We had a pretty good lightning show here in Conway Tuesday night. I took 392 pictures in the course of about an hour. The hardest part was deciding which direction to point the camera. Shutter Priority set to 6 seconds at ISO 100
Very good! Karla had similar pics. It was one of the better shows that I've ever seen. We needed two cameras that night. We didn't leave our neighborhood and wished that we had gone out to the fields for a better view. Glad you got out and about. It was the best sunset/lightning storm/rainbow all at the same time. Karla chose to stay with the lightning due to our location. Your colors are perfect! Good stuff!
Yea Mike I wish I had about 3 cameras. This was down Lollie rd just past the new wal-mart not to far from home. I sent this one to Karla for printing this morning.
Posted by Karla Hall on August 20, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Well awesome! I look forward to printing it! Wasn't it just a spectacular show! I was like a kid in a candy store...I'm with you, I wish I would have had at least 3 cameras going!
Great job Matt
Posted by Daniel Loomis on August 20, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Catching lighning in the act is no small feat. What wonderful colors. Nicely done.
Your wide-angle lens caused a lot of fish eye distortion at the edges. Is it possible to straighten out the perspectives in Photoshop? Leaning power poles are hard for this former engineer to ignore. It is probably not an issue for most people.
The pole doesn't really bother me. I went back and looked at some other shots that were shot almost straight on at that same pole. It actually does lean a little, my lens made it look worse though. I could see this bothering an engineer though. My boss used to be an engineer and I bet this would bother him as well.
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12 repliesGreat job Matt
Your wide-angle lens caused a lot of fish eye distortion at the edges. Is it possible to straighten out the perspectives in Photoshop? Leaning power poles are hard for this former engineer to ignore. It is probably not an issue for most people.