Re: This is a real photo

Dave Wheeler wrote:
14/07/2007 18:01:20
Chris Smith <splinez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dave R. west London wrote:

"Dave R. west London" <joinPlusNet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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net...

I dunno if anyone here does photography but I'm tottally

astonished at what

is apparently the accepted "norm" these days ....
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=764545572&size=o
[courtesy of caddy365 essex]

Dave R


I spoke to caddy he insists theres no manipulation he even

includes a full

<caddy359> the exif data
[18:37] <caddy359> is there plain to see
[18:37] <caddy359> Camera: Nikon D80
[18:37] <caddy359> Exposure: 4 sec (4)
[18:37] <caddy359> Aperture: f/22
[18:37] <caddy359> Focal Length: 10 mm
[18:37] <caddy359> ISO Speed: 100
[18:37] <caddy359> Exposure Bias: -1 EV
[18:37] <caddy359> Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
[18:37] <caddy359> X-Resolution: 72 dpi
[18:37] <caddy359> Y-Resolution: 72 dpi
[18:37] <caddy359> Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows but it

seems too

bizarre
so I dunno what to believe
Davre R



Astonishing - real lightning looks more like this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15407800@N00/184203484/

That referenced by the OP is just too regular; ie, all one pixel

wide.

Also - no reflections in the cloud, no reflections on the sea, no

echoes

in rain-curtain.

I'm not convinced.

--
Chris

I've been giving this more thought. A lightning disgarge is of extremely brief duration. Effectively the picture referenced above is a 'flash' photograph. The image we are discussing was taken with a 4 second exposure. Once the flash had gone more information from the background - where the flash had been - continued to be recorded 'greying' out the flash and reflections in cloud and sea.
For most effective results the flash should have happened towards the end of the exposure not, as I surmise, near the beginning.
Dave
Fair Isle

I still think the almost certain use of a Neutral Density (ND) filter when this photo was taken can explain most of the 'oddness' about the lightning. A very brief flash with a dark filter in place just wouldn't be recorded that well, let alone the reflections etc. everyone wants to see.
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