I had been watching for lightning for many months now and finally got a chance to capture some. This was my first attempt and I think the photos turned out great.
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Woohoo a 93% shot! Thanks for the votes and the comments. In all actuality I was hoping for a high 5 with this shot and I am blown away by the final average.
I was not sure how this shot would go over due to being very dark. On my Samsung 204bw it looked great but on some monitors it looked almost totally black.
Here is the original for comparison sake
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Place: 19 out of 266 Avg (all users): 6.6654 Avg (commenters): 7.3333 Avg (participants): 6.3864 Avg (non-participants): 6.7989 Views since voting: 1576 Views during voting: 444 Votes: 272 Comments: 14 Favorites: 2 (view)
First impression is that it seems distant and insignicant(the photo as a whole that is). But the longer I look at this, the more the greater picture develops out of the darkness. Well done!
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