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Lightning again

Postby elffinarts on Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:32 pm

and old shot - nearly a month back that I forgot to share with all.
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File Size: 229 KB
Date added: Jan 04, 2006
Dimensions: 1200 x 750 pixels
Displayed: 18 times
Color Space: sRGB
Date Time: 2006:01:05 00:27:48
DateTime Original: 2006:01:03 22:43:07
DateTime digitized: 2006:01:03 22:43:07
Exif Offset: 216
Exposure Bias: -1.3333333333333 EV
Exposure Mode: 1
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Time: 300/10 sec
FNumber: f 10
Flash: No Flash
Focal length: 44 mm
ISO: 200
Max Aperture: f 4.3
Metering Mode: Spot
Model: NIKON D70
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Postby rokkstar on Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:54 pm

WOW!!

What a terrific capture. The panoramic format works tremendously well.
Excellent picture.
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Postby elffinarts on Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:02 pm

thanks Matt.
I should upload the rest of this series, it was such an active storm that I still have to go through some hundred or so images with lightning in them to choose which others I like enough to upload. I had lightning in all but about 5 shots out of 170 30second captures!
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Postby mudder on Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:03 pm

Woah, that looks great with the city skyline. I admire you guys that go out in storms to get these, I just whoos out and check out the great shots you guys post :)
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Postby stubbsy on Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:03 pm

Mark

A great shot that one. Glad you finally remembered us :wink:
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Postby elffinarts on Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:15 pm

stubbsy wrote:Mark

A great shot that one. Glad you finally remembered us :wink:


Hiya mate, I've been lurking but just not as active as I wish time would allow. I'm hoping that this year I will get more studio time to the opint of going full time and still get to chase storms. ..... and upload *laughs*
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Postby jethro on Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:49 pm

Thats a fine image
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Postby marcotrov on Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:52 pm

A very effective and impressive pano Mark
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Postby avkomp on Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:09 pm

another excellent lightning shot.

the pano format of this works well also

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Postby brembo on Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:39 pm

Outstanding, very impressive!
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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:39 pm

Dude!

Mark you nailed this, and had I taken it, I'd have been racing to wack it on the site, coz its a pearler and I'd be damn proud of it in my collection. Glad you remember it, and shared it with us! Hope you get some more time to chase more storms and goths!
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Postby PiroStitch on Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:48 pm

That's a top notch photo mate. Really should print that up and see if you can sell prints of it.

Love how you've managed to capture the other fainter strike in the middle of the photo.
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Postby leek on Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:07 pm

Lovely shot, but it's a little bit noisy (but maybe it's the JPG)... If not you could try running it through Noiseware or one of the other reduction tools...
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Postby greencardigan on Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:14 am

Superb!!

Good to see the lightning being used to enhance an already nice scene.
Not just the lightning on it's own.

Good stuff. Would love to see some more.

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Postby SteveGriffin on Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:15 pm

Nice shot. I gahter that Energex's lightning detectors recorded 17,000 strike in an hour that night. Glad I was about 2000 miles away :shock:
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Postby Big V on Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:10 pm

I like this shot as well and have noticed a faint bolt in the middle of the city, a pity that it is not as bright as the others - would have been specky..
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Postby Alex on Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:36 pm

One fine shot. Well done.

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Postby elffinarts on Sun Feb 05, 2006 1:14 am

Big V wrote:I like this shot as well and have noticed a faint bolt in the middle of the city, a pity that it is not as bright as the others - would have been specky..


I've used a few other shots as a multiple exposure here:
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?p=167563#167563
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