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M_Six · 08-05-2011, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

ahh... honestly, I thought some pixels on my laptop were going bad, until I looked closer after scrolling.

I don't think they are aircraft... but it is odd. I didn't notice it the first time I commented on your photo, since I was staring at the lightning bolt.

As a small critique, I'm surprised the water isn't smooth with such a long exposure time. I guess there wasn't much light from the lightning bolt. Personally, I think it would look better with the water cropped out and you had just the sky.

Here's where personal taste comes in. I like the water and the reflection. The long exposure time wouldn't smooth the water because the deciding exposure factor was the millisecond of lightning. Like using a flash in a dark room with the camera on bulb setting.

I was wondering about the two pixels as well. Inbound and outbound aircraft, maybe?

oneintheory · 08-05-2011, 11:32 PM

shot at around 2200 last night.

Untitled by jsophoto, on Flickr

Weebl · 08-06-2011, 12:29 AM

Hot pixels on your sensor.

adrean8j · 08-06-2011, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Weebl

Hot pixels on your sensor.

BINGO we have a winner! I just went a did a few longer exposure (1sec-60sec) test shots with the lens cap on and I could see the hot spots. Sucks but now I know to look out for it in PP.

ShopVac · 08-06-2011, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Weebl

Hot pixels on your sensor.

Where?

M_Six · 08-06-2011, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ShopVac

Where?

On the lightning pic. Looks sort of like airplane lights.

ShopVac · 08-06-2011, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

On the lightning pic. Looks sort of like airplane lights.

Ahhh...I thought he was talking about the pic above his. I didn't think to look two pictures up. I see them now.

adrean8j · 08-07-2011, 12:36 PM

Punta Cana beach @ Secrets Sanctuary by Adrean8j, on Flickr

TL · 08-07-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Awesome pic, Tim. Are the light trails from a boat going by? If so, did the time lapse smooth the wake? And what's with the ghost image of your watermark beneath the light trails? Too much coolness in that pic.

thanks Mark

Yep it's from a passing boat and the long exposure does smooth the wake but it passed by at very low speeds. I purposely put another sig

panicos81 · 08-07-2011, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by adrean8j

Thanks man it really means a lot. To be honest I am not "good" IMHO. It was an almost once in a lifetime opportunity and chance. Three keys:

1. Lightning/Thunderstorm in the distance
2. Long exposure (15-60secs)
3. Patience and Luck

Focus to infinity and hope that lightning flashes during your exposure time. Rinse and repeat

BTW the good thing about lightning is that it is pure light...with shutter speeds from 1/60 (which you would have to be the luckiest person on earth to catch at that speed) on down you will never underexpose the strike itself...the longer shutter speed is more to make sure you catch something and help get the clouds to be exposed somewhat. I have an even better picture i will post in the next couple days.

Thanks JZ still trying to get on yo level bro!

i'm not a photographer by any means but the lightnings are easy to get.. i used to work in the airport and there was a massive thunderstorm and all planes were left on the ground. me as a ramp agent (the guy responsible for the plane to get unloaded/loaded etc.) i was stuck there with it. so i decided to take some pics. i noticed that you could see a light between the clouds and a few seconds lated the thunder struck. so i counted the seconds and took pics. i eventually managed to take several lighning pics with my motorola v3i mobile phone. ofcourse not as great as your shot )great shot btw) but pics of the lightning nonetheless. i'll see if i can find them on my hard disk (long time ago)

edit: got them

Weebl · 08-07-2011, 01:30 PM

Better than mine....none.

- Paul - · 08-07-2011, 01:43 PM

3 from Disneyland Paris.

M_Six · 08-07-2011, 01:48 PM

Nice pics, Paul. I really like #2.

mikeokimster · 08-07-2011, 02:15 PM

Chewy734 · 08-07-2011, 02:31 PM

^ nice job. When I saw it was night, bridge, and not Tim, I was surprised.

M_Six · 08-07-2011, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

^ nice job. When I saw it was night, bridge, and not Tim, I was surprised.

Tim don't do overpasses.

It's gotta be a bridge. C'mon now.

TL · 08-08-2011, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

^ nice job. When I saw it was night, bridge, and not Tim, I was surprised.

Quote:

Originally Posted by M_Six

Tim don't do overpasses.

It's gotta be a bridge. C'mon now.

i've done something like that when i was in LA

here's a new one, no bridge though

Chrysler Building at Night by GQjai, on Flickr

Chewy734 · 08-08-2011, 11:05 AM

actually, I see a tiny bridge there Tim.

TL · 08-09-2011, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

actually, I see a tiny bridge there Tim.

huh, where

TL · 08-09-2011, 06:59 PM

Chrysler Building at Night by GQjai, on Flickr

M_Six · 08-09-2011, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TL

huh, where

Third window from the left. Four people sitting around a card table.

TL · 08-09-2011, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Third window from the left. Four people sitting around a card table.

i actually have some bridge pics as it wouldn't be complete for me not to have one

08-06-2011, 12:29 AM	#773
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08-07-2011, 01:43 PM	#782
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