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Midnight Storm
Midnight Storm
sharvey


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Challenge: October Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Deck of home, Rio Rancho - overlooking Albuquerque
Date: Oct 4, 2004
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Oct 28, 2004

 Shot in Raw. Post processing in Elements 2: levels, cloned out some dead pixels and a couple of lights in foreground. Cropped. Held shutter open manually until bolt of lightning captured - don't own a remote

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 487
Avg (all users): 6.2964
Avg (commenters): 7.4706
Avg (participants): 6.2407
Avg (non-participants): 6.6216
Views since voting: 1343
Views during voting: 385
Votes: 253
Comments: 20
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 11/10/2004 01:03:52 PM
Agree with the comment below. I'd love to see some of those people try to catch lightning in a well composed, dramtic way such as this. Twats. : )
 11/08/2004 10:53:52 AM
Its mind blowing how many 5 votes you got. This is not a good, nor average shot. Its excellent.

Anything below 5 is just as rediculous.

Anyway... excellent shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2004 12:42:07 AM
wow amazing colours and well captured
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 11/05/2004 04:21:12 PM
Wow ! -8-
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 11/05/2004 01:53:14 PM
Wow!

Great storm capture. I like the way the city lights light up the clouds on the right and the way the lightning lights 'em up on the left. You lost me a little with blurred lights themselves but that's not the focus of the picture so it doesn't matter much IMO. Among my top picks.
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 11/05/2004 04:48:26 AM
this is very stirring stuff. colours are very dramatic here, and visually appealling. the fact that you resisted temptation and haven't gone and focused just on the area of sky with the lightning bolt should be commended - the fact that it only occupies a small piece of sky gives some balance to the shot and a great sense of scale. it's a pity in a geographical sense that the landscape is so dull in comparison (more city or more rugged ruralness might have been better) but you've worked around that well by taking the focus into the sky. it's a masterclass in cropping and composition. definitely belongs in my little box of 10s!

P.S for some reason the sky puts me in mind of a guinness commercial. now i fancy a pint.
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 11/04/2004 11:31:34 PM
Fantastic colours.
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 11/04/2004 10:22:30 PM
Phenomenal colors. not to mention the technical achievement
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 11/04/2004 11:31:59 AM
nice capture.
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 11/03/2004 10:17:35 PM
I think the "scope" of this shot is too broad for me, and the upwards angle of the horizon as it nears the right edge, makes it feel a bit unbalanced to me. I think I would have been tempted to crop most of the angled horizon out, and concentrate more on the lightning strike area, giving it a more powerful presence. Have to admit that overall it is a "strking" shot. Haha!
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 11/03/2004 10:14:53 PM
Very neat image. What a contrast in colors.
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 11/03/2004 06:37:48 PM
How did you capture the lightning. Ive tryed and been unsucsesful. Great job. 8 Kevin
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 11/03/2004 03:57:34 PM
Definately has a WOW impact. The two colors of the sky are amazing.
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 11/02/2004 03:50:21 PM
Great color!
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 11/02/2004 06:11:19 AM
I never managed to capture something like this. great (7)
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 11/01/2004 09:17:50 PM
Great capture. Good job getting rid of the noise. Beautiful colors.
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 11/01/2004 08:48:26 PM
I like the lightening capture.
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 11/01/2004 08:10:17 PM
I bet it was hard to balance the light here - the city is so bright that it wants to obscur the lightening.
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 11/01/2004 01:49:44 AM
Dramatic lighting!
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 11/01/2004 01:11:14 AM
f-f-f-fantastic! 8
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