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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Date: Sep 9, 2009
Aperture: 9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 15
Galleries: Urban, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 18, 2010

 Taken from the fire escape outside my apartment on a stormy morning before leaving for work. Set the exposure to 15 seconds and took a series of photos. In this one I was lucky enough to get two lightning bolts in the same exposure.

Cropped and rotated in ACR, then in Photoshop I did two different exposures and masked out the brighter one just for the building, which was completely overexposed in the original. Then some levels and layers stuff, noise ninja and sharpening, resized and saved for web.

I'm not quite sure what to expect for this photo. I think it might be a little too dark, and to be honest, I'm a bit sick of looking at it after all the different edits I've done. Oh well, I can only wait and see! :-)

Statistics
Place: 98 out of 445
Avg (all users): 6.2073
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 6.1495
Avg (non-participants): 6.4231
Views since voting: 965
Views during voting: 393
Votes: 246
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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 01/29/2010 07:06:58 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First Impression: Two lightning bolts in one shot! I especially liked the lightning strike near the church, it looks like it is lighting all of the front. Or maybe it is.

Subject: It's not often that two lightning strikes are captured it a photo, at least not this well done. Best of 2009 and maybe a long time before you get a chance to capture this again.

Technical: At first I felt there was too much space at the very top, after looking at it though I think it's perfect. If you take any away from the top you would lose some of that blue colour.

Final thoughts: I don't really see anyway that you could improve this particular image. I hope to see more from you on DPC. I checked my favourite photographers by votes given, over 9 challenges I've given you an average of 6.67.

If you have any questions click here to message me!

Senay

Message edited by author 2010-01-30 00:58:12.
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 01/28/2010 11:02:49 PM
Good score but should have been higher IMO - great shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2010 11:20:32 AM
love lighting shots. This is a good one. great starburst lighting as well.
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 01/27/2010 11:52:07 PM
It's really amazing the way you got the reflection in the water of the left one, and the other near that "church" tower, it looks like the forces of nature defy religion :)
Excellent clarity, tack sharp.

Sempre foi das minhas preferidas!
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 01/27/2010 05:29:47 PM
Awesome catch with the lightning! The bolts on the right almost form the letter "X". Great shot. BB
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 01/27/2010 04:32:42 PM
Pretty amazing lightning.....6
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 01/27/2010 08:29:23 AM
very cool lighting shot
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 01/26/2010 04:10:24 PM
nice capture , a little too much negative space at the top. 6
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 01/26/2010 03:57:36 PM
wow...what a powerful night that was...excellent colors and clarity
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 01/26/2010 09:42:55 AM
excellent!
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 01/25/2010 03:43:28 AM
wow, great colour and drama
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 01/24/2010 05:52:02 AM
Very nice lightning shot. Two at onece.
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 01/23/2010 07:23:26 PM
Excellent. What a greet shot.
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 01/23/2010 01:20:47 PM
Cool shooting, and very good timing! Wow also love the purple.
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 01/23/2010 09:55:04 AM
Great timing on the lightning strikes, nice.
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 01/22/2010 09:02:59 PM
good capture
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 01/22/2010 09:56:55 AM
nice scene - maybe to much space at top
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 01/21/2010 08:22:58 PM
awesome capture
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