Stormy Seas

[Mad Aussie]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4918184102_211292d499_o.jpg

For some reason the images from Flickr aren't showing as sharp as they used to here. Can't be sure if it's a Flickr thing because they changed some things recently or it's the site upgrade.

Another link to the photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrovisual/4918184102/#/photos/astrovisual/4918184102/lightbox/

[Matt K.]

Superp, simply superb

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks very much Matt

[Iguanasan]

Holy crap! :eek: That looks dangerous! Beautifully captured.

[Mad Aussie]

Holy crap! :eek: That looks dangerous! Beautifully captured.

Salt water, carbon sails, 1 trillion volts of electricity ... what could go wrong?? :shrug:

[Bambi]

I agree that it looks dangerous and it looks fabulous too! well done!

[Mad Aussie]

It's ok ... a little electricity never hurt anyone :rolleyes:

[mbrager]

Very cool shot. Am I right thinking that you waited with an open camera shutter for the lightning to strike so the lightning could act as a flash to expose the boats? I agree that your Flickr version looks sharper and slightly larger than here, and I noticed that generally the forum seems to be compressing images, even ones linked from elsewhere. Mike

[Mad Aussie]

Very cool shot. Am I right thinking that you waited with an open camera shutter for the lightning to strike so the lightning could act as a flash to expose the boats?
It would have been cool if that's how I did it but the honest truth is this was just a bland shot of the boats against a featureless sky. So I took a lightning shot I took years back and that's the result.

[mbrager]

Well, it's still a cool trick shot. Mike

[Mad Aussie]

Well, it's still a cool trick shot. Mike

Cheers Mike

[edG]

nicely made

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks EdG

[casil403]

Very nice processing here MA! :)

[Iguanasan]

It would have been cool if that's how I did it but the honest truth is this was just a bland shot of the boats against a featureless sky. So I took a lightning shot I took years back and that's the result.

Honestly, I thought the patterns in those strikes looked familiar. I do believe I recall seeing the original unless you've re-used them many times. It's definitely well executed 'shopping.

[Bambi]

it would have been cool if that's how i did it but the honest truth is this was just a bland shot of the boats against a featureless sky. So i took a lightning shot i took years back and that's the result.

aha!!! I wondered that.

well done! :thumbup:

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks all.

Not sure if I've ever shown that lightning photo before Ig but maybe, once only, about 1 1/2 years ago perhaps.

This is something I do very rarely and usually on a re-visit to a set of photos to make something out of a shot that lacks something.

[Peter]

Wow great shot.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Peter ;)

[Iguanasan]

Thanks all.

Not sure if I've ever shown that lightning photo before Ig but maybe, once only, about 1 1/2 years ago perhaps.

This is something I do very rarely and usually on a re-visit to a set of photos to make something out of a shot that lacks something.

Maybe you were playing with another shot. I have vague recollection of a shot where you had mountains and a lightening strike or two and in one edit of it you stuck your face in the upper right corner. Either way, it was a fantastic choice for punching up this shot. Very cool and well done.

[Marko]

Nice composition as well MA.

[Mad Aussie]

Yeh I did do that with one of my lightning shots ... but a different shot. I used another one again behind our car not so long ago as well.

Thanks IG :)

[JAS_Photo]

Cool stuff! Lol, I was wondering about the lightning. Generally, those little guys get out of the water at the first sign of trouble.

I also have issue with the flickr loaded photos. The forum is definitely compressing them. If you click on your image and load in a new tab you can see the larger sharper version.

[Mad Aussie]

Nice composition as well MA.
Sorry marko I missed this comment earlier. Thanks for that.

So it's not just me having the shaprness issue suddenly JAS. Good to know.

[Richard]

Nice one MA!

[Mad Aussie]

Cheers Richard