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You don't have to strike twice :)
You don't have to strike twice :)
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Challenge: Best of 2011 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D5000
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: Jun 5, 2011
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 160
Shutter: 20
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2012

 This was taken from Mt Washington, Pittsburgh, PA on a rainy saturday night at 2:00 AM. I was really lucky to get the lightning in the long exposure. Pittsburgh downtown has one of the best views in the country and i believe the lightning added more flavor. I hope everyone likes this one. :)
Thanks for your feedback in advance :)

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02/22/2012 02:21:00 PM
Eek! That's one amazing bolt.
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 02/22/2012 01:13:58 PM
WOW....what a capture!! Great timing!!
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 02/19/2012 06:23:01 PM
What a powerful display from Mother Nature!
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 02/19/2012 12:13:25 AM
Great moment, and patience is the key. A bit orange for my tastes in night city scapes.
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 02/17/2012 07:18:37 PM
You light up my life! That looks like a pretty big strike! Difficult image to capture well. I might try darkening this a bit to reduce the sky & light over-glare. Still a very nice picture.
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 02/17/2012 09:42:46 AM
What an amazing catch. I bet you couldn't believe it when you saw the result.
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 02/16/2012 05:21:43 AM
Awesome shot.
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 02/15/2012 08:27:34 PM
Wow! I can almost feel the electricity. Great capture.
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 02/15/2012 07:36:25 AM
Great timing
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 02/14/2012 08:04:06 AM
a bit over processed. you can see the halos around everything. you have a great image here if you tone it down a bit.
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 02/14/2012 05:35:18 AM
Very nice. I don't think this is RianBotes's lighting and I don't recognise the area, maybe Johannesburg? Any case great lightning shot.
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 02/13/2012 11:07:49 PM
Took me some time, but I found the second strike. Wicked image.
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 02/13/2012 05:23:03 PM
Wow! That's one heck of a bolt
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 02/13/2012 12:44:37 PM
cracking capture of this lightening strike, poor building but qudos we dotn get that many lightening storms here without massive rain etc but going to try some more lightening shots this year 8
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 02/12/2012 04:34:13 PM
Amazing capture!
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 02/12/2012 03:38:29 PM
That's Allegheny General, I think. Someone's been on Moutn Washington. Nice one. I can almost see my office.
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 02/12/2012 12:05:51 PM
I like this with the foreground brightness.
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 02/11/2012 05:00:05 PM
That's some serious lightning! Would not want to be there. Great catch!
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 02/11/2012 02:18:38 PM
wow, so cool to capture lighting that way, it looks like it's taking out that building
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 02/10/2012 02:34:40 PM
A pleasing range of colours here.
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 02/10/2012 12:01:20 PM
That's an amazing capture.
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 02/10/2012 07:20:26 AM
Wow... God must not have been happy with Allegheny General that day! (At least I think that's what that building is...) I probably would have darkened this a bit overall, but still a pretty slick shot.
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 02/10/2012 06:38:39 AM
Lightning bolt is fantastic, I wish however that this was a shorter exposure, the lights that are present are pretty blown out.
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 02/09/2012 08:49:06 PM
nicely timed shot!
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