Outstanding lightning shot

dod said:
well, he's not here anymore, so probably not worth wasting too much time on debating it :) Plenty of threads out there in need of critique :)
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Very true. Probably not even worth giving him a wave on the off-chance that he's reading any of this.


:wave:
 
Well I still think that it's a very nice photo :thumbs: I don't think personally I would have included as many frames as it really is a little bit over powering, but that said as much as I would love to I've not seen a decent lightening storm since I've owned my camera :bang: my own real question would be the colours do seems a little on the warm side I would have through lightening would show as a much cooler light source :thinking:

Matt
 
Well, I started this thread by saying that I though it a striking* image. So my final contribution will be to say: I still think it is.





*See what I did there?
 
All I see is 1 ban and the same old same old 2 or 3 fire pokers being obnoxious.
The guy is banned and they're still poking it like a dead dog in the road..:shake:
Still, pooky should have known better..

Anyway, a 23 sec exposure would have made it for me, as it is, its a montage for which I have only an apathetical opinion.
 
back OT for me,

I like the idea of the lightening shot, effectively a very long exposure capturing many strikes, however, on a technical level it fails to hit the spot for me, too much ambient exposure and general low contrast to things.

The boat lights indicate to the viewer that this is a long exposure, so no problems with the authenticity aspect for me..
 
Why would anyone seriously bother? Some people just stick up for themselves and pay the penalty. It can be hardback track once you go off the rails a bit. Human nature. Why try dissect it?

On topic, the image does little for me. I'm never a fan of stacked images in general. One take only for me. I believe it takes more to get one exposure right.
 
Cagey75 said:
On topic, the image does little for me. I'm never a fan of stacked images in general. One take only for me. I believe it takes more to get one exposure right.
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I cannot help but think that is a little close minded, there are some situations where it's virtually impossible to create an image without using stacking, stacking is a tool in the same was HDR or ND's are :thumbs:
 
I think the weather gets 10/10 for its effort, the photographer less so. Stacking is OK but when it turns the foreground into a distracting mess then the whole thing falls apart.
 
MWHCVT said:
I cannot help but think that is a little close minded, there are some situations where it's virtually impossible to create an image without using stacking, stacking is a tool in the same was HDR or ND's are :thumbs:
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I cannot help but say i also really dislike hdr. And it's just my opinion, I am free to like/dislike whatever. No matter how you feel on it. Wont change my mind ;)
 
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MWHCVT said:
I cannot help but think that is a little close minded, there are some situations where it's virtually impossible to create an image without using stacking... :thumbs:
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It should stay impossible then, nowt wrong with impossible..:)


On the other hand, I'll take a look at every stacked macro you can shake a stick at if the intention is to maximise depth of focus..
 
joxby said:
It should stay impossible then, nowt wrong with impossible..:)


On the other hand, I'll take a look at every stacked macro you can shake a stick at if the intention is to maximise depth of focus..
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:thinking: isn't that a little bit of a double standard
 
MWHCVT said:
:thinking: isn't that a little bit of a double standard
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No because you aren't adding anything to the picture that wasn't there when you clicked the shutter.
So a long exposure would pass the Jox law of reasoning, however fuxxered up the resulting image turned out.
You should make up some MWHCTV laws of reasoning...:)
 
joxby said:
No because you aren't adding anything to the picture that wasn't there when you clicked the shutter.
So a long exposure would pass the Jox law of reasoning, however fuxxered up the resulting image turned out.
You should make up some MWHCTV laws of reasoning...:)
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My only law of reasoning is that I'll do what I need to do to get the effect that I want :thumbs:
 
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