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it was my first time trying to shoot lightning, so most of them turned out quite bad. but for next time (will probably be tonight, more storms coming) i'm hoping to have better shots so much fun to watch too, there were times i didn't even really care i missed the shot because it was just so cool to see



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WOW...the purple coloring in the picture is magnificant! Great lightening!
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Very well done, good timing.
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I tried to capture the lightning last night too (I live 45 mins north of T.O)...but wasn't able to. Great shots!!!
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Something I long to try and do! Great shots. How did you take them?
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Old 08-10-2009, 09:08 PM
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I'm so gelous , I have tried so many time yet nothing that even comes close to what you did there.
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Nice work! Very impressive colors!
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Old 08-10-2009, 09:12 PM
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fantastic captures!! wasn't that nuts last night?? I sat and watched for at least 45 minutes without a 1 minute pause in lightening.. the majority was sheet up in the clouds here in Milton .. great job to catch & thx for sharing!
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wow thanks so much for the comments, i'm humbled

the truth is, the vast majority of shots i took failed. these two were the only half decent ones. a few others were ok but not really worth posting

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WOW...the purple coloring in the picture is magnificant! Great lightening!
not much photoshop either for the colors. added a lot of black, contrast and clarity, but the colors were so spectacular last night that i didn't even really need to enhance them much.

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Something I long to try and do! Great shots. How did you take them?
basically. tripod and bulb mode. these two shots were taken with 16 and 22 seconds with 3.5 aperture and 800 and 400 iso. honestly, i was just messing around trying to find what worked, i didn't go out with a certain way i would shoot it, all i knew i was going to do is use the tripod and on bulb mode.

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I tried to capture the lightning last night too (I live 45 mins north of T.O)...but wasn't able to. Great shots!!!
just keep at it. you don't understand how many failures i have lol

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fantastic captures!! wasn't that nuts last night?? I sat and watched for at least 45 minutes without a 1 minute pause in lightening.. the majority was sheet up in the clouds here in Milton .. great job to catch & thx for sharing!
totally nuts. the park i went to, it was packed with cars. people were just watching as if fireworks were going on. at times i was just having fun watching while i was exposing another area of sky hehe.

i'm thinking of going downtown for part 2 of crazy storms. i hope it's crazier than last night
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