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Title: complete luck
Post by: Octavius on April 18, 2002, 09:44:26 PM

Took this pic just outside my front porch.  Got lucky during a storm :)  I was so amazed it even turned out, the timing was awesome.

Title: complete luck
Post by: Ozark on April 18, 2002, 09:53:38 PM

Damn, Very nice shot Oct!
Getting the Sun in frame just makes it! :cool:

Title: complete luck
Post by: Octavius on April 18, 2002, 09:54:34 PM

thats a street lamp :D

Title: complete luck
Post by: Ozark on April 18, 2002, 09:58:28 PM

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Originally posted by Octavius
thats a street lamp :D

Damn, That photo sucks... Heck, yeah got a street light in the frame! :p

Title: complete luck
Post by: loser on April 18, 2002, 11:46:38 PM

so what.... you were taking a picture of a tree?

Title: complete luck
Post by: Samm on April 18, 2002, 11:51:14 PM

Nice diagonals .

Title: complete luck
Post by: Octavius on April 19, 2002, 12:10:50 AM

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Originally posted by loser
so what.... you were taking a picture of a tree?

no it was the nekkid girl... you mean, you dont see her? :p

I planned on getting a shot of lightning (very difficult with fast shudder speed) and was extremely lucky with the timing and direction I was facing.

Title: complete luck
Post by: DA98 on April 19, 2002, 11:43:03 AM

I hope you don't mind if I play with your pic and photoshop:


(http://personales.ya.com/xavimm/wowsmall2.jpg)

Title: complete luck
Post by: keyapaha on April 19, 2002, 11:46:18 AM

cool bolt

Title: complete luck
Post by: midnight Target on April 19, 2002, 11:56:07 AM

The ONLY thing wrong with California....no lightning....OK, very little lightning.




OK, not the only thing.....but the only SIGNIFICANT thing.:D


Nice pic!

Title: complete luck
Post by: Boroda on April 19, 2002, 12:11:50 PM

What was the exposition?

If it was taken with a camera in hand - I simply can't believe. It's like meeting a dinosaur on a Red Square. Catching a lightning in at best 1/30 second exposition - i can call it impossible.

If it was taken with a static camera and an open lock, diafragm set to 16 or 22 - then again you are extremely lucky to get such a nice composition.

I bet it's not a new-fangled automatic plastic camera, but a good old mirror non-auto or semi-auto. But... Well, a central lock will make this possible with any exposition, while the horisontal curtain lock gives you only one short moment with 1/30 exposition, and vertical - with 1/60...

What was the camera model, film, exposition and diafragm? I was a b/w photo maniac at the high school, and still can tell you exp/diafragm for any conditions and can print 3 b/w photos per minute with an ordinary magnifier.

My hat off. WTG.

Title: complete luck
Post by: Boroda on April 19, 2002, 12:14:21 PM

Er, 1/60 for horizontal and 1/125 for vertical with the lock completely open....