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Turned Night Into Day (12:05 a.m.)
Turned Night Into Day (12:05 a.m.)
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Challenge: Night Shot III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Florida
Date: May 9, 2006
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2006

 *sepia conversion
*color balance
*gamma correct
*border
*resize
NO CROP

This was taken during a super cell thunderstorm at 12:05am on May 9th. It was an unbelievable night! I got lots of lightning shots, but sensor dust really killed a bunch of them to basic editing and not being able to smudge those out.

This is my best shot of the night with multiple lit leads going horizontal across the sky. A bit of gamma lightening seemed to get rid of the sensor dust, although it took away from the tones I would have liked to have used. Oh well. :) Better then sending my camera away for 4 weeks of cleaning, although I know it must be done sooner or later. :(

Statistics
Place: 119 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.5491
Avg (commenters): 5.8571
Avg (participants): 5.1579
Avg (non-participants): 5.6985
Views since voting: 821
Views during voting: 374
Votes: 275
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/17/2006 12:24:48 AM
Strangeghost, you were right on with your comments. I SO wish sensor dust didn't prevent me from doing that. I was hoping a "night shot" would prevent them from showing, but this lightning lit up the sky so bright, they came out in the shot. Maybe I will fix it up and put it in my port when done.

Thanks everyone for the votes and the comments! I wasn't even expecting to make the 58% percentile.

Rose

Message edited by author 2006-05-17 00:25:06.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/16/2006 11:30:11 AM
Woudn't want to be outside in this!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/16/2006 04:11:19 AM
Nice capture!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/15/2006 07:40:55 PM
wow
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2006 09:02:06 PM
Wow. Great capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2006 06:50:56 AM
great
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2006 07:44:55 PM
Terrific shot of the lightning. Wish the scenery had been 'more beautiful'. still, very well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2006 11:47:33 AM
While you've done an excellent job of capturing a lightening strike (not easy, I know!), the fact that you've also turned night into day is what leaves this image severely lacking. IMO, if you would have pp'd the shot so the sky darkens again, the contrast between dark sky and while lightening is what makes a shot like this pop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/11/2006 12:39:55 PM
Cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/11/2006 02:07:13 AM
Did you adjust brightness? If yes - I don't think it was necessary. If no - more contrast could help. I bump it a bit for the quite amount of detail in the picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/11/2006 12:03:34 AM
Good catch.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2006 01:15:36 PM
Wow, what a great capture. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2006 07:43:08 AM
sure did!!! WHAT A CAPTURE! Wow...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2006 02:49:03 AM
Oh i love lightening shots!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2006 01:13:34 AM
Is that lightning? Very cool. Bummer about the apartments/motel in the foreground; something less distracting would have made this an even more interesting shot.
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