Six feet
by LevT

Comment by GiorgioBaruffi:
could be an Elliott Erwitt's shot ! great street photograph!

Portovenere
by LevT

Comment by GiorgioBaruffi:
lovely scene here... peace and serenity are what i feel... compliments, simple and beautiful photograph...

Portovenere
by LevT

Comment by Melethia:
Perfect. Nice quiet, peaceful view; not overly postcard'y.

life is good
by LevT

Comment by Melethia:
Europe is splendiforous, and full of moments like this. Whatever will I do back in the good ol' US of A? Love the way the light plays in her hair.

life is good
by LevT

Comment by Neil:
Great light and scene!

Portovenere
by LevT

Comment by Neil:
Wonderful (as usual) Lev!

Storm over Florence
by LevT

Comment by Zoomdak:

Originally posted by LevT: Originally posted by Zoomdak: Awesome shot! Congrats on the yellow. Originally posted by LevT: Basically, half the time was wasted, and I missed a few good bolts because of that. Then I realized that if the previous shot came in empty (no lightning), I can avoid wasting valuable time by turning the camera off and then immediately back on - this interrupts the noise reduction routine. Maybe this tip can help someone in similar circumstances... ...Or you could get a 5d Mark II where you can shoot the next picture while the previous image is still processing. =) I don't have a Canon, but I cannot imagine how this might work - because the NR in Nikons is spent not on image processing, but on recording an image with exactly the same settings as the original shot (same ISO and exposure), but with a closed shutter and then subtracting it from the original image. So while the camera is acquiring a 15-sec noise-only image it cannot take another shot.

That makes sense, yeah. I'm not sure how it works either, but I know that I've been able to shoot another image while the previous one is noise processing (but also, then it takes that extra time processing after both images, or however many images are shot).

Storm over Florence
by LevT

Comment by LevT:

Originally posted by Zoomdak: Awesome shot! Congrats on the yellow. Originally posted by LevT: Basically, half the time was wasted, and I missed a few good bolts because of that. Then I realized that if the previous shot came in empty (no lightning), I can avoid wasting valuable time by turning the camera off and then immediately back on - this interrupts the noise reduction routine. Maybe this tip can help someone in similar circumstances... ...Or you could get a 5d Mark II where you can shoot the next picture while the previous image is still processing. =)

I don't have a Canon, but I cannot imagine how this might work - because the NR in Nikons is spent not on image processing, but on recording an image with exactly the same settings as the original shot (same ISO and exposure), but with a closed shutter and then subtracting it from the original image. So while the camera is acquiring a 15-sec noise-only image it cannot take another shot.

Storm over Florence
by LevT

Comment by Zoomdak:
Awesome shot! Congrats on the yellow.

Originally posted by LevT: Basically, half the time was wasted, and I missed a few good bolts because of that. Then I realized that if the previous shot came in empty (no lightning), I can avoid wasting valuable time by turning the camera off and then immediately back on - this interrupts the noise reduction routine. Maybe this tip can help someone in similar circumstances...

...Or you could get a 5d Mark II where you can shoot the next picture while the previous image is still processing. =)

Storm over Florence
by LevT

Comment by mpeters:
Great timing Lev! Fantastic shot and unique in that the strength of the picture isn't the lightning alone. It has context. Congrats!