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iandavidbailie
March 02, 2013
I have no Idea what this means but THANK YOU for the recognition!!!!
It was an amazing night and this shot was taken somewhere around 2am with the raining pouring down.
Great fun was had!
It was an amazing night and this shot was taken somewhere around 2am with the raining pouring down.
Great fun was had!
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scruffyherbert
March 16, 2013
A sublime shot. Absolutely fantastic. I reckon it deserves a title to match it's beautiful appeal.
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Behind The Lens
Location
This image was taken north of Perth, Western Australia, at Jindalee Beach.Time
I captured this image at midnight after been woken by the storm.Lighting
It was midnight with a thunderous storm coming in over the ocean from the west so there was almost no ambient light. The lightning strikes was all I had to work with to capture the sceneEquipment
I took this image with a Nikon D5100 DX DSLR camera using an AF-S Nikkor 10-24mm, f3.5-4.5G lens. The camera was mounted to a Manfrotto Tripod and a remote "Aputure" shutter release.Inspiration
I was "struck" by the amazing lines of light through the skyline and was driven to try capture the beauty and the sheer power of nature that was on display.Editing
In post processing with Lightroom 4, I adjusted the exposure slightly to compensate for the darker areas and colour saturation to enhance the natural colours. I also altered the white balance to approx 3500K to enhance the naturals blues and adjusted the tint to make it more dramatic.In my camera bag
Nikon D5100 DX camera with a 10-24mm, 18-55mm, 55-300mm, 85mm Macro lens, 35mm prime lens, UV & CP polarised filters, variable ND filter, Graduated ND Filters (2, 4 ,8), shutter release and tripod.Feedback
I shoot in Manual so I have full control. I set aperture to f8 for a good DOF and ISO 100 because of the brightness of the lightning strikes. There was almost no ambient light at midnight so I focused on some nearby street lights and then turned the autofocus off by switching from AF to M. I did not know where the next strike would be so chose a wide angle focal of 10mm for a greater field of view. I exposed in 60 second increments to ensure if a lightning strike occurred I would capture the strike.
