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Lucky Strike
Lucky Strike
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 30 Seconds or More (Basic Editing III*)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE Z1
Location: Irving, TX
Date: Jun 18, 2006
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 30 sec.
Galleries: Sky, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jun 18, 2006

My first lightening photo. I finally lucked out.

Auto exposure fix, auto contrast fix, straighten, crop,adjust saturation and levels, unsharpen mask, gausen blur, dust filter and adjusted size to web file.

Statistics
Place: 87 out of 170
Avg (all users): 5.4245
Avg (commenters): 5.3000
Avg (participants): 5.2105
Avg (non-participants): 5.4773
Views since voting: 1016
Views during voting: 576
Votes: 384
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)


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07/04/2006 05:12:04 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Your first lightening photo, really? - Excellent.
You should have seen my first efforts LOL

You received an interesting mix of comments during voting, I am guessing because this is technically very good and a number of voters will be impressed by the cature. The lower votes from those that would expect a better composition.

I really like the sky color and the main subject, the lightening itself is well exposed and captured, but the overall composition is weak. The buildings in the foreground don't add to the shot. It looks like you took an opportunity to capture this from your backroom window and it shows a little. I guess the difference between a good shot and a great shot.

Overall I like it and think that you have done very well. Please, please use this as the beginning and go out and capture more storms. You seem to have a talent for exposure. I look forward to seeing more of your pictures on DPC in the future

Regards

Chris
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2006 12:37:01 PM
good lightning in this shot, but the composition doesn't really do much for me. 6.
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06/26/2006 07:29:12 AM
Interesting lightning shapes, but the sky is overexposed for my taste and the buildings seem a bit softer than they should be.
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06/25/2006 01:25:08 PM
I think a better foreground would have helped this shot.
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06/23/2006 02:19:49 PM
Beautiful!!! I've wanted to capture lightening for years - great job!
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06/22/2006 11:38:41 PM
The structures on the bottom detract from the image.
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06/22/2006 09:03:49 PM
Nicely catched!
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06/22/2006 07:55:19 PM
Nice catch!
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06/22/2006 04:53:23 AM
nice lightning shame about the poor composition
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06/21/2006 11:50:31 PM
That's very cool shot... Marble shaped sky :)
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06/21/2006 03:59:08 AM
Meets Challenge:2
Aesthetics:1
Technical:1
Wow:0
Originality:1
Total Score:5
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