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Raiden

3am near the city of Zadar, Raiden came to say hi!

3am near the city of Zadar, Raiden came to say hi!
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OLYMPUS E-M10

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Aperture 160/10 ISO 800 Shutter 40/1 Focal Length 16/1

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Apr, 2017

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Behind The Lens

Location

This shot was taken in Zadar in Croatia.

Time

I was working on my cycling journey blog when I started seeing lightning at about 3 am. I decided to grab my camera and went down to the beach to check if anything could be worth being captured.

Lighting

I took about 15 shots that night. The sky was very active in term of lightning. I also set up the camera in different locations along the beach. This shot was one of the bests since the lightning came out to be very aesthetic. The 3 layers of dense clouds give the image an even more dramatic aspect. Eventually, the storm got closer and it started raining heavily, I just had the time to go back to my apartment before it became quite violent.

Equipment

I used an Olympus OMD EM 10 Mark 1. I just kept the lens open in the manual mode for maybe 45 seconds since that would be enough to catch the lightning. I travel light so no tripod, I just put the camera on the ground. The lens is nothing special, a Panasonic 12/45 similar the lens I got with the camera but that broke.

Inspiration

The constant lightning going on didn't really let me any choice there. I had to go outside and witness this big sky show. I was alone and it really felt surreal.

Editing

There is no processing in this picture. That how I got the shot at first!

In my camera bag

Nothing more than the camera with the lens on it.

Feedback

The only advice I could give is to go explore and not to be afraid to go out of your comfort zone, this is when the magic happens!

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Raiden

3am near the city of Zadar, Raiden came to say hi!

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