho, but hey it's good experience

Looks like we have a slight chance to get storms on sunday, shame I won't be here

[coral crescent]

Here rn lmao

[static ruin]

Next Wednesday is what I'm watching for, 6 days so probably change, however supercell potential towards our central coast

[coral crescent]

At baggage claim

[coral crescent]

Ehhh

Only Sony

[static ruin]

Ah, you'll probably get said rain today also

Just less of it

[coral crescent]

Fuck I don't even know if I'll go out today

This flight has me battered

[sudden karma]

I mean they all are difficult but yeah ik what you mean

Competition is pretty tough

[coral crescent]

God I just don't wanna go into the open div next year

[sudden karma]

Bad enough as a junior god

next year we go against adults lol

[steep idol]

alice or darwin?

[coral crescent]

Syd lmao

[steep idol]

uhhhhhhhh that seems incredibly inneficient

[coral crescent]

No flights to Darwin for Malaysia/sing sadly

[static ruin]

It's aviation, it's probably more efficient despite the extra distance, routes also depend on capacity/traffic

[kindred rivet]

PEOPLE I HAVE NEWS

YA BOY GOT A CONTRACT TO GO OUT TO A RACE AND PHOTOGRAPH THE CARS

[steep idol]

isnt this u rn?

[kindred rivet]

yeah, but i should be buying soon and my BIL has trust in me

[sudden karma]

So it's not really a professional shoot it's just shooting for your brother

Hey it's a start

[kindred rivet]

*brother in law

[sudden karma]

But motorsport is demanding on af, a 300 dollar camera is not gonna keep up

[sudden karma]

Same thing

[kindred rivet]

yeah ik, its suck

[sudden karma]

Save some money and wait until you can afford a better camera if you want to do motorsport

[kindred rivet]

bro i have 700AUD to buy EVERYTHING

[sudden karma]

Yeah save more money

[kindred rivet]

i deal with what im given and i adapt

[sudden karma]

I wish you luck

You'll be doing most of your stuff with manual focus lol

[coral crescent]

Where there's a will there's a way

But this is really fucking hard

@static ruin rains coming in lmao

[static ruin]

Yeah it'll be off and on. I'm curious what'll happen on the weekend inland, weather models all seem to be clueless

Anywhere between 50ish mm right up to 300+ is possible. City shouldn't be too bad

[sudden karma]

Bro I'm going from 33c in Melbourne on Saturday to 15c in Christchurch on the same day

what the fuck do I wear

I don't want to boil alive while we're in Melbourne cause we only take off at 12

[frozen lantern]

Shorts, a t shirt and a decent jacket you’ll be good

[sudden karma]

Chuck a hoodie on or smth

I can't take a normal backpack cause I'm bringing my camera lol

So I can't take anything on the plane

[frozen lantern]

A decent jacket and you’ll probably get away with a pair of shorts

Can’t necessarily say it’s the perfect option but it’s what I would do

[sudden karma]

Yeah I can't remember the last time I was in NZ, but I'm used to warm temps

Might just wear a hoodie and call it a day lol

[frozen lantern]

Worst case scenario have a pair of long pants and a beanie in a readily accessible part of your suitcase

Maybe a pair of trackies or jeans that you can quickly throw over your shorts

[sudden karma]

I reckon I chuck a beanie in my camera bag and call it a day

Prolly got room lol

Should be able to have my laptop in aswell and still be under 5kg

[frozen lantern]

I’d rock a cap, a fishing shirt, a pair of shorts and some joggers

[sudden karma]

god bless the R50 being 350g

[sudden karma]

old dad ahh fit

You're like 16 live a little

wear nothing

[frozen lantern]

Nah it’s comfy and what I like wearing

Legit that’s all I wore shooting on Mount Fuji even though it was 6 degrees and stronger wind then I got during Cyclone Jasper

[sudden karma]

I don't have enough shorts for this lol

[frozen lantern]

If only my 6d was that light

[sudden karma]

I own like 5 pairs

[sudden karma]

Your 6d weighs as much as my lens does lol

[frozen lantern]

I was going to get the r50 but it’s too small for my hands

[sudden karma]

Get the r10 then

[frozen lantern]

I have small hands

[steep idol]

my s1 is 1Kg, with a 70-200 F4 its 2Kg

[sudden karma]

I have large hands and I make it work lol

[frozen lantern]

Nah I discovered that I like full frame more then crop

[sudden karma]

Fair enough, could go the r8 then for you

For next camera

[frozen lantern]

I have the 6d mark ii with a battery grip and my 70-200 f/4 lives on it

[frozen lantern]

Nah my next body will be a 5 or 6 series mirrorless

[steep idol]

image whenni get my hands on a BG

[sudden karma]

the r6mk3 is looking really good

if it gets the r3s sensor and r5iis af like the rumours say itll be fucking crazy

at like 2.8k lol

[frozen lantern]

I love my battery grip such a good investment

[frozen lantern]

Nah no way they’re building a 6 series like that

Fucking mental

[sudden karma]

i wouldnt be suprised tbh

the r3 is like 4 years old now

just passed 3 years

[frozen lantern]

R3 sensor with r5ii af and 8.5 stop ibis plus 30fps electronic shutter I’ll have one thanks

[sudden karma]

yeah all im saying is if it comes close to this ill be getting one

i can live without the video specs and the 14bit raw

id be happy with 12bit

actually fuck 12bit

if the r50 has 14bit its not expensive to make

[frozen lantern]

I do next to no video I can live without those specs

[sudden karma]

I mean they're nice to have but not relevant to me

Considering the r3 is like 5k now I'm not surprised if some of these rumours are true

[static ruin]

14bit has been standard for a long time, it's mostly relevant to electronic shutter, where (most) non stacked sensors change to 12 bit to help mitigate rolling shutter

[sudden karma]

Was quite interesting, I don't think the R50 switches, but I haven't checked

Wouldn't be surprised if it does thi

[karmic lily]

what if

R7 Mark II

[fiery island]

Outtake from one of my landscape photography trips...

[karmic lily]

Those times you took the Camera out instead of the rifle

The backstraps on a hare are delicous

Unironically had one of those moment not too long ago

[steep idol]

i be so. i think doing alot more studio photograp and sports so more battery life would be nice. oh and vert grip too

[karmic lily]

Took out the camera because some fairy wrens were around the farm.
Then while following them I see a fox slink off

by the time I'd gotten back to the ute and grabbed the 223 it was gone

dangit

[sudden karma]

I reckon it'll come this year too tbh

I expect another 2 apsc cameras tbh

They have a void to fill

[fiery island]

I'd scare the crap out of the locals even subsonic rounds would be loud enough to set off every dog in the area.

[frozen lantern]

I have my list of classes I don’t know what any of them are yet

One is psychology and one is my cert iii that’s all I’m certain about

[coral crescent]

holy shit I'm still in mild disbelief that I was actually talking to north borders on IG holy 😭

[patent pecan]

whats the average gaming pc build price these days

[static ruin]

Depends on your expectations

Resolution, refresh rate, and whether or not you care about playing on highest settings or not

If all from scratch, I'd take a guess and say around $2k at this point to get going given video cards are just f'ing expensive now

[patent pecan]

Looking at building one for a mate. Just 144hz max, 1080p, high, to very high settings

[fiery island]

Just saying: accolades from competition awards are short lived, I know a guy who won a freaking ARIA, that year he was "that guy who won an aria" two years later, people were back to asking "who the hell are you?"

[sudden karma]

Could go something like a 3060ti tbh

Hell even my 4060 runs 1080 ultra on every game at atleast 60fps

Most are 144+

[patent pecan]

I've got a R5 5600x and a 2070 super and mine runs 3 screens and high settings ingame fine

But my pc is like old

[sudden karma]

I mean you can always futureproof him

Am5 for the win

Support till 2027, immediate yes for me

[patent pecan]

thats two years lol. He's not gonna spend 2000+ for two years support

[static ruin]

I'd just say 5070 (assuming not immediate build, 4070 if it is), r5 amd cpu (so 9600x if current gen), then just figure out the rest around it, probably end up being somewhere around that $2k mark.

But yeah an older second hand card can get the job done to save $$, though worth stretching for a 4070 super or 5070 if possible, those cards are pretty solid price to perf, only time they'll struggle in the near future is 4k

[sudden karma]

My build was 1.5k, but I spent too much on other things instead of GPU

[static ruin]

Bigger budget then ofc can bump cpu or more/faster ram or whatever, though doesn't matter too much for gaming, most modern games are more gpu bound

[sudden karma]

I've got 6000mt and cl36 and it's fine

[steep idol]

avi aus hasnt contacted me yet regarding my appication for cert II air maintnace

i am anxious now

[karmic lily]

Really? it looks fairly rural, is it closer to suburbs than it looks?

Still rurally zoned and far enough from the road, and large enough with owners perms you'd still be able to right? @fiery island

[frozen lantern]

Doing cert iii aviation - remote pilot with skills generation

[fiery island]

I remember the days when farmers would pay me to take care of foxes, cats used to follow me up the hill in the small hours of the morning hoping for some rabbit.

I'm in a semi-rural area, yes. But where a lot of people in the area have big dogs cooped up in small yards for "security". It's a cruel thing I tell you.

[frozen lantern]

Holy fuck temu is terrifying

Time to look for random camera gear to play with

[sudden karma]

So many ads they push on you lmao

It's a bit fucked

[steep idol]

crosssain lamp is literslly crossaint dipped in resin

[frozen lantern]

There’s no way this is good

[steep idol]

jut get a proper rainbag atp

[sudden karma]

Nah this seems cool lol

I've been tempted to get one, it's only 5 bucks lol

[frozen lantern]

Nah just for the sun I’ve got a PD shell for the rain

[steep idol]

why would you need to protect it from the sun?

[frozen lantern]

Theoretically it should keep the sun out of my eyes and make it easier to see my lcd on bright days

[steep idol]

isnt that what an VF is for?

[sudden karma]

Who TF uses the LCD to compose tho

VF clears

Unless I'm trying to get a low angle I'll always use the vf

[steep idol]

the only time i use lcd for composing is in studio

[frozen lantern]

There’s functions that I might use that my vf doesn’t do

[sudden karma]

Such a

As?

[frozen lantern]

Image playback

[steep idol]

such as?

[steep idol]

my evf does that

[sudden karma]

So does mine

To be fair, he has an ovf

[frozen lantern]

I’m on dslr I don’t have an evf

[steep idol]

ohhh

[frozen lantern]

You don’t get image playback on the ovf

[sudden karma]

but sad

[frozen lantern]

I may change my shooting mode or white balance to suit conditions

[sudden karma]

Live view?

Having an evf is my favourite thing

[frozen lantern]

That’s on my lcd is it not?

[sudden karma]

Yeah

Exposure Sim and stuff

[frozen lantern]

I can’t do that in my vf

I’d use that umbrella as a novelty instead of something I’d properly use

[sudden karma]

Let's goo

I was gonna order a 65w charging brick to arrive tmmr but mum won't let

Me leave Saturday at about 9

[frozen lantern]

That’s probably why

[steep idol]

guys can i bring protein powder into straya from indo?

in checked bagge

[sudden karma]

Was gonna arrive Friday night tho lol

[sudden karma]

Check the border patrol stuff

You might be able to

[sudden karma]

I wonder if the ao people will let my 70-300 in 🙏

Lenses are supposed to be under 200mm

It's not on the camera ATM so that increases my chances ig

[frozen lantern]

My bag is meant to come today

[patent pecan]

Happy Friday sheeple

[frozen lantern]

Time to setup the new bag

[steep idol]

says that organic commercially produced powder is fine

but whey protein contains dairy snd thats kinda limited so yeah.....

[karmic lily]

God I fucking HATE that

[fiery island]

Well that is flat out offensive.

[steep idol]

to who?

[fiery island]

The French.

[fiery island]

Having a working dog like a Border Collie stuck on a 468sqm block with the house taking up 90% of the space is criminal.

[frozen lantern]

Yeah give the pupper a huge yard to run around in

[neon notch]

only in it for the money lol

[sudden karma]

Do it for the experience tbh, it's fun and money should just be a nice added bonus

[neon notch]

i am young and already soley driven by money

gonna become some maniacal jeff bezos 2

[fiery island]

well then you're in the wrong place.😂

[static ruin]

Buy me 600mm f4 when you get that much money plz

[sudden karma]

can I have 400 f2.8 please

id like to place my preorder

[steep idol]

i would like a phase one XF IQ4 with Schneider kreuznach 150 2.8 LS please

[sudden karma]

how much is that

[fiery island]

What the hell would you do with it?

[static ruin]

Probably be looking around $70-80k AUD if I had to guess

[sudden karma]

Not too bad

[fiery island]

How you would pay to insure it? how would you maintain it? - leaf shutters need to be serviced every 20,000 firings.

[steep idol]

i wouldnt insure it

[fiery island]

and how will you store the huge files?

[steep idol]

also since when did i hear about LS needing servicing ever 20k

[steep idol]

hard drives?

i could also just use the focal plane shutterbinstead on the XF body

[fiery island]

It's in the copal manuals, Copal being one of the more prominent leaf shutter manufacturers.

[sudden karma]

This guy is wise

pronouns are not he/him they're him

[steep idol]

schneider uses copal shutter?

[fiery island]

young people these days, big ideas but no idea on how to sustain them.

[steep idol]

1tb hard drive is enough for 3.3K 300mb files

[fiery island]

Seiko also make them, and they have similar servicing guidelines.

[fiery island]

And what happens if that drive fails? You're going to need a RAID enclosure and the skills to manage it.

as storage capacity goes up the need to manage increases exponentially.

[sudden karma]

Aim for the stars and if you miss you'll land on the moon

[steep idol]

.......... bruh ATP youre gonna need to ask what happens when power goes out

[sudden karma]

shame, my files are gone sadly

[sudden karma]

UPS

[fiery island]

and make a lovely crater, a warning for everyone else.😂

[sudden karma]

Dare to dream digitalis

[steep idol]

raid cards arnt even that expensive

if you asked me all of these wuestion before i got my s1 i would bave a hard time

[sudden karma]

I have a single 2tb hard drive for all my images

I have to offload 5k tonight before I leave for NZ tmmr

And recharge both my batteries 😭

Actually ones still basically full it should be ok

[steep idol]

my 1tb hard drive is failing so im leaving it off until i get a new one

[steep idol]

i dont shoot enough to have to offload 5k pictures

[sudden karma]

I need to get some internal HDDs for my PC I think

[sudden karma]

I do action tho

[steep idol]

so do i

[sudden karma]

They took my tele from me cause it was too long btw

[steep idol]

wtf

[sudden karma]

So I made do with the 18-45 and a 4x crop

[steep idol]

confiscated?

[sudden karma]

They should be ok without zooming much more

Nah just couldn't bring it in

I've got it back now

[steep idol]

wtfffffffff

[sudden karma]

that's on the kit lens

You just can't crop lol

They're prolly not very sharp on my monitor but it was a fun experience

[steep idol]

why cant you take long tele?

[sudden karma]

I'll get media next year so I can take a bigger tele

[sudden karma]

Considered professional etc

[fiery island]

Their pros don't like competition.

[steep idol]

brehhhhh

[sudden karma]

It's a 70-300 lol and the max focal length was 200mm lol

I should've told her it was a 70-200 lmao

They wouldn't have known

Unless they read it

[steep idol]

what cam does digitalis have?

[sudden karma]

Adult money camera prolly

[fiery island]

Take a mirror lens, they are quite compact and have absurd focal lengths. 400mm in the size of a coke can.

[sudden karma]

Nah it's the focal length they care about not the physical length

The canon EF 70-300 isn't very long lol

First gen

[fiery island]

I recall canon having a diffractive optics lens in the 70-300mm f/4~5.6 category, it was tiny.

[sudden karma]

Not sure if it's my one, but I'd be the best example of seeing it if it is mine lol

Half my Sandown 500 photos were shot on f29

I forgot an ND filter

[steep idol]

i can use iso 50 lol

[sudden karma]

I don't have a high end body lol

[fiery island]

goodbye sharpness. Diffraction would have made a mess of the details.

[steep idol]

how much did tour r 10 cost?

[sudden karma]

R50 was 1k with the kit lens

New

[steep idol]

S1 was 1K too

[sudden karma]

I can send you some of the RAWS, but the details stayed pretty sharp tbh

[steep idol]

body only tho

used

kit lens was another 400

[sudden karma]

Lol f32

[steep idol]

CLEAN YOUR GODDAM SENSOR

[sudden karma]

Bar the mark on my sensor which I'm aware of, you see anything else

[steep idol]

i had to cut my sensor cleaner to fit canon aps C

[sudden karma]

Aw

I didn't

[static ruin]

iso 50 is extended, it doesn't actually do anything useful

[steep idol]

but at least its a full stop of nd worth

[static ruin]

You'll still clip with the same exposure time

[frozen lantern]

I will have 0.5-5000mm f/.001L IS USM for ef mount then

[sudden karma]

Doubt you'd see a difference between the two tho

[static ruin]

That's not how extended iso works

[steep idol]

wut

[static ruin]

Extended iso is the same as adjusting exposure slider in post, it's different to native iso

Only it gets baked into the raw

[fiery island]

and highlight detail still gets blown to hell.

[steep idol]

at least mine exists

[static ruin]

Yep, it doesn't allow for any longer exposure than base native iso does, things will still clip at the same exposure time

[steep idol]

also F0.95 means that the aperture blade is bigger than the entersnce pupil right? or focal lengh maybe?

[static ruin]

f0.95 means the aperture (as in light collecting diameter) is longer than the focal length yes

fstop is aperture (in mm)/focal length

[frozen lantern]

We will make mine exist and it will be the size and weight of the 70-200 f/4 non is for ef

[steep idol]

physics says fuck you

[frozen lantern]

Well I say fuck you to physics we will reinvent physics to make this lens possible!

[steep idol]

thats not how it works

[sudden karma]

None of the subject in focus ahh

[fiery island]

The ultimate in bokeh.

[neon notch]

this is the money forward logic we need

[sudden karma]

No subject just bokeh???
I like that

[frozen lantern]

Too bad that’s how it works now

A random person made a discovery based on physics, I’m a random person in theory couldn’t I do the same?

I really need to sleep whatever this brain fog is off

[neon notch]

@static ruin im watching the video you sent about supercells (i only just got around to it and turns out i have already watched it but didnt actually try to understand it) and was wondering what the cold and warm front looking lines are in these diagrams, is it because inflow and updraft go towards the storm and are hot and humid and then the rfd and ffd are cold and moving away from the storm, or is the direction of the bumps and triangles not mean anything

[steep idol]

where is the )?

[neon notch]

mb

it was a , instead

[coral crescent]

holy shit it's raining like crazy rn

A bus just hit a drive by on me as well and I'm soaked

[static ruin]

Red is inflow, blue is outflow. Linked it as somewhat of a general video, RFD only happens in supercells (fortunately), is just an interaction between dry air in the mid levels and the rotating updraft, but can be very destructive winds.

Edit, should also you're on the mark with the inflow (feeding the updraft) being the warm and humid air, the outflow of a storm is much cooler, and can (and does) act as a mini cold front as it propagates away from a storm, can trigger new storms to form

[sudden karma]

I read just this message and had a heart attack lol

[static ruin]

Speaking of supercells though, apparently this formed up in Northern NSW this evening, supercell, can see the little wall cloud dropping

FFD is over off to the left

Messy structure though and radar presentation also a mess, think I see where the "hook" is, but yeah it's definitely on the weaker end of them

Speaking of storm, got a little one popping up here

[coral crescent]

Lmao

I got it on video as well

[sudden karma]

Gotta be funny asf tho lol

Weather's mid while we're in NZ, might get some storms so I'll see what I can do puth

[static ruin]

And probably my last little storm nerdy stuff for the night, storms happening west I'm pretty sure are from orographic lift which is mentioned in the vid at some point. Not often we get winds blowing East to West (well NE to west), rain seems to be pushing in, then just developing into storm as it hits the mountains, then changing to a more SSE direction to follow the ranges. Been a while since we've had a weather system like this

[neon notch]

was driving back from canberra through a few storms as we went down to bermagui area for a couple day holiday

[static ruin]

Ah nice, that just now, or a bit ago?

[coral crescent]

Odds of rain tmr in the city?

[static ruin]

I'd say very high, but given the nature of the weather system.. who the heck knows, it's a strange one

Should get the most late morning, but subject to change

[coral crescent]

Easy

[neon notch]

a bit a go, drove through the remnants of a severe thunderstorm that matured in golbourn and there was a fair bit of rain, great storm day today, im waiting for all the chasing videos to be edited, there was a lot of activity

[fiery island]

I was living in Melbourne last year, storms there were flipping weird - all hail and torrential rain and the next a hour it would be sunny and humid.

[static ruin]

Ah nice. I think I'd seen photos of it then if it's from recent, 4th December looking back at the photos I'd seen

Storm chaser that lives around wollongong ended up in Goulburn, was mostly pulse storms

[neon notch]

i honestly might go to live on like nsw queens land border one day if i get really into storms but its so far from where i live now i dont know how i could go without seeing any of my family for so long

[neon notch]

yeah, i know the guy, he runs the illawara storm chasing page

[static ruin]

Yep, that's the one

[static ruin]

There was a setup I wanted to chase around Vic border a few months ago, didn't make it because.. reasons, was a beautiful supercell outbreak setup. Was a few of them down there this season

[neon notch]

illawarra has had a terrible year, there has been like maybe 2 severe thunderstorms if you could call them that, i know its been an all round bad year but there has just been no shear so the updraft gets choked (i learnt how that works, very proud of myself lol) and they rain dump up on the escarpment

[static ruin]

Our area has been pretty rubbish this year, but just how it goes, some years are great, others less so

[neon notch]

i think i knpow the outbreak you are talking about

[static ruin]

Late October/November is best for more structure, we still get the polar jetstream being more active, so better chance of higher and more organized wind shear. Summer storms are still frequent, but often end up with little shear, hence the pulse thunderstorms as of late rather than any real organized system

[neon notch]

yeah, upside of our storm season coming to an end is that the ameraican one is starting, and as much as i hate the americans, gotta love the storms (that was a joke btw, i got timed out for trying to banter with seth once about nz and he didnt know it was a joke so now im very cautios about it lol)

[static ruin]

lol

Been tracking storms for a few years on radar for the US, hoping to make it there one season to chase

Confident enough to not get myself killed... But no doubt will still be pants shitting, makes our most severe storms look like childs play

[neon notch]

it was my first day on the server as well bro and i felt so sad, i ngl almost left the server because of that

[neon notch]

yeah lol, might do a gap year to do that, maybe backpack around the world with my mates or something, get kidnapped the whole deal

[static ruin]

lol

Heck even last couple of weeks during winter Texas and Louisiana been casually getting tornado outbreaks

[neon notch]

i still find it crazy how styropyro mangaged to get a tornado on video next to literal snow

[vivid verge]

I am travelling to the most bumbfuck nowhere Sydney suburb to see some helicopters

Ain’t no way I’m actually going to wilberforce

[static ruin]

Well.. I suppose it's a good thing we didn't get remotely close to the amount of rain expected over the catchment

But yeah don't hear much about wilberforce

[frozen lantern]

Fun

What birds are they gonna have up?

[vivid verge]

412s and AS350s

[steep idol]

try where me and @coral crescent live

we have a town called humpty doo, which sounds like the name of the egg from that one nursery rhyme whete a personified egg falls and cracks its head

[coral crescent]

lmao

Yep sounds about right

[steep idol]

lole

[static ruin]

As usual long term forecast continues to tease. Tuesday looking interesting, very high cape, low to moderate shear, organized so supercell potential.. I have 0 doubt the forecast will fall apart entirely over the next day or 2 before Tuesday. But in saying that, it's the sort of forecast I'd love to see a storm in, but better if it doesn't happen in populated areas. Worth keeping an eye on to see how it develops

[karmic lily]

And if you dont have a huge yard, get a breed that's comfortable indoors

not a working dog or gundog

[steep idol]

am i cooked?

[coral crescent]

Christ

[neon notch]

@static ruin im trying to find supercells on radar and was wondering if you think any of these might be supercells

[static ruin]

Not sure if there's any today, Ive not looked at the bigger picture. Windy radar is only useful for general overview though, you typically can't tell whether it's a supercell with windy

[neon notch]

yeah, i wanna get the radarscopepro thing i see people using but im to poor lol

[static ruin]

Just checking them now, gimme a sec

Storm near Toowoomba isn't a supercell as far as I can tell, others I'm struggling to locate specifically. Though I don't think today is a day where we'll really see any supercells forming

[neon notch]

ok

why is that? low shear?

i think atomoshpere is kinda stable as well

but idk, im not that good at this weather stuff yet

[static ruin]

Yep. Supercells also require 'organized' shear in addition to just shear alone. We do get them, just not in a high frequency. just directional shear (which is what we usually get) just means updraft and downdraft will get separated, so you get longer living storms, they can organize into a line and such, won't become supercells though

You need directional shear organized as you move up for supercell

[static ruin]

Other way today, is a huge area where it's generally unstable, also no real capping inversions, is why there's storms just firing up across a huge chunk of Eastern Aus. Just most aren't going to become anything significant

[neon notch]

ok, were do you check the capping graph thing

i know what your talking about but i dont know where i would check that for free

if i can even

[static ruin]

I just poked around on windy with the sounding, it's again not particularly high detail, but enough to get a general sense, just right click and area and go sounding, should be there on the free version

[neon notch]

ok

i did not know you could do that

the lines seem very straight

which i think means that the tempreture just slowly drops as you climb and there is now small bit of warmer air

which i think is the cap, and then when that breaks you can get big storms because lots of energy builds up?

[static ruin]

Heck to use real data from Sydney airport, this is a sounding from this morning. Conditions would have changed since, only one balloon released in the morning. Right hand red line is Temp, left hand red line is dew point, you'll see it just generally remains slanted over to the left. The area between the temperature and grey line is where the cape value comes from (aka instability), you'll see it just basically sits off to the right of temp

So once the ground heats up to temp, convection will just start without any extra forcing due to lack of a cap, hence just widespread storms

[static ruin]

It can happen yes. Caps are a double edged sword, there can be days with amazing storm potential, but the cap holds and you just get blue sky, but yeah it can do the reverse, and allow more ground heating, so more energy builds up before the storms fire up

[neon notch]

ok, it feels good to be learning stuff lol, i feel like ive had the dunning kruger affect and i was in the valley of despair for a while because i wasnt bothered to learn all the thing i didnt understand

[static ruin]

And with the wind barbs on the side with altitude, there's bugger all wind and it's just chaotic, hence storms are for the most part short lived

It's an endless rabbit hole, there's plenty of people that make me feel dumb when it comes to this stuff lol

[neon notch]

yeah lol, i think its good to start early, which is why im not to worried about learning it all fast

so with the wind direction do you just want a gradual change of like 90 degrees from surface for rotation of the updraft

[static ruin]

Just been a lot of repetition for me, and I just try to observe what happens sometimes even if nothing eventuates

[static ruin]

For supercells yes. Wouldn't stress over soundings too much while learning, this was what it looked like on the forecast day of when Vic had a few tornados back in late August

[neon notch]

is that top bit a hodograph?

[static ruin]

So yeah you see the wind bards shift from SSW towards E as you go up altitude, also with increasing strength

Yes

I'd explain hodograph, but it's one of my big weak points. I know how to read them to know if tornado potential, that's about it

It does tell a lot, but I'm honestly fairly clueless on interpreting it to what will happen otherwise lol

[neon notch]

i very slightly almost understand it for tornado potentioal and movement and location on the storm but only because i play this one roblox tornado chasing game

[static ruin]

Yep

The key part for tornados is mostly just in the curvature in the lower levels of the hodo

[neon notch]

yeah

[static ruin]

I was so annoyed I couldn't make it down there for this day lol, was such a tease watching it on radar

[neon notch]

just out of curiosity what would have increased the chance and intensity of tornadoes for that day, like i conditions were perfect

[static ruin]

Just stronger shear and more instability towards the bottom, otherwise it was honestly just a textbook tornado setup even by US standards, it was very unusual

[static ruin]

Bom confirmed one tornado, another 2 damage paths were found for right where tornado signature was on radar, but bom is hopeless and never confirmed the others. Amusingly, not a single one of the tornado producing storms got a severe warning either when they were producing lol

[neon notch]

so what indexes would more shear and lower instability be, because i know there is a few types of cape and different wind shear metrics

[static ruin]

What do you mean what indexes

I don't pay too much attention to specific values, only real thing if it answers the question is just that 1 and 3km HEL values noted there being higher, basically just a measure of vorticity. There are other factors that go into play like alignment of vorticity relative to storm inflow which can impact how strong, or whether it produces at all, but that's getting into detail that I'm still very much learning

But yeah it's stuff that doesn't apply too much for Aus (usually), for here key is honestly mostly just in instability, any capping inversion and whether there's going to be enough forcing to break it, and general shear. Typically we only get directional shear, hence lack of tornados and supercells for the most part, get more squall line type things

Today is just a mess, no cap, ~1000ish cape in a lot of areas which isn't high, but enough for decent storm, but lack of shear means they just pop up and die fast. In the process the cold outflow acts as a cold front, so you just see more popping up around it given atmosphere is already unstable

[neon notch]

like the different mesasurments like surface cape and srh and ml cape and lifted index and those kinds of things

[static ruin]

As for radar mentioned earlier, the free version of this should be more than enough, still get a bit more than bom out of it https://metcentre.weatherwatch.net.au/?page=2dradar&region=071&range=128

[neon notch]

yeah i use this a fair bit, but windy is a bit easier to navigate so i often forget to use it

[static ruin]

Ah fair. I still use windy for general overview, makes it much easier

If you're interested in more local storm predictions, Sydney weather nerds FB page is pretty good, he often does little live streams if there's activity potential, has far more knowledge than me on it, particularly for the local factors at play

[neon notch]

ok, i will check it out

what is 1 and 3km hel values?

[static ruin]

Bit out of your region, but close enough to still be somewhat relevant

1km is just helicity between ground and 1km, 3km is just the same but up to 3km

[neon notch]

ok thanks for the help, ill let you get back to whatever you were doing

[static ruin]

Not doing much, hoping for little storm, had a few rumbles earlier

Just not worth any chase since they die off so fast, and aren't particularly amazing to begin with

[coral crescent]

Didn't rain in the city today

Surprisingly

[static ruin]

Yeah it's all been out west

and SW

[coral crescent]

Ahhh gotcha

[static ruin]

Had plenty of close lightning late last night which was fun, within a km. All shrouded by rain, but I enjoyed the rather loud thunder

[coral crescent]

Yeah my room kept getting lit up

[sudden karma]

We landed in Christchurch guys

Solid flight, just gotta get Sims here cause roaming is so fucking expensive

I'm 2 hours ahead now tho, it's a bit odd

[fiery island]

The young ones always have trouble staying upright on powerlines.

[karmic lily]

I think Galahs just like doing that

[bright talon]

when was this lmao?

[vivid verge]

mwahahaha

[sudden karma]

New Zealand sucks

Why is it so cold rb

[static ruin]

Sounds great

[neon notch]

it was my first day on the server sometime in early 2023

[bright talon]

[static ruin]

dw, just typical kiwi behaviour from seth

[sudden karma]

this is why Aussies clear kiwis

[vivid verge]

oath

[steep idol]

all i see is either storm talk/how storms work. or aviation here

[static ruin]

I've not done much else, I try to pull back on the storm stuff until asked or I'm actively going after them. Basically what I switch to during Spring/Summer

I need to get out at some point again to get more wrensday photos for bungins

[patent pecan]

More piccies, making me late to see the missus. Second one was a bit of a snapshot but couldnt NOT pullover for a photo

[static ruin]

That's always the worst not being able to pull over somewhere with big photo potential

[patent pecan]

Yeah, wish there was nicer subjects around the second one, but it is what it is. First photo horribly compressed in disc

[sudden karma]

Or me saying random unrelated things

who reckons this bloke likes my photos

[patent pecan]

i send landscape stuff sometimes

[coral crescent]

lol this is what I've had for the last few days lmao

Check north borders latest post on ig

[sudden karma]

Which one are you

I see

Last one

[coral crescent]

last one

yessir

[sudden karma]

Follow deserved man

[bright talon]

aussie sucks

[sudden karma]

you suck

It's so fucking cold here rn

[coral crescent]

Cheers

I'm on a shoot rn

Gonna head down to Milsons point

[bright talon]

not where I am lol

[sudden karma]

I'll be honest, feels pretty basic, but it's well executed so I still like it

[sudden karma]

Christchurch is freezing rn

[bright talon]

well no shit its chch

always cold there

[sudden karma]

Yeah not wrong

[coral crescent]

I'ma get food at Burwood tonight as well

I've been dying to visit the Chinatown there properly for the last 2 years lol

[sudden karma]

I've taken a few photos so far in NZ, but the city is boring so I'm waiting till we leave and go exploring

[frozen lantern]

Wander around sooner or later you might find something interesting to shoot

[vivid verge]

fuck yeh aviation mentioned 😎

photography lounge when aircraft that isn’t fighter jet:

[sudden karma]

Honestly real

I don't think my photo of a classic race car did anywhere near as good as my mid photo of a Porsche carrera

[static ruin]

I'll also have to mention this thunderstorm dissipating in front of me, few nice cloud to ground strikes before it did, weather gods continue to throw random little storms. Sadly no good photos.

Mostly just me complaining about the heat and humidity

[coral crescent]

why are the train stations so FUCKING hot

Jesus christ

[static ruin]

You get some where it just barely works, or for whatever reason has been left on heat

[vivid verge]

very cool

[static ruin]

When it's not a fighter jet fewer upvotes sure, could always be a car where it turns into downvotes

[steep idol]

you're in alice breh

[coral crescent]

I'm in Syd rn

I get back to Alice on Wednesday

[steep idol]

💀

[vivid verge]

I think more people in here know car photography than they do aviation

People are more critical of far photos then

Meanwhile the same people go “omg fighter jet upvote” when it’s shit

[coral crescent]

Sydneys such a vibe though holy shit

Fuck Alice man

I'm enjoying this while I can, then y12 is gonna fuck me over

yay can't wait to try and get into med school

[static ruin]

I suppose Sydney is alright

[coral crescent]

Its a fat break from Alice lol

[static ruin]

I know, I'm not being entirely serious with my comment

[steep idol]

melbourne was such a joy to me comapred to darwin

[static ruin]

For me is the usual thing, when you live somewhere it can be easy to forget how good it is

[coral crescent]

you know what I mean???

[coral crescent]

yeah sounds about right

[steep idol]

wdym?

[coral crescent]

Y'know the break from going somewhere like Darwin and Alice to Melbourne and Sydney

[steep idol]

yeah

im gonna really miss the $1.50 fried rice from jakarta that tastes better than any fried rice in darwin
with th eperk of it being open till 1 AM

[frozen lantern]

Mitsuya cider drink and lollies 😭

[sudden karma]

Honestly I'm based but Melbourne clears Sydney tbh, night life and everything else is just better

They're both good for certain things but to me Melbourne has better things that I enjoy

[sudden karma]

haha let's go

[vivid verge]

69696969696969

[static ruin]

Sydney kinda nuked its own night life years many ago when they started putting heavy restrictions on everything late at night many years ago. Is bouncing back as time goes on, but not a quick process

Unsurprisingly, the star city casino was basically the only place that got an exemption to all the restrictions

I tend to want to get away from the city so doesn't bother me too much, either mountains out west, or I need to get out to the national park South more often

[sudden karma]

Honestly I don't like the night life, but everything being open late is lovely

[static ruin]

Things being open late require demand, so don't need to directly like the activities that drags bigger crowds in, has an impact beyond that

[sudden karma]

Being able to go to Coles at like 11pm and get food is great, we weren't able to do that in syd

[vagrant river]

Above time (23:00 AEDT) in your local time · Jan 12, 2025, 12:00 PM

[sudden karma]

I guess people in Sydney sleep earlier too lol

[frozen lantern]

Catching up lex

I can’t really talk though I only have 79

[static ruin]

Kmarts are open 24/7 though, atleast some here. If I need to go, love going at some silly time at night, 0 crowd, it's great

[sudden karma]

I haven't done much advertisment, but I'm starting that now

[kindred rivet]

Not mine

[frozen lantern]

I haven’t done any I just have mates

[sudden karma]

Some of my mates follow mine, but I havent really told them to

[frozen lantern]

I’ve only got 42 views in the last 30 days

[sudden karma]

Ah I'm at 900

I've made 3 posts tho, and I'll do another tmmr morning

[frozen lantern]

I haven’t told anyone to follow my account but if I have my mates unlocked phone…..

[kindred rivet]

also howdy peeps

[sudden karma]

May aswell...

[frozen lantern]

I may have followed myself when my mates haven given me their unlocked phones and I may have done it a number of times

[sudden karma]

The follow rate grows exponentially honestly

The more followers the better

And networking helps heaps, cause people advertise your photos to their friends

fuck I should sleep, it's 12am here

[vagrant river]

Above time (00:00 AEDT) in your local time · Jan 11, 2025, 1:00 PM

[sudden karma]

Cya guys

[frozen lantern]

Bye bye

I’m going back to watching NCIS, catch ya’s

[static ruin]

Ok going to somewhat break said rule I mentioned on avoid storm chatter.. @neon notch check Wednesday, been watching it on long term for a couple days. If it holds remotely similar.. looking at huge potential for widespread destructive storm. Specifics I'll wait till tomorrow, but seeing all models mostly agree, could be a legitimately scary event

Syd and down past Wollongong in firing line, at this point I think it'll mostly be areas impacted that'll shift, is a rare moment I want it to fall apart before the day

[neon notch]

oooh sounds good, ill check it out, what do you use to check that?

[patent pecan]

Happy Monday, Aussies

[static ruin]

Windy for general overview, weatherwatch for more in depth (it is paid however), and just watching satellite. Windy will suffice for now anyway since there's variables at play. I'll probably say more tomorrow. if things look similar tomorrow afternoon, I'd not be surprised to see.. stronger words on boms forecast, right now there's still ways for it to fail, just has extremely high potential severity ceiling

[static ruin]

G'day

[frozen lantern]

Shoot this weekend

[coral crescent]

God I hate how fucking late the sunset is in Syd rn

I wanna get home decently and also do night shoots, but it's at fuckin 8pm

[frozen lantern]

I’m shooting some Muay Thai fights on the weekend that’ll be fun I reckon

Muay Thai is good shooting the Wai Kru makes for some cool shots

[static ruin]

Sounds about right, dst is more of a pain

[patent pecan]

Now imagine if NSW didn't have fake time

[static ruin]

Only upside is later sunrise

[patent pecan]

[static ruin]

We are also further south, so daytime would be longer here compared to Qld and NT even with that aside during Summer

[patent pecan]

My sunrises are at 5.46 at the moment. It's annoying that I can't even bring myself to getting up for work lately let alone that early

[neon notch]

i have to questions, how do you check shear forecasts/is there such a thing as a sounding forecast?

[static ruin]

Just either sounding in windy and look at wind barbs at given location, or select wind -> change altitude, you'll notice it ramps up over us at about 3000m for wed. Otherwise the non GFS soundings I get are all behind paywall unfortunately

[neon notch]

what weather apps/services/websites to you think are the most worth paying for?

[static ruin]

For the most part I just use windy and weatherwatch, windy I keep year round since it's also useful for astro/clouds and general purpose, weather watch I only keep for storm season

Radarscope similar, though it's biggest use is just convenience of tracking what's going on while driving (I try to avoid hail damage, succeeded so far), and off season I use it for US storms

Can chuck up some sounding forecasts tomorrow when there's more confidence, or just DM so I don't fill Aussie lounge

[patent pecan]

tbh I'm just use to it now

[static ruin]

I was trying to ease up, then weather gods are like let's put major event up this week as a possibility

[patent pecan]

It's kind of like when your partner is really into something you don't care about

[static ruin]

lol

[patent pecan]

You just let it slide because it's nice to see them excited about something

[static ruin]

Is also a good chunk of my photography this time of year, though most photos turn out mediocre, it died out as I got camera out

[patent pecan]

Shite. where's that? Looks like plenty of potential regardless of storm

[static ruin]

It's just near the mountains near Sydney

[neon notch]

this looks like a cool place for photography (ik it feels weird to be talking about that nonsense, like its not even 4000 cape) the sorta marshy area

[sudden karma]

It's 8pm here in NZ, and the sun is still really high lol

[vagrant river]

Above time (20:00 AEDT) in your local time · Jan 13, 2025, 9:00 AM

[sudden karma]

It sets at 9

[coral crescent]

Oh christ that's even worse lmao

[static ruin]

Sounds awful

I can imagine astro in NZ Summer. "Alright it's astro dark, can finally get to observing"... 5 minutes later "Well, it's time to pack up"

[sudden karma]

I'm going to try astro once we leave the city but yeah ik what you mean

On the upside, I'm still 2 hours behind so 9pm is really like 7pm for me still

[vagrant river]

Above time (21:00 AEDT) in your local time · Jan 13, 2025, 10:00 AM

[static ruin]

So yeah some of those pages picking up on it and also noted the severity of it, "gorilla hail", destructive winds, tornado is very much possible, so yeah still continuing to shape up to be a potentially very serious event

Can chuck you some soundings tomorrow if you're curious, just send friend request so I dont't spam here, can dm

[neon notch]

tornado very possible seems good

[neon notch]

ok friend me

[static ruin]

idk about good lol, but yeah I've put in for Wednesday off, hopefully chase, high chance I'll be shitting myself if this pans out

It's one of those I'll absolutely love the storm structure situations, but rather nervous if it turns out just for the actual impact given it'll hit populated areas

[neon notch]

lol

[static ruin]

Mostly just have to work out chase area, going to need good roads incase it changes fast

[patent pecan]

Happy Tuesday, Aussies

[static ruin]

Yep, smeets vacation is definitely over, back to wishing happy weekdays

[dull copper]

massive thunderstorm hit me last night

Constant lightning flickering

[coral crescent]

@static ruin you reckon it's gonna rain in the city today?

[vivid verge]

Merry hump day

[static ruin]

Maybe, I've not looked too much for this afternoon

Possible storms last I checked, though my focus has been entirely on tomorrow

My 5 second look says unlikely unless a little storm somehow makes it, but they're going to struggle near the CBD today

[neon notch]

At Bondi right now touring my cousin from the Phillipines around (no I don’t want to be here) but the we are gonna go to digidirecrt before we go home so it works out

I would say I hate Sydney but I might offend someone so I dont hate Sydney

[neon notch]

Is it still looking good?

[static ruin]

Very, I'm rather nervous for what could happen if it hits the potential. Heck some of the charts I use, some of the indexes are just off the scale, it's not a normal event here

[kindred rivet]

my bank account thanks me

[coral crescent]

I was debating going Bondi today for a shoot lmao

Rocks + beach + slow shutter is always a good combo

[static ruin]

Still think Sydney is fine, just a day to be somewhat aware of radar. Little storm NW of Richmond with likely >5cm hail. Sydney may get something later, there is potential for hail if things get going

Flip side is could make for more dramatic photos if it does kick off and it's not too bad

[neon notch]

Already going home, I want to head to a lookout called drawing room rocks for sunset, it was meant to be high cloud and no low or mid but it seems to be burning off but the view will still be nice, just maybe not the best photo

[frozen lantern]

Storm like activity up this way it’s pretty overcast and quite warm there’s some thunder starting just now

[neon notch]

I can see some cumulonimbus firing up at Wolli creek looking west

[frozen lantern]

I don’t know what cumulonimbus is but we’ve got some thunder

[steep idol]

i tried doing landscapes and yeah..... its just not for me

[static ruin]

Just don't find it fun, or just not had much luck?

It's an oddly difficult genre, frustrating thing for me is finding a beautiful location but finding 0 compositions lol

[fiery island]

A month ago...

[static ruin]

Nice

We're just getting a teaser on radar of what's to come tomorrow, seen a couple of supercells and likely >5cm hail on radar over our ranges

Fortunately over empty mostly inaccessible land

[fiery island]

From what I understand cloud-to-cloud lightning rarely shows up on the radar due to it producing a weaker signal? any truth to that?

[static ruin]

Not sure, never paid attention to that type of thing

Wouldn't be surprised, I do see often you'll hear thunder without it showing up on a lightning tracker, so could be related to that

But if storm is active with CG's, you usually see the area light up on the same map

[fiery island]

I live up on a hill which means I get great views of the surrounding area - though it also makes me a prime target to cop a bolt too. Tend to pack it up when I smell ozone.

[static ruin]

Usually a good idea, great for more distant lightning

My struggle is just geography, it's an awful area in general for storm photos and chasing here

Mountains only has single east to west road for large distance, city areas for obvious reasons is also a struggle

[fiery island]

Distant lightning is really difficult to photograph because you need a fast lens to do it, and usually a long one so your lens selection is pretty much limited to primes to fight against flare from city lights - zooms aren't much good at handling flare due to their optical complexity.

That above shot was taken with a 90mm f/2.8 lens.

[static ruin]

Don't need a fast lens at all, but yeah telephoto can be nice

Ah nevermind just read your comment properly. Depends on the zoom I suppose, mine don't really have issue with flaring

[fiery island]

When you're shooting against ambient light pollution the lightning bolt exists for such a brief time, a slow lens is going to let less of that light in. You can compensate with a higher ISO but that involves compromises.

The closer the storm gets the more you can afford to stop your lens down, though at long distances i've used f/1.2 lenses wide open to capture lightning.

[static ruin]

I know how it works, also done plenty of lightning photography

It's either then or daytime I open lens more otherwise you just lose contrast, but still never struggled at f4

[fiery island]

have you ever used ligtning triggers? I've heard good things about MIOPS triggers.

[static ruin]

I want to buy one someday, just keep putting it off

miops I've heard mixed stories, some love it, some say it has more issues at daytime, which is when I'd use it most. But whether that's the occasional bolt, or it consistently misses, idk

[fiery island]

I think it's just highly situational.

[static ruin]

https://lightningtrigger.com/ is a 90's type site lol, heard lots of praise on this trigger, but it's also $$$$

Espeically now with the AUD being absolute rubbish

[fiery island]

Nearly all the lighting shots in their gallery have the lightning positioned against a dark sky.

[static ruin]

Love boms forecast for tomorrow, "The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening, possibly severe in the west".. I understand they're typically cautious, but god damn, feel it's a bit more than "possibly severe" tomorrow

[static ruin]

Not bothered looking at the gallery, my comment was just based on word of mouth, but I've not looked too deeply into all of them

[fiery island]

are you expecting Armageddon?

[static ruin]

No

But it's by far the most significant forecast I've seen in many years, seen them occasionally mention specific threats, though understandably is rare

[fiery island]

well I hope you get something from it...and not just getting drenched.

[static ruin]

Had a day last year where they mentioned giant hail, though in the end the cap never broke and just mostly had blue skies lol

Guessing based on your photos, you're down somewhere more southern nsw or something? looks like beautiful landscape for those photos

[fiery island]

I'm on the south coast of South Australia.

[static ruin]

Oh fair, nevermind then. Somewhat reminded me of our highlands when I've driven down there

[fiery island]

Distant lightning @ f/1.2 😂

[static ruin]

lol

[fiery island]

I just took the shot to see if I could pull it off.

[static ruin]

Done a few of those, last distant lightning shots weren't by choice. Was sitting on storm, issue is it was travelling at some ridiculous speed (I was barely keeping pace on highway), wanted coastal photos. Basically just picked a random spot, turned out it was entirely being redone, and all access blocked

By the time I reposition, was well off the coast

Still curious for tomorrow, surprisingly second wave may be possible, should be at night if it does happen

[neon notch]

Made it

Thinking I’ll do a piano

A pano

I hate auto correct

[static ruin]

Looks like a great sunset spot

[steep idol]

not much good location, or time limit becasue yknow family vacations. i guess not much luck (and missing money for ND filter)

esp going to darwin is gonna be much more difficult

[neon notch]

Goat music stand setup

[steep idol]

and ig im more of. waterfall guy

[steep idol]

for the luv of god sandbagggg

[static ruin]

I just died on the inside looking at that

[neon notch]

Was gonna buy a tripod today but they were sold out of the one I wanted

It works

Almost

Not really

[sudden karma]

what's the budget looking like

I got a cheap knf one and it's fine tbh

Just unstable at max height and with no much weight on it

Understandable at the price point tho tbb

[frozen lantern]

I have the Manfrotto Element it’s got twist legs I don’t like that but the thing is reliable

[sudden karma]

I don't like the twist legs on my knf one either

[static ruin]

I've just always preferred the better mechanical feedback of levers, but is of course personal preference

And just fine adjustments twist seems awkward

[frozen lantern]

1dx mark ii with 3 batteries and a 500 f/4.5 for 1700 on marketplace?

Lens has seen some usage but what do you expect

[sudden karma]

Steal

Honestly a scam tho

The 1dx2 itself goes for not far off that and a prime tele and 3 batteries are worth quite a bit

We're getting there

[frozen lantern]

Yeah probably

[steep idol]

holy damme

[sudden karma]

I went to the ao, don't be surprised

[patent pecan]

Happy hump day, Aussies

[static ruin]

Is very happy, am off today.. Trying to decide where I shall go

[frozen lantern]

I’ll ask my parents about checking out this ad on marketplace for the 1dx mark ii and 500 4.5 they want 1700 but the ad has been up for 22 weeks I could offer 1000-1250

[kindred rivet]

How was the AO lex?

[patent pecan]

Did you decide?

[static ruin]

No, it's a pain, it's times like these I hate our geography lol

Only good thing is it'll likely be widespread enough to probably get something good, just don't want to screw myself over for big line of storms later

[patent pecan]

Fair enough

[static ruin]

Bom did finally note large hail potential, so there's that atleast

[patent pecan]

I'm hoping we get storms here soon. Its fucking gross

[static ruin]

Probably get something tonight, it's a pretty big weather system

[patent pecan]

Also, everytime I look in #🍸・fancy-lounge and see the 3d printing nerds talk, I realise how much I take aussie lounge weather talk for granted

[static ruin]

lol

We atleast get cool photo potential out of it

[patent pecan]

We got some lighting the other night, was tempted to try and get something but nothing viewable underneath the clouds unfortunately

Just to make Puther proud

[static ruin]

But yeah same system, just probably won't be as significant way up north, lightning for 5pm (timing can and will vary), so yeah you'll probably see something

[patent pecan]

byoooty

[coral crescent]

Alice as empty as always

can't wait to get back

[static ruin]

What time do you fly out?

[patent pecan]

And hot as hell at the moment

[static ruin]

So the norm

Cold change going to knock us back down to the low 20's when it hits

[frozen lantern]

@sudden karma I found an email from maccas in my spam folder I didn’t get hired

[sudden karma]

We went on the media day, cause it was the only day I could go to. The end of the day was great cause it was 2 games, but the rest of the day was just them practising

[sudden karma]

:(

musnt need people then

don't loose your hopes lol, can always apply again later/ work somewhere else

[kindred rivet]

that would have been cool, you have any photo's you can share currently?

[sudden karma]

Id have to pull up my laptop but yeah

I tried experimenting with what they let me bring in, my tele is illegal apprently

So I had to use the 18-45

[kindred rivet]

telephoto is illegal? what cabbage where they smoking?

[sudden karma]

Anything above 200mm is considered professional

I use a 70-300

[kindred rivet]

so they wouldnt let you bring in your 70-300 since you would be professional???

[sudden karma]

since its above 200mm yes

its competition and professionals hate it

these are the kind of images i was limited to

digital zoom 4x

[kindred rivet]

damn

also lex i took some advice

[sudden karma]

bit unfortunate but theyre still decent photos and good experience shooting something other then cars

[kindred rivet]

i bought my 1st camera

[sudden karma]

have you taken on any advice other than the camera

cause dude i love the enthusiam for taking motorsport photos but shit takes time. Rome wasnt built in a day afterall

[kindred rivet]

yeah

i have a FZ80D which has very good zoom

the camera should just come in time for a local race

[steep idol]

can you bring teleconverter?

[kindred rivet]

so ill be running around the crowd w my camera

[steep idol]

when the 60Mp camera makes sense for once

[sudden karma]

wouldve been nice to have more mp there yeah haha

[sudden karma]

interesting choice

did you get it new

[kindred rivet]

yep

570 on amazon

[steep idol]

i mean you already have a 24Mp canon APS-C so 1.6X crop instead of the usual 1.5X

[kindred rivet]

then i got my lowepro camera bag from Ted's

[sudden karma]

you coudlve done alot better ill be honest

[kindred rivet]

we will see in 2 weeks

[sudden karma]

yup so it was a 5.6x zoom from 45mm

lol

[kindred rivet]

i have a weekend coming up of racing and ill be running around w that

[sudden karma]

252mm equiv

i hope you get alot more batteries

[steep idol]

can you not bring a teleconverter? might make image softe but like range?

[sudden karma]

i dont own one

i wasnt expecting them to be so bitchy about focal length

[steep idol]

sigh, R7 33Mp would come in here useful eh?

[sudden karma]

ill be honest youd prolly have been better off with an 80d and a 100-400 or some other tele

[sudden karma]

yup

[steep idol]

that suckkkkssss

[sudden karma]

r50 would be a great choice if you save a bit more and sell the panasonic bridge cam

having this is so useful

[steep idol]

HEY! i have those too (cries in DFD)

[sudden karma]

plus its like half the weight 💀

but hey the ergo is way better

[steep idol]

2Kg Barely even telephoto setup 💀

[sudden karma]

with my tele my setup is just over 1kg

like 1.05kg

[steep idol]

No

my grip is better

[steep idol]

thats lite

[sudden karma]

your camera is also like quintuple the price of mine lmao

[steep idol]

how much did you pay for your R50

[sudden karma]

1k

[steep idol]

i paid the same

[sudden karma]

ok damn

i still like my r50

[steep idol]

at least is pocketable

[sudden karma]

atleast you can switch to canon soon

given you have the lenses

l mount is an l

[steep idol]

NO

[sudden karma]

you should tho

why not

an r6mk2 is just better

[steep idol]

yes but, 96Mp multishot

also has XQD slot

and round eyecup

AND THICC GRIPPE

[frozen lantern]

That’s rather odd

Time to scour marketplace again to try find a second body!

Used gear market here is so weird

[static ruin]

I think this is the first time I've seen storms stretching the entirety north south in NSW, some regions of the squall been getting >100km/hr winds

[static ruin]

Is about as weak as they come and insignificant, my first funnel cloud nonetheless. Storm became supercell for a very short time

[fiery island]

Well that cool change was a thing.. morning view on the South Australian coast.

[static ruin]

Very nice

[coral crescent]

yep

such a pain

[sudden karma]

Agreed, I want used lenses but they're expensive compared to the US

I just want a cheap lens lol

Are you guys getting second hands lenses off FB mp

[neon notch]

Oh boy the music stand is in for a beating

[vivid verge]

Sydney storm very cool

Awesome addition to the conversation youre welcome guys

[sudden karma]

Thanks natu

Couldn't do it without you

[neon notch]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE MOST INSANSE STORM OVE EVER SEEN

WILL SEND VIDEOS AFTER

It is CONSTANT lightning

That’s me shooting out towards the worst of the storm to show the lights how that’s going on

[sudden karma]

woahh

[neon notch]

Holy storm, it’s calming down now but that was probably the best storm I’ve seen in my storm watching career (it’s been like 1 year, will post pics and other stuff when I get home)

[static ruin]

1 year doesn't matter, the weather system as a whole is probably once in a decade type stuff

brief funnel cloud, insane shelf cloud, had some beautiful storms today

[neon notch]

The shelf cloud was so beautiful

Also I thought I saw a tornado and then I realised it was the steam from the steel factory, it was only visible with lightning strikes and it honestly looks like a funnel

[static ruin]

Seen one video of what looks to be a tornado in Sydney, just waiting for more context to confirm if it actually was. Wouldn't be shocked, conditions definitely allowed it

Was shortly before I had to bail. gone back on radar and confirmed it did have likely large hail (~4cm), so definitely made the right call running to the car early lol

[steep idol]

Lounge but australian ❌
Storm Lounge but Australian ✅

[static ruin]

It's photography related, I produced photo

[steep idol]

imma meme it to death

[static ruin]

Understandable

Taken most of it to DM's anyway, so after this probably won't hear as much

[frozen lantern]

Lounge but Australian aka The Storm Lounge

[neon notch]

They need to make a new group for storm chasing stuff

I’m literally like a feverish gambler I can’t leave, I’m just sitting here waiting for just one more

[frozen lantern]

There already is one it’s here https://discord.com/channels/728905379274162177/1118672425165533295

[neon notch]

Oh

It didn’t load

[frozen lantern]

The Aussie lounge it’s basically a storm chasing hub

[neon notch]

not funny didn’t laugh

[frozen lantern]

Look online there’s probably servers for storm chasing

[neon notch]

yeah but the vibes aren’t the same ya know

[frozen lantern]

If there’s a storm chasing server with a channel specifically for Australians would that work for you?

[steep idol]

should i just make a storm chasong lounge then?

[static ruin]

We've taken most to DM's, so it'll ease up

[steep idol]

im ready to hit enter

[neon notch]

Nah it has to be a photography server with a sub channel that’s for Australians, with a second sub channel inside the sub channel for storm stuff in Australia

[static ruin]

There's probably weather communities, but otherwise just keep it to dm, is understandably annoying to those who care less lol

[steep idol]

i think i should just hit enter should i? other ppl might be able to join in?

[static ruin]

Nah, don't think anyone else is that active with it

[steep idol]

hmmm i guess i hould do a test (Without the pings)

WCPGW?

[neon notch]

My camera is soaked, will send photos to make up for clogging up the channel with storm talk so I don’t get banned lol

[static ruin]

Just send them in free for all or something, can tag me if you want

[neon notch]

Yeah probably

[steep idol]

alrite i created it

im probably gonna get kicked for spamming the forums

[dull copper]

photo I got of the storm that hit my city

[vivid verge]

Holy fuck

[frozen lantern]

Fucking mental

That’s a good storm all the lightning punching out over all that red and pink and purple is gorgeous

[sweet egret]

@static ruin GOT ANY PHOTOS FROM LAST NIGHT???

[static ruin]

Some, not sorted through most yet

[sweet egret]

almost crashed my car driving it back home lol

the wind and rain was insane

[static ruin]

I had a small aquaplane while out, conditions definitely weren't great lol

[sweet egret]

yeah scary stuff

[patent pecan]

Where'd this cherzerd man come from

[static ruin]

He's been around for a long time, just less active now

[patent pecan]

i thought so, hi danky

probably gone by now for another 6mnth

[static ruin]

Usually when he comes back it also comes with some level of gas, so curious what the soon to be purchase is

[neon notch]

i didnt get anything spectacular, a couple nice bolts, havent edited anything yet and frankly not bothered rn might to it tmr

and my lens was covered with rain so half of the shots i did get are fairly shit, but idm, i think i enjoyed the storm more than trying to photograph it

im going back to binge watching all of top gear and now the grand tour

[sweet egret]

I was looking at hasselblads recently haha

but! I have been very good and working 7 days hustling

downside not shooting haha

[static ruin]

I rest my case

[patent pecan]

Blimey

[kindred rivet]

my camera bag shipped POGGIES

[sudden karma]

Oh wow

[sudden karma]

@vivid verge @frozen lantern they just announced the US air force f22 raptor display team for Avalon

ok I'm 10 hours too late but idgaf

[frozen lantern]

Yeah I don’t think I’ll get around to Avalon unfortunately

I’ll have some other commitments during that week

[sudden karma]

Ill take some photos for you dw

[frozen lantern]

I’ll be coming off recruit training with the SES along with school I also don’t have the funds to go

[vivid verge]

F22 team announced it months agao

[frozen lantern]

Sure I’d like to go down for Avalon but it’s not bloody likely

[frozen lantern]

Happy Friday

[sudden karma]

Holy fuck it's friday

[vivid verge]

Yay Friday

I go to cairns today

[frozen lantern]

Man that sucks

Cairns is terrible

[vivid verge]

Says the guy who goes to Townsville 😭🙏

Can’t even holiday no more without fellas talking shit

[frozen lantern]

I don’t I haven’t been there in a decade

[vivid verge]

Have you been to cairns in the last decade?

[frozen lantern]

If you’re bringing your camera I’ll share some spots

[frozen lantern]

Yes, I’m there right now

Going out to the fights?

I’m a bit more moody at the moment a family member of mine has passed away recently so I’m dealing with all that

[vivid verge]

Rip

Hope you’re all right

[vivid verge]

To the what?

[frozen lantern]

Muay Thai tomorrow in Mareeba

It’ll be pretty good

I should be able to get ringside with my camera because I know one of the fighters and their coach

[patent pecan]

HAPPY FUCKIN FRIDAYY

[patent pecan]

damn bro whats wrong with Townsville

[static ruin]

Where do we start

(I don't actually know all that much about it)

[vivid verge]

Oh cool

Im going to tinaroo tomorrow I think and doing some wakeboarding so won’t be able to

[frozen lantern]

Tinna is pretty good

[vivid verge]

Might go to Mareeba to the aviation museum tho later on in the week

[frozen lantern]

Is that near the airport?

[sudden karma]

Alot

[vivid verge]

Crime!

FNQ got a tough issue with that

Get Bob Katter on it

[frozen lantern]

There is so much youth crime in FNQ

[frozen lantern]

If he had his way there wouldn’t be many criminals left up here

[static ruin]

Is actually about the only thing I hear about

[patent pecan]

Bob Katter is too worried about the crocodiles

[patent pecan]

watch out for the duck lice !

But forreal, perfect time for tinaroo. Probably raining but at least its not hot as fuck

[frozen lantern]

It’s overcast but not raining down here not sure how it is up on the tablelands

[patent pecan]

I'll be in Mareeba at the end of May

[frozen lantern]

I’m headed up there tomorrow

[patent pecan]

I love the drive up there

[frozen lantern]

I’m headed up for the Muay Thai fights but while I’m up there might stop at the airport and do my TIF

And they’re booked out so there goes that idea

[patent pecan]

Sounds like something you'd have to book out weeks/months in advance

[vivid verge]

should be good

[frozen lantern]

It’ll be good to get out on the lake it’s fucking hot

Cold drinks and aircon all day everyday

[sudden karma]

wow what a cool photo

[sudden karma]

@nova pier Australian sighted

[sudden karma]

Heading out to a national park today, hopefully there's some waterfalls I can get long exposures of

Haven't really don't landscape photography seriously before, so it's kinda a good way to experiment before my next holiday

[patent pecan]

Dont forget your ND if that’s the case. I usually do

[sudden karma]

I only have the ND for the wide angle kit lens lol
Made the mistake of buying just that size, and it's 49mm 🫠

Should be alright thi

Worst case I use the sunnies as an ND

[patent pecan]

Are the waterfalls only from viewpoints? Can’t you get close?

[patent pecan]

You’ll just end up bumping the camera and make it blurry

[sudden karma]

I'm not sure, I've never been here

[patent pecan]

The 49mm might do you well. I usually just take my 24-70

[sudden karma]

I did it the other day with 1/10 to counteract that, and bar the actual optics looking shit, it didn't turn out too bad

It's a 18-45

Nice little focal range icl

[patent pecan]

Well there ya go. You’re apsc as well aren’t you?

[sudden karma]

Can always crop in

Yup

So close enough to a 24-70

[patent pecan]

Did ya take ya tripod too? I always have to remind my mate for some reason

[sudden karma]

This is a good time for me to practise this sort of stuff cause I've never done it, so should be interesting to see what I can get

Yup OFC I'm bringing my tripod

My whole kit only weighs like 3kg lmao

[patent pecan]

He ended up buying a gorillapod actually and leaving it in his back pack with works really well

[patent pecan]

Jealous. If I take my a7rv, 24-70, 70-180, tripod and water and whatever else have you it’s heavy as fuck

[sudden karma]

I brought most of my kit with me on this trip lol, up to colour filters for the kit lens