Your basic Lightning/Rainbow/Mountain Shot

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edited August 17, 2008 in Landscapes
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2008
    I like the symmetry of the mountain slopes, the lightning & rainbow.

    Nice shot.
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2008
    Cool shot. Is that a composite shot?
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 14, 2008
    rwells wrote:
    I like the symmetry of the mountain slopes, the lightning & rainbow.

    Nice shot.

    Thanks, Randy!
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 14, 2008
    Giphsub wrote:
    Cool shot. Is that a composite shot?

    Thanks, Mike. And no-sir, it not a composite. It's as-shot, and I have the RAW file as proof. deal.gif However, that was astute of you to ask.
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2008
    Hehe, I wasn't trying to imply anything! It is an amazing shot with the rainbow and the lightning. Nice one!
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  • bon4irebon4ire Registered Users Posts: 37 Big grins
    edited August 15, 2008
    Nice capture of the lightning AND the rainbow. Now all the image needs is some finessing to make it grand.

    Bb
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2008
    That is cool !
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,955 moderator
    edited August 15, 2008
    Where's the unicorn? mwink.gif

    Seriously, great catch. thumb.gif
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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2008
    There's nothing "basic" about this shot at all!!

    What a fantastic opportunity. Huzzah ! thumb.gif
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  • coscorrosacoscorrosa Registered Users Posts: 2,284 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2008
    One Question...
    Where's the unicorn? :D I agree with rwells, the symmetry between the lightening and the rainbow is pretty cool!
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 15, 2008
    Hey, thanks a bunch for all the comments, folks. I swear the unicorn was there when I framed the shot. I dunno what happened. headscratch.gifrofl

    Cheers,
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  • ulrikftulrikft Registered Users Posts: 372 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Superb :D
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  • cj99sicj99si Registered Users Posts: 880 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Thats rad dude! Amazing shotthumb.gif
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 16, 2008
    Thanks again, you guys. I wasn't really happy with the processing, so I took another run at it especially to try to reduce the noise. I also used CS3 auto-color feature to see how it thought the colors should be. It's a little yellow, although it was late in the day and that might actually be accurate. Thoughts?

    New Version
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    As originally posted
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    Thanks,
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  • snowalkersnowalker Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    yeah, a good moment
    sincerely I never catch a lightning in my pictures. Seems to be a hard job for me taking pictures with the storm and hopefully catching a lightning. Good job indeed!
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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2008
    Excellent catch there Joel!! thumb.gif

    I like the new version better than the original.
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 16, 2008
    snowalker wrote:
    sincerely I never catch a lightning in my pictures. Seems to be a hard job for me taking pictures with the storm and hopefully catching a lightning. Good job indeed!

    Lightning shots at night are a piece of cake. Just open your shutter with a remote and close it after the lightning strikes. Lightning during the day is much more difficult however.
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited August 16, 2008
    anwmn1 wrote:
    Excellent catch there Joel!! thumb.gif

    I like the new version better than the original.

    Thank you, Aaron! New version it is then. I always value your input.

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  • ulrikftulrikft Registered Users Posts: 372 Major grins
    edited August 17, 2008
    The new version looks far more natural to me!
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