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Jul 22, 2011 02:58 | #1

Words cannot express the victory dance I unleashed upon the sands of Melbourne Beach when I saw this on the LCD of my 5D.

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Cooler version, about 3200k

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Few more of these later, been a long day between the shuttle landing and this. I'm running on vapor. Might do another crop on the strike itself. I've never really gotten a good lightning strike so honestly I've never had to process one, but I'm open to suggestions. All of this just because I was going to blaze some hookah with some of my buds. :lol:

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Jul 22, 2011 04:41 | #2

good set great detail in lightning and clouds really like the cooler version #2,duncan

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Jul 22, 2011 08:21 | #3

Congratulations on a great capture! It's refreshing to see a lightning capture that is also a good photo with interesting elements aside from the mere capture of electricity.

Of the three versions of the same photo you posted, I prefer the first two; the colorful shore provides some grounding solidity to an otherwise fluid photo. I can't decide whether I prefer a red or blue sky though; both seem appropriate. On the one hand I like the complimentary colors in #2, but the monochromatic scheme of #1 is rich and appealing as well.

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Jul 22, 2011 09:03 as a reply to @ David Arbogast's post | #4

I like the color temperature of the light on the sand in #2 but I like the color temp of the lightning in #1. The lights near the beach are 2800k, the lightning is obviously higher. Maybe I'll photoshop them together or something. Either way I was pretty damn happy about nailing the shot.

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Jul 26, 2011 01:04 as a reply to @ j-dogg's post | #5

Braved the mosquitoes tonight for these bad boys.

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Storm season in Florida is finally not sucking anymore. But I am since in my haste to avoid donating blood I left the ISO at 400 like a tard. I could literally feel them hitting my arm while I swung randomly through the air.

But I did rig an 8' shutter cord through the window of my car, rolled up the window and managed to avoid certain death. Every time I come to this location I think of the flying goblins from the Wizard of Oz.

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Jul 26, 2011 02:59 | #6

Like the first picture and the two first settings the most. But the first setting on the first picture is my favorite

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Jul 26, 2011 03:12 as a reply to @ winam's post | #7

it's hit or miss on lightning, I just got reallllllyyy lucky on the first one a couple days ago. Supposed to have evening storms all week here so I will have a few opportunities to capture these shots.

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Jul 26, 2011 11:37 | #8

Beautiful capture. I would have done the same

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Jul 26, 2011 21:01 | #9

Congrats, well done.

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Jul 28, 2011 04:09 | #10

Stunning, where abouts in Melbourne were you for these?

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Jul 28, 2011 05:30 | #11

Love the first shot

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Jul 28, 2011 08:42 as a reply to @ Desertraptor's post | #12

Great stuff. Thickest skeeters I've ever been engulfed by were at Tortoise Island in Brevard County.

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Jul 28, 2011 09:01 | #13

They are all stunning! Few are able to capture the great detail in the clouds that you got with these. Thanks for sharing your settings. I may have to see if I can do better next time a storm rolls through here. At least we don't really have mosquitos... ;-)a

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Jul 28, 2011 09:33 | #14

Beautiful!

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