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Published: 2012-02-13 04:41:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 2001; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 112
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Description Oh man...Lightning is cool...

Oh, and I got a D300s. It's pretty and I like it.

Shot with a D300s and a Nikkor 50mm 1.4 prime lens.
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Comments: 16

NairasIllustrations [2012-02-18 05:00:11 +0000 UTC]

fucking sweet!!

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SgtSareth [2012-02-13 18:05:31 +0000 UTC]

How the hell did you manage this? Awesome!

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Dispozition In reply to SgtSareth [2012-02-13 23:13:12 +0000 UTC]

Tripod, long shutter time, and over a hundred photos

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SgtSareth In reply to Dispozition [2012-02-13 23:37:36 +0000 UTC]

You, sir, have the patience of job.

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Dispozition In reply to SgtSareth [2012-02-14 00:29:41 +0000 UTC]

Eh, had some company while I was taking them at least.

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DawnAllies [2012-02-13 15:15:16 +0000 UTC]

..That is just so very many levels of wow.
Perfect moment captured.
Also love how it gives just that slight hint of the scenery ahead of it from the glow of the storm.

Absolutely amazing, really.

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zgadujkty [2012-02-13 13:45:41 +0000 UTC]

~~wow! beautiful

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ahmadnab [2012-02-13 12:45:26 +0000 UTC]

Amazing

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mistersaxon [2012-02-13 08:29:01 +0000 UTC]

Seriously - that is superb! You should put up the Exif information to give some clue about how you took it, though. I'm assuming a tripod and a long exposure time - and a conveniently heavy thunderstorm. If that was using the Tamron wide-angle (a lovely lens although I have the Nikon version for my D7K) then this was really close, amirite?

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Dispozition In reply to mistersaxon [2012-02-13 12:58:12 +0000 UTC]

Oh, wait...I'm an idiot, I was using my 50mm prime by that point, duuurrr. And the exif'd be something like 3s exposure and a 4.8 aperture, or something similar.

And yes, I used a tripod and the storm was fairly going, but not too crazy.

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mistersaxon In reply to Dispozition [2012-02-14 08:25:22 +0000 UTC]

Ok, so that's either zoomed and cropped or it was pretty nearby then? It's awesome, however you managed it! We don't get storms that intense here except once every couple of years or less which I think is a shame. I do see storms when we go to Sardinia but I usually don't take my tripod there because it's 1/3 of my luggage allowance O_o

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Dispozition In reply to mistersaxon [2012-02-16 12:49:30 +0000 UTC]

Nah, I was a solid few km away, and it's uncropped, although I should crop it. 50mm on a dx sensor is something like 75mm on a 35mm camera, so it has a decent amount of magnification.

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mistersaxon In reply to Dispozition [2012-02-17 08:32:43 +0000 UTC]

Then it was OMG massive I'm still impressed, no matter how much you make out this was just an ordinary picture

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CrisisCorps [2012-02-13 04:42:26 +0000 UTC]

there are no words to describe how awesome this is

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Dispozition In reply to CrisisCorps [2012-02-13 04:42:55 +0000 UTC]

I know right? I'm really sad that I missed a few better ones though >:

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CrisisCorps In reply to Dispozition [2012-02-13 04:43:42 +0000 UTC]

that does suck but at least you got this one

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