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Night Light...
Terramar


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Challenge: Long Exposure (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro Super for Canon
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Date: Jul 26, 2005
Aperture: 10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 18
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 26, 2005

 My wife and I woke up at around 4:30am. We both heard thunder. So we decided to go outside to see if there was any visible lightning. There was, of course. We sat outside for a little while and watched the storm roll by. I finally decided to get out my camera. I had never tried to take a picture of lightning before. I finally managed to get two pictures. This was the better of the two. The orange cast on the house is from a street light about 40 yards away. I made some minor contrast adjustments, curves, and burned the cloud that is sitting on the bolt...just to give the picture some more depth...and added a border.

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 200
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 08/08/2005 10:25:49 AM
I like this better than the other much higher placed shot. The other shot is burned out, but this has beautiful lighting throughout. The lightning is spidery and brightens a patch of sky.

Be proud of this one.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/07/2005 10:17:16 PM
Cool shot - love the colors.
 08/03/2005 05:22:10 PM
wow, everything in the frame is beautiful. i almost want to see more of the buildings because of the excellent lighting you had on them. nice capture.
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 08/02/2005 01:49:07 PM
Cool shot, I like the contast from the building to sky. My only complaint is that the lightning just isn't vivid enough.. not sure if it was an exposure problem or the clouds were dimming the bolts.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/02/2005 12:13:45 PM
Gorgious! Very beautiful.
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 08/01/2005 09:23:33 PM
great shot...you needed to include more of your house in this shot to make it perfect..8
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 08/01/2005 07:58:29 PM
Interesting shot. I've been trying to figure out how to do these shots myself over the past few days and with no luck. I like it because its not to bright or to dark the only thing I'd wanna see more of is the lightening. Good clarity and works well with the frame (even tho I don't like frames). Well done and good luck in this challenge. <7>
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/01/2005 05:22:49 AM
A rare moment to catch on "film"
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 08/01/2005 12:40:36 AM
I love the lightning. You might have just cut out even more of the roofline and it would still be effective.
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 08/01/2005 12:13:03 AM
Excellent capture. Good job
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