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8/27/07, 05:19 PM

Cavero

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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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8/27/07, 06:20 PM

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Nice photo!

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8/27/07, 06:34 PM

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WOW that's a keeper!

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8/27/07, 06:35 PM

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awesome that needs to be in a contest

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8/27/07, 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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8/27/07, 07:16 PM

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WOW! That's really cool!

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8/27/07, 09:02 PM

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wow man thats awesome!!!! love that lightning.

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8/27/07, 09:15 PM

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that is AMAZING!!!

One of the coolest pictures I've ever seen

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8/28/07, 05:32 AM

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An awesome lightning capture.

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8/28/07, 08:32 AM

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very cool!

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8/28/07, 11:29 AM

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I just made that my desktop, very cool.

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8/28/07, 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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8/28/07, 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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8/28/07, 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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8/28/07, 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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8/29/07, 07:44 AM

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Pretty cool stuff.

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8/29/07, 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.