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G G
{K:61359} 8/15/2007
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Wow.. stunning!! Beautiful capture Dave
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biljana mitrovic
{K:48110} 8/13/2007
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.... although I'm not Mr Elton's fan?!:)
your S.Q.loves you
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you, dear S.Q. Love me, love my desert. :)
Capt Lightning
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you so much, Elisa, again.
Best wishes,
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you very much, An! Glad you enjoyed this.
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you, John! I was happy to get the twin strikes on one shot, believe me.
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you very much, Dev!
Best to you,
Dave
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biljana mitrovic
{K:48110} 8/13/2007
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Definitely ...I'm getting in love in desert ,New Mexico,Arizona.......
Just beautiful my dear Kapetane Dejv.....I'm speechless :)))
your S.Q.
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NN
{K:26787} 8/13/2007
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WOW ... a magnificent scene, Dave ... very impressive stuff!
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RC. Dany
{K:64104} 8/13/2007
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Wouuuu !!!!! Fantastic image.
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John Hatz
{K:156973} 8/13/2007
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Amazing strikes! Sharp and clear, very well captured Dave here, and because it was day you haven't lot of time for veeeery long exposure so in 1sec that is GREAT!!!
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Dev
{K:3547} 8/13/2007
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Wow Dave! This is just amazing. Your timing is sooo good. I can't beleive you got this with a 1 sec exposure. Well done.
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Thank you Barbara. Don't blame yourself for not being fast enough. The average human perception/reaction time is 1.5 seconds. It is impossible to react to lightning in order to press a shutter. People who capture it with that method are lucking out and should've played the lottery.
In order to do this, you need four things: camera that allows continuous shooting, tripod, cable release and LOTS of memory cards. You take off the auto focus, manual to infinity. Set your shutter speed and aperture manually for the exposure and let it bang away.
As a good example, I shot probably 4000 photos that resulted in about 20 captures last night alone. I ate up 7 gigs of memory cards and had my laptop working full-time downloading and clearing cards of photos.
Once it gets dark enough, you can slow down to 30 second exposures, which helps on using up memory cards. I began during daylight hours and was going through 2 gig cards in about 5 minutes.
So it's not an easy proposition.... and is really a lot of work in the field.
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/13/2007
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Sí, gracias Alicia. Creerlo o no, yo han comenzado a ver el relámpago en mis sueños…
Dave
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Alicia Popp
{K:87532} 8/13/2007
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Uyyyyyyyyy... qué atrayentes son!!!
Ahora los disfruto, cuando hay acá no puedo!
Felicitaciones!
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{K:12494} 8/13/2007
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wow, this is wonderful capture, I have tryed and tryed but I just am not fast enough to get a shot this great, excellent job. 7++++++++++++
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/12/2007
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Thank you so much, Hakan... Glad you enjoyed!
Best to you,
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/12/2007
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Thanks, Ahmed. I was very happy to find that I had captured both of them together... a very active lightning storm, though.
Dave
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 8/12/2007
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Thank you, Nacho!!
Great to hear from you, too.
Best wishes,
Dave
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Hakan AKIRMAK
{K:15913} 8/12/2007
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Woww! Excellent capture! Congratulations Dave! 7+++
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Ahmed Ismail
{K:19853} 8/12/2007
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Amazing....a perfect twin lightning capture!! Nice composition with the stormy cloud above! Great shot, Dave!
Regards, Ahmed
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 8/12/2007
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great. simply gorgeous. 7+++++++
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