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Aug 24, 2012 12:05 |  #1

Taken beside Bigwood Lake in NW Ontario...any tips for improvement welcome!

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Aug 24, 2012 14:24 |  #2

Nice just the way they are :)

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Aug 24, 2012 14:38 |  #3

Very nice!! #1 is best for me.

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Aug 24, 2012 15:43 |  #4

That 3rd& 4th shot is interesting how the bolt runs parallel to the ground, appears there is no contact with the ground, very unique, nice captures.

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Aug 24, 2012 15:49 |  #5

Very nice captures; those are some CRAZY lighting bolts

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Aug 25, 2012 08:37 |  #6

Scary stuff but you did a good job composing this images.




  
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Aug 25, 2012 08:48 as a reply to  @ Frank_Hollahan's post |  #7

Great pictures. I like 3 & 4 because the of the water.

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Aug 25, 2012 08:53 |  #8
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#3 for me. You can see the foreground plants and also the lightning mass on the right is really cool.

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Aug 25, 2012 09:19 |  #9

wonderful!! really like the contrast in #4 but they're all very nice.

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