by Catriona Mills

Strange Conversations: Part Fifty-Four

Posted 15 October 2008 in by Catriona

A storm-inspired strange conversation:

ME: I’d like to take some pictures of the lightning, but even on continuous shooting, I don’t have any warning. If the thunder only came first, that would be convenient.
NICK: Yes. But then the laws of physics would have to change.
ME: True.
NICK: And then your camera wouldn’t work, because it reacts to light.
ME: And also, I would probably explode.
NICK: Indeed. If, in fact, you’re able to plode in the first place.

No, I don’t know what he meant, either. But it made me laugh.

Share your thoughts [2]

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Sam wrote at Oct 15, 11:49 am

You could always build a time machine, write down the exact moment of the strike, travel back in time and be ready for it.

Otherwise just make sure it is really dark before you try taking photos of lightning. I’ve done it, but it wasn’t dark enough and everyone just assumes that it was the sun shining from behind a cloud.

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Catriona wrote at Oct 15, 12:24 pm

I suspect the whole time-machine notion, while brilliant, is beyond my my meagre talents.

I’ll add it to my list of things to do when I get to travel in the TARDIS.

I’d have to know a great deal more about my camera before I could photograph lightning, though. At the moment, the camera’s freaking out at the idea: the sudden changes in light mean it’s frantically trying to change the ISO settings in a split second, and it can’t cope.

I may either need a less sophisticated camera or a much more sophisticated one.

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