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Lightning on the water



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cameraCanon EOS 7D

settings Aperture f/25.0 ISO 100 Shutter 20/1 

upload_dateMay, 2013

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40 Comments |
Dmullanephotography
 
Dmullanephotography September 11, 2013
Great shot
PhotoAlaska
 
PhotoAlaska September 11, 2013
very nice
jleiweke
 
jleiweke September 11, 2013
Congrats!
kasper Ultimate
 
kasper September 11, 2013
Congratulations.
Grateful PRO+
 
Grateful September 11, 2013
Lovely textures and colours
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots September 11, 2013
Great capture! Congrats!
denike
 
denike September 11, 2013
stunning image :)
BonnieJM
 
BonnieJM September 11, 2013
amazing shot
iceman2
 
iceman2 September 11, 2013
Excellent capture.Congrats!
tetvet PRO+
 
tetvet September 11, 2013
nice shot,congrats
WileKyK
 
WileKyK September 11, 2013
Awesome shot! Congratulations on a well-deserved Feature!
Lionel
 
Lionel September 11, 2013
nice shot,congratulations
cjred
 
cjred September 11, 2013
Very Nice
Marian
 
Marian September 11, 2013
Awesome shot!!! Congrats on being featured!!!
drakkardarkblade
 
drakkardarkblade September 11, 2013
congrats, fantastic, please check out my works.
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 September 11, 2013
Wow - amazing capture! Congrats!
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta September 11, 2013
Superb well-timed capture. Congratulations.
AK_Swathi
 
AK_Swathi September 11, 2013
Wow. Very nice pic.
bbranyon
 
bbranyon September 11, 2013
Great capture!
jancollins
 
jancollins September 11, 2013
great shot
LoriLynn13
 
LoriLynn13 September 11, 2013
great shot!
rturnbow Ultimate
 
rturnbow September 11, 2013
Marvelous shot!
SusiStroud Platinum
 
SusiStroud September 11, 2013
Great Timing and Johnny on the spot for timing. The colors and clarity are beautiful. Congratulations on your Feature
jeffreygreenwood
 
jeffreygreenwood September 11, 2013
Superb image R Jay . Congrats
prashantramayya
 
prashantramayya September 11, 2013
Nice shot congrats
Akang_Bagja
 
Akang_Bagja September 11, 2013
gorgeous..!
patrick9x9
 
patrick9x9 September 11, 2013
Incredible capture, congrats
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter September 12, 2013
Great capture. Congrats. - Jake
toddmatthewarbini
 
toddmatthewarbini September 13, 2013
Wow!!!
rjayprusik
 
rjayprusik September 14, 2013
Thank you everyone!
tsambaproductions
 
tsambaproductions September 15, 2013
congrats
BesawImages
 
BesawImages September 16, 2013
LOVE IT
lisesundberg
 
lisesundberg September 16, 2013
Oh the colors. Love this
eleazarparedes PRO+
 
eleazarparedes September 18, 2013
amazing!
rebeccawarkentin
 
rebeccawarkentin September 19, 2013
Wow
Wayne_Sr PRO+
 
Wayne_Sr September 23, 2013
Beautiful Shot, Congratulations on your Feature..:~)
berthahernandez
 
berthahernandez September 27, 2013
What a stunning picture, awesome shot
BrittOhra
 
BrittOhra October 09, 2013
Not only like....... I love the image
sydneyosbourne
 
sydneyosbourne December 13, 2014
Wow great. ;)
smithicld
 
smithicld January 30, 2015
Absolutely Amazing!

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#lightning #water
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Behind The Lens

Location

Isle of Palms, SC

Time

Dawn, before sunrise

Lighting

The lighting wasn't very good due to a storm brewing in the ocean

Equipment

Shot with my Canon 7d with a Canon 10-22mm lens mounted to a Manfrotto 055xprob tripod with a 498 ball head

Inspiration

I initially went out that morning to shoot the sunrise on the ocean, set up around an hour before sunrise and heard thunder brewing in the sky. I set my camera up on my tripod and started shooting longer exposures to see what I could capture and during one exposure out of the many I was able to catch a lightning bolt on the water

Editing

I performed some basic exposure adjustments in Photoshop due to the original exposure was slightly over exposed but not too much editing to the original image

In my camera bag

Canon 7d, Canon eos m, canon 70-200 2.8isII, Canon 10-22, Canon 50mm 1.4, Manfrotto 055xprob Tripod or Mefoto road trip tripod, polarizer and ND filters,

Feedback

To get a good shot of lightning my advice is to be patient and shoot lots of exposures to get the best image

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