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Challenge: Masters' Free Study II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Brisbane
Date: Nov 30, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 2s
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2008
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Well, there it is. I found out how hard it is to take a lightning photo. I took around 200 shots on this evening, and 2 had lighting in them. :) Apparently I should have been there 20 minutes earlier, as by this time, but storm had well passed the city, and some low cloud was blocking the lightning. But anyway, I quite like this shot in the end. Would have been nice if the lightning was a little more, but I got what I got.
I tried different exposure times, but with too long an exposure, the city lights were overpowering the lightning, so I had to stick with around 2-4 seconds.
If we get more big storms (which we likely will) I'll have to try to reshoot this sometime.
Editing as usual for me was way too much time for such a small change between original and final result. :) Still not sure about the title.
This was originally my Free Study entry, but I found a better picture, so this one has been moved across to the Master's Free Study. I know this photo won't do well here against the many, but my best shot has to go to the FSM, and I'm only entering the MFS because I can. :)
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12/12/2008 06:02:38 PM |
| Excellent shot, congrats on the high finish! |
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12/10/2008 03:49:25 AM |
| looks very much like brisbane |
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12/08/2008 09:10:42 PM |
| Great capture. Amazing light! |
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12/08/2008 01:50:27 PM |
| Definitely first place in my book. Nice to see a change of view on this site. |
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12/07/2008 07:29:49 PM |
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12/07/2008 02:18:16 PM |
| Awesome power. Great composition & perspective. |
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12/06/2008 08:54:58 PM |
| Mt Cootha with a zoom? I've been trying to find the time to get out all storm season, but haven't managed it just yet. This is a cool capture. |
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12/06/2008 12:29:01 PM |
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12/06/2008 12:19:36 PM |
| nice capture. the horizon looks a little tilted to me. |
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12/06/2008 11:47:46 AM |
| Really like the photo - great light, color - all interesting. |
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12/05/2008 08:00:18 PM |
| The lightning or lights take away from the photo.9 |
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12/05/2008 02:10:40 PM |
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12/05/2008 11:05:47 AM |
| Spectacular capture!! IMO the skyline is just a tad overexposed. 8 |
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12/04/2008 02:57:16 PM |
| Looks like an impossible perspective: I love it! 10 |
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12/04/2008 01:13:25 PM |
| I truly like this image very much. I hate the letterbox format thing, but that's a peronal quirk. Very nicely capture.......lightning is extraordinarily hard to catch. 8 |
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12/04/2008 08:44:06 AM |
| Nice capture, the small size doesn't do this justice, this would look awesome as a giant print. |
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12/03/2008 02:28:14 PM |
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12/02/2008 06:55:19 PM |
| Stunning example of what having a camera is for! |
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12/02/2008 08:58:46 AM |
| Maybe crop a bit off the top? Pretty magnificent capture nonetheless... |
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12/01/2008 10:56:17 PM |
| Great detail captured, nice comp and colors, 8. |
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12/01/2008 11:08:39 AM |
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12/01/2008 06:58:08 AM |
| well captured. don't think the movie bars add to the composition here |
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12/01/2008 06:38:52 AM |
| the big chunk of black at the top of the shot is quite distracting IMO |
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12/01/2008 05:21:21 AM |
| I love night shots like this, in my top 15. |
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12/01/2008 01:07:08 AM |
| First comment on a border, but I don't like it here. Gets too lost at the top with the funny transition. THe shot is quite cool though. Does it have a strong NI treatment? Something looks a bit off, but it's still a cool shot. 7 |
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