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Blind Stupid Luck
Blind Stupid Luck
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Challenge: Extraordinary (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Dunedin, FL
Date: Jun 24, 2004
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20
Galleries: Sky, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jun 26, 2004

My first ever lightning capture near a church here in Dunedin. Hopefully there's many more to come.

No lightning trigger, but a 20 second exposure was used as opposed to trying to overcome the 142ms shutter lag time on the 300D.

Statistics
Place: 98 out of 278
Avg (all users): 5.3509
Avg (commenters): 6.1000
Avg (participants): 5.0870
Avg (non-participants): 5.5294
Views since voting: 1038
Views during voting: 389
Votes: 285
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2004 12:42:28 PM
luck is right!! I've been trying for one of these shots for a while ... so far no go!! it's a very hard shot to catch ... good job!
07/05/2004 04:34:48 PM
Heh... is the lightning extraordinary... or your stupid luck? :)
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07/03/2004 10:28:24 PM
The partial obscuration of the lightning by the clouds makes this shot interesting (and extraordinary).
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07/03/2004 02:35:39 PM
well if luck were clever then Einstein would have been rich... usually riches are "lucky"
About the picture, sorry a do not see anything there... a 3
07/02/2004 11:40:11 PM
looked like that here during storm...good shot 9
07/01/2004 08:01:19 PM
Certainly a 'lucky' capture. Great colours and perfect timing. Excellent job!!
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07/01/2004 06:45:56 AM
Good shot. Seen to many of this though. If it was actually hitting something then that would be something.
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06/30/2004 06:26:16 PM
No kidding :) How many shots did you take? Luck counts, in my opinion, a solid 8 for extraordinary luck!
06/30/2004 04:53:27 AM
not really extraordinary sparks
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06/30/2004 12:37:34 AM
I just like lighting shots in general... still waiting to capture one of my own.


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