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I wanted another thunderstorm to shoot this week and I finally got it. The resulting video is some of the coolest I've ever shot. Watch the rain roll in.

June 12, 2008

Canon HV20

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thunderstorm 169
storm 835
weather 660
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hv20 6498
wind 807
time lapse 5012

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Monica Alvarez
3 months ago
Bill
4 months ago
broers philippe
4 months ago
Tommy Cutter
4 months ago
BoViD
4 months ago
Be Well ;-)
4 months ago
Pierre
4 months ago
Carli Harris
4 months ago
Peter B.
4 months ago

Arnold Kopff 4 months ago

Hi Chris -- that certainly is some fearsome weather.

The cloud and rain sequence that starts around 0:13 is marvelous. As Benjamin Franklin says: "Don't take your kite out in weather like this".
Chris 4 months ago

Very true though it isn't all that scary when it happens on an almost daily basis here. Thanks!
Martijn Doornenbal 4 months ago

Awesome, I like the waterstreams at 00:45, is that realtime?
Chris 4 months ago

Thanks but no, the water streams are sped up.
Martijn Doornenbal 4 months ago

Ah, very cool shot, a lot of water is coming down...
Chris 4 months ago

It rained... a lot!
Peter B. 4 months ago

Great video! Another question: the waterdrops at 0:33: how did you shoot this, a special high shutterspeed?
Chris 4 months ago

Thanks! For the water drops, I just set the camera on the ground, zoomed way in and manually adjusted the focus to where the drops were falling. The camera was in shutter mode set to 500.
Peter B. 4 months ago

Thanks, I'm thinking of buying a HV30, which would also be capable of similar videos as the HV20.
Chris 4 months ago

Yeah, this is definitely an amazing camera.
Paul 4 months ago

Good stuff! Those clouds are ominous. I love the video of the rain drops, close up.
Chris 4 months ago

Thanks. That's my favorite too.
Pierre 4 months ago

What a nice weather catch. Lovely mix of time lapse and real time close ups. You must keep up your nose in the air all day long. Do you sell umbrellas overthere?
Chris 4 months ago

I should sell umbrellas. But no I just felt like making videos this week and weather is a beautiful, constantly changing subject that everyone can appreciate.
Pierre 4 months ago

I do hate rain man, rainman :)
Chris 4 months ago

Aw, what's to hate about rain? Rain is great!
Quiquín 4 months ago

In Spain we say Guau! Que paciencia! Realmente chulo!

Cool! I think you have another microphone for sound isn't it?
Chris 4 months ago

Can you translate? Sadly, I do not know Spanish. But they do sound like compliments, so thank you. And no, that's actually the built-in mic on the camera. Not much editing beyond level adjustments either.
Quiquín 4 months ago

Sorry... my english is a little bit poor.
I think is: Wow! Your very patient! really cool!
I think the next I will buy is a mic thought the sound is very clear in your video.
I hope you are in a protect place.
Chris 4 months ago

I see. Yes, it does require a lot of patience. Especially the cloud time lapse videos I've done. I try to shoot what I can from the foyer outside my apartment — but I still have to wipe off the lens a lot.
Quiquín 4 months ago

Thanks a lot for reply. I hope to post early a video and I hope to stay at level.(I don't konw if my english is totaly correct, but I think you are being patient with me...as with the clouds, hahahaha!)
Good Shots!
Chris 4 months ago

No problem. I think I understand what you're trying to say. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
MarkB 4 months ago

Fantastic! Some really nice sequences there.
Chris 4 months ago

Thanks! I thought it came out all right.
Tom Kvichak 4 months ago

Good video Chris. Looks like this year will be a lot better than last year for capturing the rain and clouds. You get more severe stuff in the Cape than in Bonita!

Keep up the good work!
Chris 4 months ago

No kidding, especially this afternoon. Tornado and everything. Too bad I couldn't catch that on camera. Thanks for the compliments!
Tom Kvichak 4 months ago

I saw that on the news this evening, pretty scary! Was in FMB this afternoon watching the clouds building up wishing I brought my camera.
Chris 4 months ago

Yeah luckily that was all on the other end of the Cape from me. So... were you watching FOX 4 News? ;)
Tom Kvichak 4 months ago

No, actually WINK ;-
Chris 4 months ago

Well, that's okay too. My fiancee is a producer there.
Tomasz M 4 months ago

very nice video mor please
Chris 4 months ago

If the mood strikes again, I'll surely make some more. But I need to find a new location or at least think of some new shots.
Bill 4 months ago

Stunning shots
Chris 4 months ago

Thanks.
Monica Alvarez 3 months ago

Very good shots Chris, I love timelapse too, did you use a dispositive for it or you made it hand shot by shot? The streams are interesting sensation.
Chris 3 months ago

Thanks, Monica. I'm not sure what you're asking but the time lapse shots were simply made by speeding up about five minutes worth of video.

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