<< Previous Next >>

Pure nature


Pure nature
Photo Information
Copyright: Adrian Szatewicz (aes_thor) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 145 W: 23 N: 366] (1518)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-10-30
Categories: Sky
Camera: Fuji Finepix S20 Pro, Fujinon 6x zoom
Exposure: f/11, 30 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-28 2:20
Viewed: 347
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello all TN members!

Today I wanted to share something different, not often see on TN.

Mighty nature show it's real power during thunder storms and other great but often catastrophic phenomena like tornadoes or avalanches.
For me it's beautifull not because it looks great- but also because it's something that people can not control or change. It's pure natural power independent of human will.

One of my passion is to observe thunderstorms and other powerfull natural phenomena. This photograph is my first lightening shot, it was taken during forest walk near Mragowo.
Storm came really fast covering all the sky with dark, heavy clouds. It was still quite far away, rain didn't came yet so I've decided to try to catch the lightening. After few minutes success - my first and I think the best lightening photograph since that day. I was really lucky, after another few minutes it's starts to rain and I had to get back to home quickly.

I cannot wait when summer came and another storm season start.

About photograph: because of high ISO 400 and a lot of noise in background I used NeatImage to clear it, then some shadow and highlight function in photoshop to show some ground details, resizing and sharpening.


I hope You like this! Thank You for any comments and criticques!

cheers!

pvs, gerbil, jaycee, nglen, Hormon_Manyer, Miss_Piggy, waylim, JoshLewis has marked this note useful
Only registered TrekNature members may rate photo notes.
Add Critique [Critiquing Guidelines] 
Only registered TrekNature members may write critiques.
Discussions
ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To pvs: Hi!aes_thor 1 05-28 02:42
You must be logged in to start a discussion.

Critiques [Translate]

  • Great 
  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1144 W: 254 N: 2546] (11539)
  • [2008-05-28 2:31]
  • [+]

Hi Adrian,

A nice caature of this (light) striking picture,well captured with good colors,I remember greg (red45) used to show us some lightning shot,anyway I like it,well done and tfs

Pau

Very well done, great result - especially for a first attempt.Thank you for showing and for the very good and interesting commenting note!
Werner

  • Great 
  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1032 W: 26 N: 2994] (10800)
  • [2008-05-28 4:21]

Hi Adrian,
great shot, not easy to do (i know i've tried). Beautiful pink lightening bolt and good composition, well done and bravo!
Paul

  • Great 
  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1778 W: 8 N: 4605] (14893)
  • [2008-05-28 7:36]

Hi Adrian,

It isn't easy to capture lightening as well as you did! This is wonderful - the color of the sky is beautiful. We have magnificent light shows in the skies over the mountains during monsoon season but I have failed to get a good picture. I'll try your settings this year.

Jane

  • Great 
  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1989 W: 5 N: 5528] (20896)
  • [2008-05-28 11:27]

Hi Adrian. What fantastic timing this is somthing i have tried but never good any pictures worth keeping. This has realy maded the sky light up with colour. well done TFS.
Nick..

  • Great 
  • Amadeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 194 W: 0 N: 645] (2867)
  • [2008-05-28 11:38]

Hola Adrian, hasta el monitor se ilumina, muy bien captada esta luz. Un saludo

Hi Adrian,
Bombastic storm photo. Bravo. I myself never tried this yet, but it seems like a difficult capture to do. Tfs this great image. Regards from Hungary, László

Hello Adrian,

Very good picture of this lightening. 30 s, I cannot do it with my camera :-). Superb sharpness. Great light and colours. Very well done for a first shot. I hope to see more in the future, not too soon, I hope to have good weather in summer :-)
Cheers,
Mariki

Hallo Adrian
This week time is critical; however...............................The lightning are impressive - particularly the one right in the middle. It is like a display of fireworks in the sky. You've successfully captured a great spread of lightning here. The colour of the sky is beautiful.
Warmest regards.
Anna

  • Great 
  • marcin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 126 W: 0 N: 155] (1371)
  • [2008-05-29 12:57]

czesc Adrian
pogratulowac pozostaje, czadowe ujecie
pozdrawiam

hello Adrian

great shot of the lightning of the thunder storm,
beautiful warm tone colours of the sky, i love to see
the great light lines that did the lightning, i love specially
the one at the right crossing each other (doing a X), TFS

Asbed

Adrian,
It is mother nature with its powerful energy. What a spetacular moment you capture, we see it often but hard to capture. What a wonderful display of the lighting. Great details and wonderful color. Even the lightning lines creat a perfect composition for you. Thanks so much for this and you have wonderul gallery.
Way

Awesome shot! This lightning is incredible! Very very nicely done! Its not too often I get to see this rare site, especially with it being this much. Well captured! Thanks for sharing! Cheers Josh Lewis.

  • Great 
  • sily Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 252 W: 6 N: 391] (1859)
  • [2008-07-03 2:21]

Wow, nature is amazing in moments like these,amazing capture and a great quality of photo, great work Adrian!

Calibration Check
















0123456789ABCDEF