Severe Thunderstorm edging just east of my house in Colorado. WB to give cooler appearance. Slight dodging and burning (very slight). Slight Noise Ninja and 3-4 lights removed.
First entry with the D300. Amazing how little amount of Noise Ninja on this and no in camera NR.
As for the color saturation, only WB was adjusted to 4050 and Tint to 60 from -16. And the no "stars, planets, etc." there were stars, but at this size they did not show up. Besides there is a planet. PLANET EARTH! :)
Thanks for ALL the comments and the great scores!
June 16, 2008: When my score has hedging over 8 I decided to send in for qualification on my own. I sent in my DNG file, which is the workflow that I have been using over a year in speeding up my processing. Unbeknownst (sp?) to me it has not been embedding the original NEF file into the DNG. Apparently that is a MANUAL setting (as far as I can figure) each time the Adobe Downloader starts its auto processing when the CF card is sensed. Also I had been shooting pictures on that same card afterwards and was only able to get a RAW NEF file recovered that was about a minute and 30 seconds after this one was taken. So a few NEW processes to go into effect for my shooting.
And by the way...from the "specific" details of the challenge..." The visual impact of your image should be heavily dependent on YOUR depiction of the night sky."
Disqualification Details
You must retain your original, unedited file (exactly as recorded by your camera), and provide it to the Site Council along with a list of your editing steps within 48 hours of any validation request. Files that have been saved or altered with any editing or transfer software are NOT originals.
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So, what happened to your original image file? I gave this a "5", because it's very good, but it totally ignored the challenge description requirements. No, the Earth is the Earth... not a part of the sky. And, I see no stars or moon. The challenge was supposed to be about showing the night sky... with stars, planets or moon. It's a mystery to me as to why you gathered in so many "10" votes without meeting the requirements of the challenge. A mystery indeed! If I had done this, I would have received 93 "1" votes!!!! LOL!!! I live in Colorado. I am sure there were big T-storms somewhere in Colorado on June 2, 2008. It's a mystery as to why you were not be able to supply an original image file. Care to help us understand and be sympathetic?
To me this was DNMC but I think I was the only one who thought so
Nope, I thought the same thing and I know one other who agrees. I gave it a 5... had the challenge description not been so specific I might have given it a 7 or 8.
I can't believe you were dqfd!!
What happened with your originals?
This might be a once in a lifetime subject, but the talent should always be there. Keep up the good work!!.
Totally sucks about the DQ. I don't think it's fair, but...
No stars, planets or moon. To me this was DNMC but I think I was the only one who thought so (apart from the three 1 votes). It's a beautiful image of a lightening strike but not a night sky capture as was expected and described.
Geez. You got about 40 more 9s and 10s than I had total votes in my FS entry. I bet your average shot through the roof and into space after this one. Congrats!
I was one of your 10's, on a totally selfish note, I'm impressed I finally picked a winner. Praise through appreciation. Your score is incredible, it restores my faith in Colorado :}
Congrats on being the 19th Highest rated shot on DPC EVER. I actually just went out today to try and get me some lightning shots, i know this is not easy to do! NJ + congrats
You know, I absolutely love this shot! I am adding to my favorites.
But here is the heartbreak, I generally don't DNMC folks because I can usually find some way to fit every shot into a challenge. But this one was very specific about what was required...stars, moon & planets.
This is a wonderful shot, but I'm going to have to dock a point or two.
Awesome, a classic lightning shot. You don't often get to take a picture like this so it's a mix of luck and skill. keeping the shutter open for less time and taking more shots may reduce what I suspect is some motion blur on the cloud, but it's a minor point.
Lovely composition, the cloud formations is great and you have really brought themout. That lighting bolt is amaxing you can see almost up in to the cloud where its has come from.
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