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p.2 #1 · p.2 #1 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


What a visualization! Great capturer & PP.


J. R.



Dec 02, 2014 at 11:24 PM
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p.2 #2 · p.2 #2 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


awesome. voted as thread of the week.


Dec 03, 2014 at 01:15 AM
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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Derek,

Now that you've posted the single frame shot, I like it better than the one with the star trails. The static stars balance the sky without stealing the attention from the thunder. Also the clouds look much cleaner than the original. The original had some dark splotchy clouds, not sure if that's from the star trail stacking. If you were to use a single frame, I would go pano crop to reduce the sky and use some dodge burn on the clouds to make them pop. Other than that, I wouldn't do anything else.

Jason



Dec 03, 2014 at 03:15 AM
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p.2 #4 · p.2 #4 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


I like the single frame better.

Jack



Dec 03, 2014 at 08:34 AM
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p.2 #5 · p.2 #5 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


All I can say is WOW.




Dec 03, 2014 at 09:59 AM
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p.2 #6 · p.2 #6 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Nice! This is something I've always wanted to try.


Dec 03, 2014 at 10:37 AM
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p.2 #7 · p.2 #7 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Amazing. Love it


Dec 03, 2014 at 04:52 PM
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p.2 #8 · p.2 #8 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


I really like the second image!!!! Epic!


Dec 03, 2014 at 04:55 PM
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p.2 #9 · p.2 #9 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Pretty cool!

Greg



Dec 03, 2014 at 07:13 PM
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p.2 #10 · p.2 #10 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Stellar final product. Wow.

However, re:

aFeinberg wrote:
That one turbine in the fg kills it for me but holy freakin crap that's a sick shot. I assume something around f4, 30s, iso 800?


Sorry aF, I have to cordially disagree. I think the turbines add some context to "where this is" and make the pictures stronger.



Dec 03, 2014 at 07:59 PM
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p.2 #11 · p.2 #11 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Looks like "War of the Worlds."


I am not a fan of modern wind turbines however. Give me a 50 year old Aermotor windmill any day.

Edited on Dec 03, 2014 at 08:23 PM · View previous versions



Dec 03, 2014 at 08:04 PM
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p.2 #12 · p.2 #12 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Hey Derek,

I am loving the 2nd image. You need to edit your original post and post your 2nd image alongside the star trail one. Sometimes people simply comment on the first and don't scroll down to read others comments.

But definitely... for me without a doubt your #2 image is much better. They compliment the lightning in that one much better.

I am still of a mixed mind about the red beacons on windmills. Have you done a version where you desaturate the reds?

Jim



Dec 03, 2014 at 08:21 PM
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p.2 #13 · p.2 #13 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Both shots are great, #2 is just spectacular! I like the red beacons on the windmills, they draw the eye in and give some depth to the shot but it might be cool to see it w/o them.


Dec 04, 2014 at 01:06 AM
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p.2 #14 · p.2 #14 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Really great work! I like both versions.


Dec 04, 2014 at 01:44 AM
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p.2 #15 · p.2 #15 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


The first is amazing, frenetic, exhausting, and exciting to look at. But I like the second more. Very nice.

Chuck



Dec 04, 2014 at 06:36 AM
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p.2 #16 · p.2 #16 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Derek - nice images! I like them both!
I prefer the more obvious rotor blurring in the 2nd one.
I think pano crops would look good too, but certainly either way is good.
I like how your merged clouds look, I always struggle with that ghosting with merging moving clouds.



Dec 04, 2014 at 10:10 AM
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p.2 #17 · p.2 #17 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


WOW well done images

makes me want to get out and face the night time cold



Dec 04, 2014 at 11:34 AM
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p.2 #18 · p.2 #18 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


The single frame is so much better here! The composite, as others have said, is just sensory overload. There's too much to think about, especially with all of the lightning. The second image though, wow! Really well done.


Dec 04, 2014 at 12:11 PM
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p.2 #19 · p.2 #19 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Love the creativity of #1 but definitely prefer #2, I feel it(#2) is even more dramatic to me with more fidelity.


Dec 04, 2014 at 01:26 PM
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p.2 #20 · p.2 #20 · Oklahoma thunderstorm: Lightning and Stars


Agree that number one is pretty crazy. Almost too much going on. I could make the startrails more muted, or perhaps the lighting. (perhaps both)

I did like it from the perspective of what was actually caught. It's really hard to get lightning + clouds + stars all in one frame.

Also may tame the highlights a bit yet.

The red can be knocked down a bit... doesn't look bad a bit less colorful.



Dec 04, 2014 at 02:25 PM
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