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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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Lightning!

Hey all,

We had some thunderstorms this weekend, and while I was trying to get the settings on my camera right, look what I got!
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 06:20 PM
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Nice photo!
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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WOW that's a keeper!
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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awesome that needs to be in a contest
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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I love it!! Love the streamer coming up from the bottom on the right side, that is cool!! Science in action.
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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WOW! That's really cool!
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 09:02 PM
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wow man thats awesome!!!! love that lightning.
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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that is AMAZING!!!

One of the coolest pictures I've ever seen
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 05:32 AM
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An awesome lightning capture.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 08:32 AM
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very cool!
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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I just made that my desktop, very cool.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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Very cool! I'm wondering if the blue bolt on the right isnt' an internal reflection (upside down) of the main bolt, and not a streamer.
the top looks an awful lot like the bottom fork at the tree-tops. Just a reflection off the lense maybe? I could be wrong though, I'm no scientist.

No matter what, its a really cool picture.

Now I wish I had had my camera last night coming home from a late night at work, looking at the lunar eclipse.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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That is true, but I would think if it were a lens reflection, it would have the branches coming off the main bolt too. It does look very similar though...
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 04:52 PM
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I had a UV filter on the lens to protect the glass from the rain. Maybe it's reflecting back on that? I don't seem to remember seeing the blue bolt when I took the photo, but I was looking at the bolt in the sky
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Cavero
I had a UV filter on the lens to protect the glass from the rain. Maybe it's reflecting back on that? I don't seem to remember seeing the blue bolt when I took the photo, but I was looking at the bolt in the sky
That looks like something out of one of MMO video games
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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 07:44 AM
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Pretty cool stuff.
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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 07:48 AM
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Awesome shot, thats a almost once in a life time capture. I've never been able to get lightning on my D50, I think mainly because I've only tried doing it hand held while looking through the viewfinder. Next good storm im setting up the tri-pod and using wireless remote.
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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Scothew
Awesome shot, thats a almost once in a life time capture. I've never been able to get lightning on my D50, I think mainly because I've only tried doing it hand held while looking through the viewfinder. Next good storm im setting up the tri-pod and using wireless remote.

That's exactly what i did with my D50 to get this one!
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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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wow. Lightning is a lot scarier on camera! Yikes!!
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 08:55 AM
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That is one amazing pic. You couldn't have timed it any better!
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