• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

High Voltage Megawatt Gallery

 
I don't do many lightning shots cause my camera isn't the best for it (digital..if I don't get it just right, I get noise). Here's a few of my shots:

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Not too great in my opinion. I need a better camera for lightning shots and a better forground in the picture, such as an Arizonan mesa or something ;-)
 
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Hi Melissa,

Those are some great shots! :D I used to shoot with a pretty noisy digital camera (Sony F707), and I know how the noise can be frustrating. Have you ever tried a noise reduction program like Noise Ninja or Neat Image? I have used both of these extensively, and they do a great job at reducing noise. I believe Neat Image has a free version with reduced functionality. It is more than sufficient for web postings.

Try them out. You won't be dissappointed.

James
 
Jeff - a BAT?! That looks more like a small hawk! :) That's a heck of a feat to get a bat in your picture, the way they fly. How cool!

Melissa...welcome to Club Voltage :)
 
You guys have a cool club ... all the nice shots in here made me want to get out of bed this morning just before sunrise to catch a squall line coming through:

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Sorry to cross-post from reports, but since this was a storm I just chased today I wasn't sure how to post it ... there's a couple more in the other thread: http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6700

Hopefully we'll get some more opportunity before the year is out -
 
 
...and Thor's hammer comes down!!! :o :D

FANTASTIC WORK YOU GUYS!

Aaron - that is one sweet shot - unbelievable!!!
I would be tempted to take an 8x loupe to the image and scan the ground for weakly luminous upward streamers. Look at how close that lightning is to the ground. You'd think the stepped leader that generated right before that beastie would have a pull on something - blade of grass, anything.

Nice work! But do be careful y'all! They're so gorgeous but we're still dealing with serious megavoltage....

I bet the thunder on that was earth-shaking :) :shock: !

Aaron - I think you should submit that to Oklahoma Magazine!
 
Aaron... J.R.... wow :shock: Amazing captures (as you don't really shoot lightning, it shoots itself).

Glad you guys are still with us! :D
 
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