Blue Lightning

[Chantelle]

Here is a photo I took about two weeks ago, what do you think?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3355145900_60266b1f92_o.jpg

[jjeling]

You know what they say. The apple does not fall far from the tree. But when you live on an island, the ocean will carry it pretty far! hahaha. Nice work here. I really like this kind of stuff. Lighting always makes for fascinating images. Were you chasing this storm, or did it come to you? Im assuming you were in Blub mode as well?

[Lovin]

Beautiful details and very dramatic clouds, I really like it.

[casil403]

Beautiful Chantelle....good job! :highfive:

[mindforge]

I love lighting shots and this one has a lot going on. I swear I can feel the movement of the lightning in the shots... great capture.

[Gem]

Awesome! :highfive:

[MoinMoin]

Wow - great shot. You really learned quick from a master ;-).

[JAS_Photo]

Nicely done Chantelle!

[AntZ]

This is great! The only time I ever tried to take photos of lightning, it was too close and resulted in too much from the clouds. No chance of getting for multiple strikes in one image.

[kat]

Great shot and timing!

[Chantelle]

I didn't use bulb, I actually used around 20" or 25". I was just diving home one night and spotted the storm going crazy and found a nice little lookout nearby and went for it! Got 2 good shots that i'm impressed with, the others were pretty normal, but this one in particular stood out to me, looks very dramatic in my opinion.

Thanks for all your comments :)

[Mad Aussie]

I didn't use bulb, I actually used around 20" or 25". I was just diving home one night and spotted the storm going crazy and found a nice little lookout nearby and went for it! Got 2 good shots that i'm impressed with, the others were pretty normal, but this one in particular stood out to me, looks very dramatic in my opinion.

Thanks for all your comments :)
I actually think I like the golden shot you took just as much ... maybe even more. Maybe show us that one too ;)

[Chantelle]

Alrighty here's the golden shot Mad Aussie was refering to:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3355145550_93a96b81b3_o.jpg

[jjeling]

Very nice. I like the clouds in the other image better. They are much more dramatic, but I like the composition of this.

Did you try and retouch this image. Looks like there are some marks just right of center?

[Chantelle]

Did you try and retouch this image. Looks like there are some marks just right of center?

I didn't actually, I'm not sure what those marks are...could never figure out why they were there. I have not touched them though the picture just came out like that.

[Mad Aussie]

Something to do with rain and light refraction I'd guess. :cool:

[Chantelle]

Yea good point :)

[jjeling]

It looks like differences in the rainfall. I wish I had a different monitor to view this. I bet it looks good on a quality monitor. It would probably look good as a high gloss print. High detail would make this much more appealing. Nice job again.