My fist lightening post

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My fist lightening post

Postby adame on Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:19 am

Gday guys ive been hanging for some lightening to shoot and finally tonight there was a storm on the horizon.

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Theres also a couple more in that section of my photobucket.

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Postby surenj on Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:33 am

Quite like them...maybe you could crop to make lightning bigger in the frame.. how long were the exposures?
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Postby Oscar on Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:32 am

Great work Adam. I love shots 1 & 3. Well done.

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Postby adame on Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:43 am

surenj wrote:Quite like them...maybe you could crop to make lightning bigger in the frame.. how long were the exposures?


1- 8 Seconds @ F3.2 ISO 320
2- 10 Seconds @ F5 ISO 320
3- 10 Seconds @ F5 ISO 320

Cropping isn't really an option untill i get myself some decent noise removal software as they are quite noisy at a high crop (acceptable but noisy )

Thanks for the comments.
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Postby Killakoala on Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:49 am

Great shots. I especially like the first one with the mine in the foreground. I reckon extra detail in the image such as buildings and in this case, a mine, add extra interest and perspective to lightning shots. Well done!!!
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:41 pm

Great work for a hard to capture subject and I like the extra foreground interest with the mine.
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Postby in1way on Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:30 pm

Awesome captures and agree with others comments on the 1st shot, the mine really adds to the interest.........nice work.
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Postby CraigVTR on Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:56 am

Great work. Takes me back twenty years when I attempted similar shots when I lived at the Hill. Where did you shoot from?
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Postby adame on Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:24 pm

CraigVTR wrote:Great work. Takes me back twenty years when I attempted similar shots when I lived at the Hill. Where did you shoot from?
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Craigh climbed the hill behind brown's shaft lookout..... pretty good spot in the end 8)
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