Photographer's Note
Photo taken from Bartley's Hill, during a quite wild hail storm.
Had the shutter on manual (bulb), left it open long enough to expose some lightning but had to be careful not to overexpose the buildings. If the shutter was open too long without lightning I would close it and re-open it.
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mjdundee
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(4663) 2005-05-19 10:15
Hi Brad,
lucky you were - nice shot.
Its a pity with the trees on the left. Looks a bit strange - like a dark spot.
Thomas
Timmok
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(802) 2005-05-19 10:26
Nice picture. Thomas is right with the tree, but I guess that if you kept it, it's maybe because there were more trees of the other side. Another thing which would have maybe made this picture even better, would have been to catch more of the city... Did you take more pictures that night?
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nickthegreek82
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(1708) 2005-05-19 10:36 [Comment]
arifhuque
(491) 2005-05-19 10:41
Great photo. I like the fact that you also capture the city below all the violence!
danby1
(3697) 2005-05-19 11:28
a great picture, your exposure you got quite right here, any longer and the buildings would be over exposed and maybe there would be too much lightening, any shorter and you dont catch ANY! VERY NICE SHOT if there was a smily worth3 points youd get one here
colinb
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(1592) 2005-05-19 11:38
Wow, great capture. This is an excellent lightning picture. Very crisp detail.
cigdom
(2594) 2005-05-19 13:59
GReat capture!!!!colours are excellent.great work!!!!!!.
thank you for sharing
regads...
maofun
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(0) 2005-05-19 14:03
so hard to imortalize but you succeed. I made a workshop and it was a great pleasure to work on this fabulous "oeuvre d'art".
chris ;)
tontonjc
(6623) 2005-05-19 16:54
Splendide prise de vue . J'aime surtout la lueur au départ des éclairs .
Superbe composition. Bravo
sarju
(5324) 2005-05-19 19:22 [Comment]
jinju
(14265) 2005-05-19 23:44
How did you manage to get such great timing? It cant be just luck. I wish you wrote something about how you took this in your note. Burst mode perhaps? Multi burst mode? Tell us. Its a great pic, with 3 such distinct thunderbolts.
alainh
(33209) 2005-05-20 2:40
hello Brad.
splendid catch !!
good exposure and good post-traitment (neat image ?)
excelent job. thankfs for sharing
regards
alain
amine
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(14) 2005-05-20 7:43
Impressive result Brad,
Thanks for the informations you gave about the way you caught this scene. It's very useful.
Parabéns,
Amine
ChrisJ
(171822) 2005-06-02 6:22
Hi Brad
A good time exposure, with an outstanding result. This type of photography is extremely difficult. I would add to the note that the 2 orange triangles far right, are the Storey Bridge. Well done!
Nagymami (17) 2005-08-08 18:10
I absolutely love this picture, congratulations! It will be my next backgound image at work, as soon as I go back from my holidays :).
ahudgins
(139) 2005-10-03 22:34
well done! I am amazed by the scene. The way the lightning lights up the clouds above is breathtaking. I might not have included the trees in the lower left of the picture, great job.
Alex
Salma
(1276) 2006-10-29 17:10
Hi Brad.... very lucky capturing these moments of light...
i've always wanted to take a photo like this... ur note answered all my questions :)
TFS
Salma
Photo Information
- Copyright: Brad Watkins (snickers) (68)
- Genre: Plaatsen
- Medium: Kleur
- Date Taken: 2005-05-19
- Categories: Natuur
- Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Canon EFS 18-55mm, SanDisk CF 512M
- Belichting: f/14.0, 15 Seconden
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- More Photo Info: view
- Fotoversie: Originele versie, Workshop
- Thema's: Eclair -- Orage, My Favorite Lightning Photos, Kasia's Favourites 4 [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2005-05-19 9:35
- Favorieten: 5 [Zicht]
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by snickers, last updated 2005-05-20 03:17
