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Day 1 - Lightning
Day 1 - Lightning
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Camera: Pentax K100D Super
Lens: Pentax DA 16-45mm f/4.0 ED AL AF
Location: Jerseytown, PA
Date: Jun 30, 2008
Aperture: F22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 20sec
Galleries: Sky, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 1, 2008

Viewed: 491
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)

 We've been getting quite a few rain showers moving thru at night lately. I decided to take the round-about way home last night, hoping to catch the sunset over Lake Chilasquakee, the closer I got the more clouds covered the sun. I was bummed, but pulled into the parking lot anyway. I sat there for a few minutes got the camera out trying to decide what to shoot, when I start seeing flashes in the clouds. Low & behold I got to shoot lightning instead! I was pysched!! I got one shot of lighting kind of over the lake but then it started raining too hard, it was blowing in under the umbrella, so I hopped in the car bummed that I only got one shot. I drove down the road a little bit & the rain lightened up, so I found a place to pull over, got the tripod & camera out again, set it up, got the umbrella out again & snapped away.
This was the first attempt at lightning with the dslr, it's not great composition & the colors weren't really workin for me, but I wasn't sure what else to do to fix it up.
SO anyway, here is day one, shot last night, but edited today, does that count? ;)

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Pentax K10D
Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax
 07/11/2008 08:28:54 PM
You did a fine job - I've never been able to take a lightning shot...
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
 07/06/2008 12:16:37 PM
Well done capturing a difficult subject
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 07/03/2008 09:09:27 PM
Fantastic shot.. Striking!! No pun intented.
Simply well done.. I love it..
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Sony DSLR-A200
Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
 07/03/2008 01:47:30 AM
This is really beautiful! It's nice and sharp and the different colours in the sky are really nice!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/02/2008 02:04:53 PM
Awesome shot! Really beautiful.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/02/2008 12:53:56 PM
I know how hard it is to get a shot this clear... you did a great job! I'm surprised there's no fire at the bottom of that strike!
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens
 07/02/2008 01:30:29 AM
Looks fine to me. I love the blues and lavenders in the sky.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/02/2008 12:22:41 AM
What a stunning capture. Gives me the heebeejeebies (? how do you really spell that, anyway?)!
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/02/2008 12:21:39 AM
This is a really good lightning shot. It can be quite difficult to get any lightning sometimes and you managed to get one with a great background.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 07/01/2008 11:51:08 PM
I am so envious of you. Ken and I were so looking forward to getting some lightening shots while on vacation in Florida. Every other year we are down there we always see such good lightening storms. Of course, this year we were not so lucky. Just a lot of rain and a little bit of lightening. :o( Great capture, love all the fingers coming off the main bolt. I think the slight color in the clouds in the background adds to the picture nicely.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/01/2008 11:32:11 PM
WOW what a great timed shot you have captured here..... Awesome.....
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Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM II
 07/01/2008 07:59:53 PM
Far out, Brandi!! You should be proud. Do you know how quick lightening is? I don't either... lol - but pretty quick. Awesome catch!!
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Apple iPhone 5
 07/01/2008 05:05:32 PM
Wow, what a fortunate catch. I think the composition is outstanding.
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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 07/01/2008 04:17:56 PM
You have patience! If this is the reward, I could stand to learn this lesson - thank you for reminding me
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/01/2008 04:13:47 PM
I think it's a great capture anyway. Storms are soooooooo wonderful :)
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/01/2008 04:11:44 PM
Very nicely done Brandi. Be careful though if you take too many of these you may get hooked on storm chasing :)
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 07/01/2008 04:03:59 PM
hey brandi .. WOW .. this is intense .. and it definitely counts taking a photograph last night and editing today .. it is a huge slice out'v your life all that disappointment and then WHAM .. !! .. brilliant lightening shot and the colours in the sky are awesome ... it just goes to show that perserverence really pays off .. :)
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 07/01/2008 03:26:57 PM
What an awesome capture, nicely done
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
07/01/2008 03:20:54 PM
I find this so wonderful. What a great lightning! (And very jealous, we don't see much lightning here). Think the colors are wonderful. Perhaps the foreground is somewhat dark. Well, crop the tree on the left and somewhat of the bottom and bring a little more light in it. Please leave that wonderful tower the way it is.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/01/2008 01:59:18 PM
Awesome catch... it isn't that easy to get a good one of these!
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