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The Shot by ~Bucky2K:iconBucky2K:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Weather

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©2006-2009 ~Bucky2K
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Luck, patience, and more luck: what's what it took to get this shot. The lighting underneath this dying supercell was absolutely spectacular, which only helped the situation. This was the last shot I was going to take before packing up, because it was beginning to rain harder. That was the luck part. The patience part was taking many dozen photos before this, hoping to get a lightning bolt.

Colors were NOT altered in this photo; only curves was used. I tried to do Auto Saturation Enhancement, but the image is so colorful it actually DEsaturated the image!

Image adjusted in Paint Shop Pro 8.

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~ghostx Jun 22, 2006, 9:22:56 PM
Damn impressive shot that. Tis almost as if some divine hand played a part in making the clouds n' everything be in their position. I like especially that big rift in the clouds where the light (presumably from the lightning) casts up through it. The colour range is awesome too. Nice work =).
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~Bucky2K Jun 22, 2006, 9:49:55 PM
Thank you. I agree, it was almost magical how all the different elements of the storm and the lighting came together at once. The quality of that sunlight was truly amazing.

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*photog Jun 23, 2006, 8:28:20 AM
Another fantastic shot!!! Great timing and work!!!

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~RaevenWood Jun 23, 2006, 1:48:49 PM
Yeah. That is quite an amazing shot. I would feel very lucky to have one like that in my gallery. It just goes to show that a lot of the best shots happene when the photographer least expect them too. ..and that it takes a lot of work to produce quality work. Outstanding.

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~olorinthewhite Jun 23, 2006, 7:23:04 PM
I only wish I could buy a print of this. As a 20x30. Or 16x20. Or 11x14 even. =)

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~olorinthewhite Jun 23, 2006, 7:23:44 PM
And I wish it were available in a higher resolution so it could properly fit my monster of a desktop as a wallpaper =)

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=Bostwickenator Jun 24, 2006, 2:44:53 AM
Quite brilliant, i only wish there was lightning here for me to to and capture. Did you use a neutral density filter and a long exposure?

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~JtHM-fangirl Jun 24, 2006, 11:20:04 AM
WOW, thats all i can say!

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~Bucky2K Jun 25, 2006, 1:21:39 PM
:bow: Thanks.

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