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Submitted: February 4, 2009
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Make:OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model:E-510
Shutter Speed:15/1 second
Aperture:F/11.0
Focal Length:14 mm
ISO Speed:400
Date Taken:Feb 3, 2009, 11:17:04 PM
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh

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Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Weather

A couple of lightning bolts.

And a fun lesson in which camera not to buy for photographing lightning (or anything that happens in the dark, for that matter).

The grain is a feature of this picture, it's meant to represent the lightning's desire to flee the clouds and join with the ground as one harmonius unit of..oh, who am I kidding. The grain is there because the camera sucks. As soon as I find something high enough, I'm gonna find out if it bounces.

Nice lightning, though.

Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia.

UPDATE, October 2012: This one's been long overdue for an improvement. Cleaned the image up, reduced noise, tweaked contrast. The original, for comparison, is preserved for posterity here:
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I'm much happier with the updated version.

~~mad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~firebird Dec 17, 2012

awesome. you have guts!

*datazoid Dec 17, 2012

Thanks.

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*Wolfzen Aug 23, 2009 Professional Writer

The fifth displayed here is perfect. This is my favorite lightning piece of yours, for sure. I mean heck, when you can see the color transitions in the purest form of natural energy, it's hard to not like this photo. It's like a rainbow that'll blow your head off because it's so hardcore...

*datazoid Aug 24, 2009

Thank you so much!

*Wolfzen Aug 24, 2009 Professional Writer

Indeed indeed, but every word is true. Although seeing this makes me want to develop a rainbow cannon that could blow apart people in a fabulous fashion...

~wikedwitch Mar 10, 2009

Wow, Data! Bad camera or not, this is a fantastic capture!

*datazoid Mar 11, 2009

Thanks.

~wikedwitch Mar 13, 2009

Print?????????

*jumping up and down and pointing at self* "Paying customer here!!!!"

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