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Soo, lucky girl here has just got her first DSLR for my Birthday on Friday!! After testing them out in the shop I went for the Canon 600D with the basic kit lens (18-55mm IS) I've drawn up a little wish list of lenses which I would like... 50mm 1.4 and 75-300mm for a start. I'd love a Macro too but I think that one might have to wait until next year as they're super expensive so I'll wait, save and by then I should be confident with my baby.
I need a little help on what else I'll need. Has anyone got any good suggestions of things I could get? I've been looking at tripods but I have no idea what to get. I'm only a shorty 5"1. Will this make a difference when looking for them? Do I need lens hoods? Filters? I don't want to buy a ton of stuff that I wont really need.
Any help/answers greatly appreciated x
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I saw something similar. Rubbish pic but the best I could do as the lightning lit up the skyOkay i managed to edit this one to make it slightly clearer
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brilliant storm last night! I was going to bed around 12 and as soon as I shut my eyes the room lit up from distant lightning. So there was no chance I was going back to bed. It was mostly distant lightning, pretty and calm and then came the squall sometime between 2 and 3am. It was pretty intense! I was sitting in my window and it went from lovely calm to hell unleashed in an instant. I actually crapped it for a second as the wind was so strong it was difficult to shut the window and I was trying not to get blown out or fall out. The squall was fab, sideways monsoon rain, very windy, 1cm hail, thunder and lightning. It lasted a good few mins too. My 2year old sat watching from the bed and she was most concerned about my camera getting wet, never mind Mummy blowing away LOL! Next door lost some washing as I expect many people did last night. Im absolutely shattered today after a couple of hours sleep but it was well worth it.
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Morning all!
So far we've had a couple of rumbles and a 60 second downpour of ginormous raindrops but thats it. The clouds in the sky are absolutely beautiful today though. I think I will be spending the morning gazing out of the window.
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Here are some pics I got of the lightning on 23rd July. My first pics of lightning ever. While they're not amazing I love them
I'd gone to bed early on Monday around 9pm to fit some sleep in just incase I would be sitting up storm watching later. I was woken up around 2am by Rain Alarm which I'd set to full volume just incase. Good Ol' Rain Alarm!! There was frequent lightning to my left which was mostly obscured by houses but then we had lighning coming from the left, right and directly infront so I managed to get a couple of shots. There were some lovely loud cracks and deep booms of thunder and torrential rain but no wind or hail. It went on for 2 hours and I sat watching on my own, in my window with a packet of Rich Teas bliss!!Took these with my iphone. I took loads but these are the best of the bunch
and these were a few screenshots of the vid I did. It was through a very rainy window so I'm suprised you could see much at all. I'm ordering a tripod so my camera can look through the gap in the window for next time!! and maybe a new camera shhh
It took me 30 years to get a picture of lightning. Hopefully now I can look back in 5 years time and I'll have improved massively, moved to a house with a better window & better view, have a brilliant kit and I'll have some beautiful shots worthy of framing.
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I got some pics last night which I'll put on tomorrowhttp://forum.netweather.tv/topic/77345-storm-reports-23rd-july-2013/
As some places have had some INCREDIBLE storms, please use the thread above to tell your "story"... Pics/Vids would be great!
Only four people have replied so far
my first lightning pics ever!
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I'd like to be roasting, sod the breeze lolYou might end up being thankful, for a sea breeze, Tilly?
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I keep seeing words like heatwave, hot, bbqs.. Temp forecast for here is 17c! why?
this year this corner has been crap for very type of weather other than grey, cold, cloudy and misrerable. What's going on? -
Is it looking like game on for kent? It's lovely right now, sitting in the garden having cocktails. Obviously I'm not going to have too many otherwise I shall be comatosed by the time the storms fire up and il miss it all
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Oh you know me, same old same old.......
More water?
nooo for the Catatumbo Lightning
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Morning Tilly!
I think the next 24 hours will be full of weather talk, I'm just not sure if it will be upbeat or not for everyone
Its going to be amazing. If not Im moving somewhere else, maybe Lake Maracaibo...less letdowns
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morning all! I hope everyone is good
Im here for the storms
looking like its going to be a nice warm day today I've managed to actually put something summery on. Just need that cloud to bugger off now and it will be lovely. I hope our litle spot in Kent gets some nice beefy storms over the next 48hrs, we've done so crap with everything else (snow, warm days) its about time we got something to talk about -
its starting to lay here on the paths/roads...better than the last 5 snow events already lol. We really missed out here this winter.
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snowing here in sunny ol Fav... some huge flakes in there
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morning all,
its been snowing lightly here this morning on and off. Im so over Winter now
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morning all! Very surprised to see snow falling out there, I didnt think it wwould come this far.
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that wind is so strong, the lights are flickering. Worse than yesterday I think
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Morning peeps, total bust here
Good to see people getting loads though. Stay safe and enjoy x
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It's been snowing nicely here for ages but its all blowing away lol! Somewhere close by there must be a ginormous mountain of snow piling up!
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no laying snow here just evil evil wind!
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morning all
There are a few big flakes blowing about in the wind but nothing settled anywhere at all. Ive been out there though and boy is that windy and cold! I hope everyone has a great day, snow or no snow
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Snowing....... Yey........ Inch upon inch.....
In norwich
Will!!
I stopped breathing for a second and thought omg get my coat, look outside... Then read the rest! Lol
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Ive had horse meat in france.... Not great but outside daily mail world, not bad....... Only real problem really is horse labelled as beef..... At tesco but dont but their ready meals.......burgers are done..... Relish or ketchup anyone? Yum.....
Nooo If only I had checked here an hour ago! I could've been round in 10'seconds. Dinner sounded yum!
Met I app has snow for us tonight/tomorrow/sat and Sunday... Hmm wonder if il be needing carrots, hats and scarves?
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good morning everyone
firstly much love to JP xx I'm really sorry to hear about your Dad. Its truly devestating to lose anyone close to you, especially a parent. I lost my Mum 4 years ago, she died pretty suddenly after 6 weeks of illness and she was only 45. I've felt totally lost without her ever since. Over time the good and happy memories overtake the raw ones you feel at the time of their parting as others have said. There will always be that hole in your heart though. Take great comfort in the fact that you were there with him right til the end. He would've known that and it would've been such a comfort to him too. Take care of yourself JP xx
Big congrats to Leemondo on the birth of baby Noah <3 I hope Mum is doing well and wish her a speedy recovery. Enjoy your little man
xAnd wishing Lollypops Mum is better very soon xx
Lets hope we have some snowy weather soon to cheer us up & keep us occupied
I'd gone to bed early on Monday around 9pm to fit some sleep in just incase I would be sitting up storm watching later. I was woken up around 2am by Rain Alarm which I'd set to full volume just incase. Good Ol' Rain Alarm!! There was frequent lightning to my left which was mostly obscured by houses but then we had lighning coming from the left, right and directly infront so I managed to get a couple of shots. There were some lovely loud cracks and deep booms of thunder and torrential rain but no wind or hail. It went on for 2 hours and I sat watching on my own, in my window with a packet of Rich Teas 
my first lightning pics ever!
this year this corner has been crap for very type of weather other than grey, cold, cloudy and misrerable. What's going on?
DSLR help please...what do I need?
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Thank you Coast!
Bag! Good thinking
I'll have a look for one in a sec and for all the other bits you suggested. I found a remote for cheap and I'll have a looksee for the lenses. I'm ridiculously excited to set it up and go out with it. Im not allowed it until Friday though *sobs* Your local Camera Shop looks fab, it is rather a bit of a trek for me though lol.
I've just been looking at the 75-300mm lenses and now I'm confused as there seem to be different types? :/ and just to make things even more confuzzling there is a 55-250mm IS lens which upon reading people say its a way better lens than the 75-300? What do you think about that? sorry I feel like such a pain!