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Too Close
Too Close
thegrandwazoo


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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Front Yard
Date: Jul 24, 2006
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1sec
Galleries: Sky, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2007

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Statistics
Place: 70 out of 712
Avg (all users): 6.6280
Avg (commenters): 7.5676
Avg (participants): 6.5658
Avg (non-participants): 6.8222
Views since voting: 2063
Views during voting: 642
Votes: 371
Comments: 51
Favorites: 12 (view)


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09/27/2007 06:26:01 PM
GEEZ! How did you capture this? Love the blue tones - creates an even more ominous atmosphere. Well done.
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08/24/2007 01:57:40 PM
This is nice captured. I have also captured 2 thunders in one night. I have uploaded my photos to my profile.
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04/21/2007 12:21:51 AM
Eric, Just saw this. (Out viewing profiles again.) AMAZING! I know how hard it is to get great looking lightening shots due to timing issues. This is perfectly framed and everything. Love the coloring.
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04/05/2007 03:30:01 PM
I love the royal blue and purplish tones. This is an amazing and frightening capture. Gorgeous!
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03/29/2007 11:25:05 PM
This photo is SWEET! I love everything about it, especially the color and the smooth way it fades into the black on the sides
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02/01/2007 01:35:38 AM
This is super incredible. I wish I lived somewhere that had lightning!
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01/30/2007 06:38:52 PM
With a 12-24mm? You brave brave person LOL. Most excellent shot of lightning I have seen a while. Job well done. The sound of this thing hitting so close must've been hair raising.
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01/26/2007 09:47:08 PM
Great capture Waz! Congratulations on a great score and finish!
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01/26/2007 03:12:07 PM
amazing!!!
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01/26/2007 02:41:35 PM
very nice shot. I love lightning shots and this one is fantastic.
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01/26/2007 02:14:50 AM
Yikes, no kidding! Great shot; congrats on the score and beating 90% of the very tough competition!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 11:46:54 PM
Wow! This is one of the better lightning shots I have seen.
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01/25/2007 04:55:30 PM
8 - Very nice. Like to have seen the gradient going down into the bottom right corner softened to lessen the distraction there, and a little on the left too. Minor, but the light filtering through the trees/bushes on the bottom left corner perhaps cloned out/darkened. The lightning coming through the trees/bushes at the bottom is a good effect, in my opinion.
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01/25/2007 03:24:50 AM
Excellent storm and lighting shot here... I like this one very much so bumping this one up also.....
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01/24/2007 11:56:22 PM
One of the best lightning captures I've ever come across!
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01/24/2007 10:20:24 PM
how much fun you must have had with this one.
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01/24/2007 12:23:48 PM
Beautiful lightning capture. Very sharp and wonderful color.
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01/22/2007 02:35:00 PM
There's a certain magic about lightning shots.
You captured this well. One day, I too aspire to do as well.
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01/21/2007 05:18:48 PM
gorgeous shot
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01/21/2007 10:16:13 AM
I have a morbid fascination with thunderstorms and they never fail to catch my eye. The colouring increases the feeling of foreboding. Great shot.
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01/19/2007 10:13:39 PM
Beautiful blues
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01/19/2007 06:42:27 PM
Great Shot and color
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01/19/2007 06:33:42 PM
Wow! Great capture.
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01/18/2007 03:06:31 AM
Wowsers!! That is one of the better lightning shots I've seen. The trees and clouds add a lot to the image. Nice job, nice job indeed.
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01/17/2007 09:52:47 PM
wow!
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01/16/2007 10:46:55 AM
WOW! Great capture! Perfect timing!
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01/16/2007 05:48:16 AM
Very nice but not the best lightning I have seen
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01/16/2007 03:39:34 AM
Great color..........
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01/15/2007 08:45:06 PM
Good Job capturing this!
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01/15/2007 04:48:25 PM
Nice capture!
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01/15/2007 03:29:15 PM
Woah! Blue turmoil! I love the sweep and curl of the clouds and the framing of the trees on the other side - but the lightning bursts through it all! a "striking" ( ;-) sorry ) composition. Gorgeous!
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01/14/2007 10:28:17 PM
Fabulous shot. Not only did you captured the lightning well but the end result is quite artistic.
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01/14/2007 07:19:51 PM
A very dramatic shot, but without some clear subject (aside from the lightening) to add interest or act as a focal point of the photo, it just doesn't measure up in a "best of year" challenge. Nice photo, but very average in this pack.
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01/14/2007 06:52:39 PM
Cool.
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01/14/2007 02:27:02 PM
Cool lightning shot! I've been playing with these for a while myself. A tighter crop would have been my chice as the trees are of no use at all. Good work!
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01/14/2007 01:15:01 PM
WOW! Nice blue color.
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01/14/2007 12:34:46 PM
Wow- That was close.
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01/13/2007 11:16:42 PM
fantastic
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01/12/2007 11:54:25 PM
wow!
7
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01/12/2007 10:24:17 PM
No kidding. Love the illuminated clouds.
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01/12/2007 09:11:19 PM
Dang. Amazing capture. (7)
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01/12/2007 08:47:10 PM
dramatic! great colour and vantage point 8
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01/12/2007 03:15:32 PM
Beautiful colours in this one.
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01/12/2007 02:27:13 PM
Good shot of lightning. I also like that the detail and sharpness is there.
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01/12/2007 12:11:38 PM
Yikes! Stunning capture-10!
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01/12/2007 11:18:02 AM
wow great capture
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01/12/2007 10:49:11 AM
Wonderful capture
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01/12/2007 09:55:59 AM
Wow, no kidding too close! Your hair must have been standing on end! Great capture though, I know how difficult it is to get vivid lightning shots, I've tried!
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01/12/2007 04:35:40 AM
holy crap ... uumm, great catch ? ...no really nice nice photo. now move away !!!!
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01/12/2007 12:20:35 AM
WoW!! "Striking" image...very beautiful. Great capture. I like the way you can see the lightning thru the trees.
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01/12/2007 12:15:44 AM
electrifying!
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