Someone Tempted Fate
During one of Colorado Springs's lightning storms over the summer. I can't look at it without imagining the guy who just had a really bad end to a really bad day after saying something like "May God strike me down with lightning if I'm lying".
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On 22 December 2007 Gary Fudge gave props:
Wow!!
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On 22 December 2007 Howard Seelig added a link:
Awesome pic. I love looking at and taking lightning photos. (www.jpgmag.com)
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On 22 December 2007 Lindsey Stover said:
Aw, me too! I loved this one so much because i knew i was the only person that ever got this photo and no one ever would again. I was up on gold camp and there was about 5 other photographers up there, and for some reason, i was the only one that was set up and ready when this happened. It was the best bolt of the whole storm. I think that was one of those few great days when im not going: "am i really any good at this...?" ya, thats why lightening photos are so wonderful, its the only one ever, every time. Your shot is brilliant too!.. gonna go post there right now.
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On 23 December 2007 Joel Stover gave props:
Either some guy dared the gods, or he put 20" rims on a Ford Escort.
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On 23 December 2007 Ricardo Ramos said:
looks great! what were your camera settings for this??
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On 23 December 2007 Lindsey Stover said:
Had to look it up in the EXIF, been a while. At the time i had a Canon pro1 Id bought it when the only affordable DSLR was the 6mp rebel and didnt get around to upgrading it untill just a few months ago. So the setting sounds wierd in terms of an slr. but: 28mm (7.2mm in exif), f/2.4 (not sure whats thats equal to, but it acted like f/5-8, youd think if it was a true 2.4 it woulda be more blury or brighter, i was going off of what it looked like in the LCD not really paying attention to the settings - ya, i know, thats bad, i was in a hurry) 15sec shutter, center weighted average, manual mode. I pretty much just set the camera and tripod up in a good spot found the brightness of the city lights that i liked best for the length exposure i wanted and started shooting 15sec exposures one after the other for like and hour. I got maybe 5 really good ones, one with 3 different bolts in 15 seconds. But this was the best. This was one of the days that a consumer camera beat the other guys out there with really expensive kits, i think :)
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On 25 December 2007 judy fouse gave props:
Yeah. One of the best lightning photos ever.
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On 25 December 2007 Lindsey Stover said:
wow, thank you!
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On 30 December 2007 Kevin Brauer gave props:
Wow! great timing
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On 2 January 2008 Agus Achmadyana gave props:
wow, amazing
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On 19 January 2008 Lisa Schrepfer said:
hehe. wonder what he lied about ;-)
perfect timing, and what a wonderful electric pattern you managed to catch! -
On 23 January 2008 Donald Bothem said:
Love the Springs lived there for three years. Any shots of Garden of the Gods? Great picture.
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On 28 January 2008 Joe Callian said:
I like it. Its amazing how the lightning came out in this photograph.
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On 8 February 2008 Mandolin Davis said:
this is an exquisite capture!
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On 15 February 2008 Yasmina Baggili gave props:
Absolutely stunning! Pretty well done!
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On 10 September 2008 Brad Flora gave props:
Epic shot! Nice work with the placement of Stratton and the reservoir in the foreground, and I like everything else about it as well!
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On 16 September 2008 Pete Muraszewski gave props:
One of my favorites!
