View allAll Photos Tagged lightningbolt
Lightning bolt from Oxfordshire on the afternoon of 12th August 2020. Two lightning flashes happened in the same video clip shot with my Canon 1100D. I extracted the still frames from the video using PIPP then processed them in Lightroom. That's all I managed to get with regards to lightning yesterday.
Got lucky with one incredibly close lightning bolt in Oceanside California during the extremely wet winter of 2004-05. Recently published in "Our Changing Planet: The View From Space"
Double trouble lightning strikes, two C2G or cloud to ground lightning bolts striking the city lights. These two bolts start high up in the clouds before making their way to the ground. looking North East Of Longmont, Boulder County and Weld County, Colorado. Black and white sepia HDR processing on this version. ISO 250 - F5.6 - 15 Sec - 28mm. These two strikes happened at the same time.
Striking black and white fine art nature landscape photography prints, stock images and canvas art by James Bo Insogna
Gallery: www.jamesinsogna.com/p902484617/h2c6fa129#h2c6fa129
Print and Canvas Art: www.Striking-Photography.net
Stock and Photography License Site: www.JamesInsogna.com
Art Prints - Acrylic Prints - Metal Prints and Stretched Canvas Prints - www.BoInsogna.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/StrikingPhotographyByBo
Twitter: www.twitter.com/Lightning_Man
Distant Storms and lightning on August 9 2020. Crivitz, WI looking north towards Iron Mountain area.
It was the third and final day of the 33rd annual Gathering of Nations (GON) in Albuquerque, North America's largest PowWow and Native American competition featuring Indian singing and dancing and a celebration of Native culture. Later in the evening, Miss Indian World 2016 would be crowned following a pageant that featured tribal knowledge, dance and personality competitions.
People from tribes throughout the First Nations dispersed across North America travel into Albuquerque to participate and reunite with friends and family at GON. I'm told it's loud to hear and exciting to see, so it's on my list of future things-to-do. Sorry, I don't have photographs from this year's event.
Many attendees break from the PowWow, and venture into nearby city destinations with their families. One of these individuals was Jennifer, my next stranger: 88/100. We met in a shaded area at the ABQ Biopark Botanic Garden.
My own party had left me behind in the Fairy Tale Garden Orchid Show and Sale so they could move on elsewhere to other exhibits. Using a walkie-talkie, I called my children for a status update, and they decided to return to meet me. During the hand-held conversation, I noticed Jennifer, with her husband, sitting on a bench nearby. They were looking at and discussing some printed matter; possibly the Biopark site map. Jennifer's colorful headband with a lightning-bolt, chevron-pattern attracted my attention. I approached the bench, introduced myself and asked if she would grant me permission to photograph her for 100 Strangers. I also offered to make a family portrait for her, with her husband and children. She accepted unhesitatingly. As I opened up my reflector, Jennifer's husband went to gather the children to join mum on the bench.
Jennifer told me she is Navajo, and drove in from Arizona. She and her family had already been to the PowWow earlier in the day and her children needed space to run around. Jennifer said she lived near the Four Corners in Rock Land. I can't find it on a map of the Navajo Nation, although in the area she described I did find a Rock Point, and Round Rock. Either my phone's note taking app auto-corrected the village name, or perhaps she had translated from Diné Bizaad, her Navajo language.
In the meantime, my own flock returned just in time to help hold my light reflector. I was glad for the assistance. Jennifer was sitting in the shade and I wished to illuminate her better, as well as add some sparkle to her dark brown eyes. The modifier needed placement behind me, by at least two feet, to avoid overpowering her. While being photographed a breeze had blown her hair across her face a few times. She patiently curated her appearance and swept the hairs back in place. While doing so her hair hid one of her large hoop earrings. I decided to keep, rather than clone off, the black metal loop that was visible behind her on the bench; it alludes to her hidden earring.
After I secured Jennifer alone, her children and husband filtered onto the bench for a few portraits. Getting her little ones to sit on either parent's lap was enough of a distraction that we didn't engage in further conversation. When the portrait session was completed I showed the best shots to her on the reverse of my camera and she liked them. We exchanged email so I could send her the photographs. I thanked her for the chance to photograph her and her family, and then we parted.
My 100 Strangers submissions are catalogued in an album you can visit: flic.kr/s/aHsk9s8ZQb .
Images from all the participants in this world-wide project can be enjoyed here: 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
Photo by Matt Koroulis
Camera: Pentax ZX-60
Film: Kodak Tmax 400 Black & White 35mm
Developed and scanned at Panda Lab in Seattle.
I was lucky enough to capture this early evening. I managed to be in the right place at the right time with the right camera settings. The only thing I didnt have was a tripod so the countryside is blurry but who is looking at that?
Sheet and cloud-to-cloud lightning lit up the night sky above the Kingston Foreshore development on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin. The show was a totally captivating sight, the complete silence and a strong breeze added to the surreal atmosphere. Lightning occurred every 10 seconds or so for 30 minutes or so.
-———
[ Location - Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia ]
Photography notes ...
The photograph was taken using the following hardware configuration ...
(Year of manufacture indicated in braces where known.)
- Hasselblad 501CM Body (Chrome) - S/N 10SH26953 (2002).
- Hasselblad CFV-50c Digital Back for Hasselblad V mount camera.
- Hasselblad Focusing Screen for the CFV-50c digital back, with focussing prism and crop markings.
- Hasselblad 45 Degree Viewfinder PME-45 42297 (2001).
- Hasselblad Carl Zeiss lens - Sonnar 150mm f/4 CFi T* (2003).
- FotodioX B60 Lens Hood for Select Hasselblad Telephoto CF Lenses - MFR # HASSY-HD-60100.
- Really Right Stuff (RRS) TFC-14 Series 1 Carbon Fiber Tripod - MFR # 13996.
- Really Right Stuff (RRS) BH-30 Ball Head with Mini Screw-Knob Clamp - MFR # BH-30 PRO.
- Hasselblad HATQCH (3043326) Tripod Quick Coupling.
- Arca-Swiss ARUCP38 Universal Camera Plate 3/8”.
- Nikon AR-3 Shutter Release Cable.
- Artisan & Artist ACAM-302 Silk Cord for Hassleblad Cameras (Black).
I acquired the photograph (8272 x 6200 pixels) with an ISO of 6400, an exposure time of from 8 seconds, and an aperture of f/22.0.
Post-processing ...
Finder - Removed the CF card from the camera digital back and placed it in a Lexar 25-in-1 USB card reader. Then used Finder on my MacBook Air to download the raw image file (3FR extension) from the card.
Lightroom - Imported the images. Applied a standard metadata preset (20161110 Import 001) during the import process.
Lightroom - Used the Map module to add the location details to the EXIF header.
Lightroom - Made various lighting and color adjustments to the image.
Lightroom - Saved the Develop module settings as a preset.
Lightroom - Output the image as a JPEG image using the “Maximum” quality option (8272 x 6200 pixels).
PhotoSync - Copied the JPEG file to my iPad Mini for any final processing, review, enjoyment, and posting to social media.
@MomentsForZen #MomentsForZen #MFZ #Hasselblad #501CM #CFV50c #Lightroom #Lightning #Sky #Clouds #LightningBolt #Apartments #Lights #StarBursts #Thunderstorm #LightningStorm #Lake #LakeBurleyGriffin #Reflections
Re posted in its original from Raw state. Resized and saved as jpeg. I did run Neat Image afterwards because it had no in camera sharpening and had been shot at ISO400 (in the excitement i had forgotten to turn off the auto ISO!)
The blue version had various tweaks done to it while in Raw, using Nikon Capture NX.