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Published: 2009-02-04 22:35:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1117; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 0
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Taken in Hastings Victoria. Used film to capture this, and it pretty much sits where it was shot in the frame.Bit of luck, maybe. I have done a few storms and generally have a knack for getting it right.
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Really incredible! How long of an exposure was this? It's amazing how many strikes are going on!
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That looks like a hell of a storm. I miss thunderstorms, even if they can be a bit frightening at times, there's always a beauty there. Great shot.
He is referring to the grain of the film when he's referring to noise. Out of curiosity how long of an exposure was this?
There are things you can do to reduce its appearance without loosing too much image quality. What image editing programs do you have? If you have any questions, even the seemingly basic ones, Id be happy to help if I can.
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Thanks for the comments and tips.
It was a 3 minute exposure with 100 ISO film. I use f9 as standard for the aperture.
Since I have had my Digitals, I have not got to any storms, but I am hoping this weekend, as we are going for a 43 celcius day with a cool change at night, so it could be a boomer, or I could get fried if I'm not careful.
See how I go.
I shoot now in RAW for everything and then I touch up in Lightroom 2, with final minor bits in PS3 if I have to.
Mark.
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That must have been a really active storm to get all that in 3 minutes. Good luck this weekend and stay safe. But a shot like this is worth a little bit of danger 
In addition to what facehead said using PS, you may also want to look into the noise reduction feature in Lightroom.
Also, thanks for the watch.
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This is quite nice. I'd recommend ditching the watermark and making the viewable size online smaller. In addition, perhaps reducing the noise might make it a little more imposing. Maybe that's not the right word.
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How is that.
I have reduced the size and removed the watermark.
I am very new to this so I am gradually learning about things to try.
I have found that the online help is very difficult in that it does not answer some more basic problems or queries.
I have had problems getting my avatar up, as I just can't seem to get the size right for what they want. I am just sooo confused.
Oh, in relation to the noise, I assume you are refering to the grainy texture of the image. It was a film file that was converted, and it is the film grain that came through, if that makes sense.
Any feed back or tips will be appreciated.
Mark.
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That looks great! 900 pixels wide is a nice size I find. It's not too small so as not to see it, and it's not too big that it couldn't fit on an average monitor (or of course be stolen).
I forget how to change avatars⦠it's pretty simple as I recall. I imagine it's a 50x50 pixel image or something like that. You'll figure it out.
As for the noise, it's definitely the film grain. You might like it, but if you have photoshop, you can use the Filter>Reduce Noise and set it to something like "strength 8", "preserve details 50%", and zero for the other options.
That's all I can think of for stuff.
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I'll try the noise thing and see how it goes.
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whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaa !!! imposing !!!!!!!!!!
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