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Postby Slider on Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:39 am

On the way home this evening, caught this after a ton of rain on higheway. Big storm and lightning over the mountains. :shock: Still didn't get any streaks or bolts though :oops:

Hand held (resting on window opening of the Pajero) hence it's not super sharp. No way was I getting out and setting up an aluminium tripod :roll:

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Postby Zeeke on Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:53 am

Great Image Mark!! Pitty there isnt bolts of lightning in it.. but still... great capture.. ..Also like how the texture of the rock comes through

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Postby darb on Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:48 am

damn. love it!

what about pushing the crap out of the saturation for some dramatic colour?
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Postby rokkstar on Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:27 am

Stunning!!!
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Postby Killakoala on Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:42 am

Great dramatic image. Is it Mt Tibrogargan? (sp?)(Glasshouse Mtns)

My first thought was 'Close encounters of the 3rd kind.' :)
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Postby Oneputt on Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:20 am

Super shot Mark. Great mood. Wendell would love it :wink:
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Postby Slider on Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:22 am

Thanks Folks. Photo doesn't really do justice to how wild it was.


Killakoala wrote:Great dramatic image. Is it Mt Tibrogargan? (sp?)(Glasshouse Mtns)

My first thought was 'Close encounters of the 3rd kind.' :)


Steve, it was Mt Beerwah from the north east. I drove into the forest beside a pineapple farm with Coonowrin to my left. Too many trees in the way to get a shot of Coonowrin (Crookneck) though.

darb wrote:damn. love it!

what about pushing the crap out of the saturation for some dramatic colour?


Darb, that was pretty much the colour it was so I did not fiddle around with it too much. Just big flashes going off all over the place.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:05 am

Great mood captured here, the lovely stark outcrop and the clouds looming over everything. Beautiful stuff! 10 second exposure handheld ?
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Postby stubbsy on Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:23 am

Mark

Awesome - I echo what Tim said. Wonderfully exposed.
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Postby Ree on Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:31 pm

COOL!!!!!! :shock:

I love the shot!!
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Postby avkomp on Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:59 pm

you have managed to capture some great colours in the sky.
well done.

Shame on you for not setting up the aluminium tripod though :lol:
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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:07 pm

avkomp wrote:you have managed to capture some great colours in the sky.
well done.

Shame on you for not setting up the aluminium tripod though :lol:
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Thats what the remote is for :) so you don't make contact with tripod and camera :lol:
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Postby Geoff on Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:19 pm

Mark - great shot, this would look excellent enlarged and framed!!
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Postby Finch on Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:47 pm

Mark,

Now that's one worth framing! Absolutely love it.

Well worth winding down the window for....

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Postby CraigVTR on Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:34 pm

Great shot Mark. I know of a couple of shopkeepers up here on the range who would sell a framed copy on a commission basis.

Not setting the tripod up in an electrical storm. Chicken. :lol: :wink:
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Postby leek on Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:32 pm

That is a spectacular image Slider - very dramatic...
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Postby MATT on Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:54 pm

Great shot Mark,

At least you were not the one to get hit by lightning.. I believe on bloke did is and is seriously sick.

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Postby petermmc on Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:15 pm

Its got it all: Depth, Feeling, Mystique and a sense of wasn't that in a horror movie or the remake of close encounters..?
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Postby DionM on Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:41 pm

Great shot. Love the perspective, comp and feel of it. Well done!

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Postby Slider on Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:52 pm

Thanks again Folks. :D Really appreciate your comments.

I have to admit I am generally a little blasé about storms, but no was was I getting out of the car in the spot I was in. :chook:
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