Sydney’s wild weather
After a scorching weekend, you pretty much had to expect a good ol’ electrical storm in Sydney, and last night it hit in spectacular style. From the early evening we could see it drifting in from the south-west, from the excellent vantage point of our second storey windows.
By about 10pm it (‘they’ is probably more applicable since there were several waves of storm fronts) was closing in and we had front row seats! It was the perfect opportunity to try out my new shutter-lock remote control for our camera (it’s an easy DIY project) and take some great photos of lightning.
I’ve wanted to do this for ages, since we have such a great view of the area to the west of our building and we often see some nice storm action. The only downside are the flood lights which light up the Police compound next door to us, they shine almost straight towards us and make bulb shots—and sleeping—quite tricky!
Unfortunately the photography had to stop just as the storm was getting on top of us, since I had an early flight to catch this morning. But the storm had other plans. Just as I put the camera away we experienced two of the loudest thunder claps I have ever heard, the lightning must have struck very close…maybe even our building.
Today the wild weather continued and on my return flight back into Sydney, there was some beautiful scenery above the clouds.
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Patrick Kennedy is a user experience strategist and design researcher based in Sydney Australia. He leads research activities that improve the user experience of cross-channel products and services; helping both designers and business decision makers in bringing those products and services to fruition. Read more.
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