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Strike Two

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This is my second successful lightning photo! ( The first was my second ever deviation: [link] )

Lightning is quite difficult to capture, mostly because it requires a great deal of luck. I took about 40 or so photos and this is the only one I managed to catch a strike in the frame. I'm relieved that it was quite a good strike, and a lot of nice detail shows up, including lots of little filaments. The colour you see here is false, since the camera has no idea how to set colour balance for such a shot. In the processing I chose the green chanel only, since the image is essentially monochromatic, and gave the picture a blue hue, to simulate how we perceive lightning strikes with the naked eye.

If you're interested, here's a screenshot of the rain radar for my area at the time of the photo. I live between Caulfield and Springvale, just below and to the right of centre: [link]

Camera: Canon EOS 350D
Lens: 18-55mm @ 18mm
Shutter: 30sec
ISO: 800
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1600x1150px 429.16 KB
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Naarah's avatar
This rocks!!

I have tried to capture lightning many-a-time, and so far unsuccessful. But I keep trying. Now for it to warm up here and get to summer already, so I can try again!