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Published: 2009-01-11 14:34:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 3127; Favourites: 114; Downloads: 0
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Just the way (uh-huh, uh-huh) I like them. Crashing to the ground spectacularly from above!Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia.
Update, June 2012: Crop, contrast.
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Amazing positive lightning! And wonderfull photo, I really envy
Lightning must have been powerfull, I hope nobody was hit by it, because it would cause instant death.
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Thank you! I hope no one was hit, also.
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What an appropriate place-name for a lightning shot 
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Thanks! I like to think the location makes the pictures a bit unique and appropriate.
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Hello! 
Your wonderful work is being featured in my journal--->[link]
Have a great week!
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That is incredible, I really like how it's sparking off all over
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Wow! Impressive shot 
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Thank you very much! It was more distant than it looks, I would have liked to have been closer.
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lol rather you than me haha! I like to watch lightning but not too close
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It looks like the clouds charged up the bolt and made it bigger almost.
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I think that's how it works.
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wooooow
One of the best lightning photo I've ever seen.
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MAGNIFICENT LIGHTNING! ... Absolutely amazing!! It's truely very very rare...
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Gorgeous shot! Great composition for something so....wild!
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You get a sense of the 3D structure of the bolt in this picture--something I've never seen before.
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It was a spectacular strike.
Here's another view of it, courtesy of Shaun, who was standing right beside me: [link]
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Thanks! I wish I could take credit for that part.
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I think this is my absolute favorite out of the whole series - did you had to take a lot of shots to catch the lightning?
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Thank you very much.
I took about 500 photos that night, out of which maybe 30 were interesting.
I always end up taking a ridiculous amount of pictures if there's a storm during the day, simply because it's impossible to get a slow enough shutter speed in daylight, so I usually just set the camera to shoot continuously and hold the button down. This leads to many many many virtually identical photos to sort through later.
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spectacular spectacular !! this is a gorgeous shot, way to go!
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np. i'm getting my remote shutter device thing this friday, now i have to wait for a lightning storm *sigh* wish i could fast forward to one sometime this spring.
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Remote shutters are awesomely useful. I'd be lost without mine -- in fact I am lost without it, because I always forget to take it with me. 
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That's amazing! From the very top, all the way to the ground
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Indeed! I'm glad I wasn't under it.
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