The Storm (BASIC editing)
by talikf

Comment by BrianR:
very good capture, would liked to have some vibrance to the color to give it wow..OMHO....6

The Storm (BASIC editing)
by talikf

Comment by Artifacts:
This is an amazing lightning bolt you captured. Very dramatic and you even got a wonderful reflection across the foreground boats. I've tried photographing lightning on numerous occasions and I can tell you this, you will be hard pressed to capture more this good. It looks like it was captured early morning or dusk which is even more difficult for lightning.

With this image it might be time to learn more sophisticated editing if that is the reason you submitted under basic editing only(though you did make it 720 pixels wide). This picture deserves better treatment.

You might want to consider cropping about 100 pixels or so from the far right. This will offset the bolt for added viewer interest and counterbalance it against the darker clouds on the right. There is much that can and should be done with this image with post processing. If done this one is worthy of selling and hanging framed on walls.

This image will get a good score because it is such a dramatic capture, but it SHOULD have been a ribbon winner.

The Storm (BASIC editing)
by talikf

Comment by gzupruk:
Basic editing? Wow, a once in a lifetime capture! Image might benefit from a little tighter cropping on the sides.

The Storm (BASIC editing)
by talikf

Comment by Cuddles:
Great shot!

The Storm (BASIC editing)
by talikf

Comment by scmaxfield:
Awesome. I hope there's details about the capture/editing. While there are many nice landscape images, I have to give this a 10. The scene, the timing, details... great image. This is the type of photo I'd like to produce.

The Storm (BASIC editing)
by talikf

Comment by Zeus:
Now THAT's a capture.

The Storm (BASIC editing)
by talikf

Comment by obisgrl:
Awesome capture!!!

The Storm (BASIC editing)
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Comment by Ivo:
Talk about "Good fortune"!! I must give you a 7 for this. Good luck!

The Storm (BASIC editing)
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Comment by xodiak:
Really nice shot and even more so considering the limited post production you apparently did. Keep in mind, however, that the challenge allows expert editing and most people, myself included, will probably judge equally against others that have done more extensive post production.

Again, nice shot.

The Storm (BASIC editing)
by talikf

Comment by k4ffy:
love it. great capture. 9