Activity for User 779 - Dean Ginther - dean.ginther@gmail.com

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69 Jun 20 Reply Thanks Candy. Jun 14th
69 Jun 20 Reply Thanks Pierre. Jun 7th
69 Jun 20 Reply In PS you could try select subject and then mask and blur; may not work with all the detail. I'll see if I can try it. Jun 7th
69 Jun 20 Reply Thanks Mervyn; I appreciate your comments.
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69 Jun 20 Comment Geoffrey,
Very dramatic with those low clouds and multiple lightning strikes. That's the advantage of not using a lightning trigger -- you can set a long exposure and, if you are lucky, get multiple strikes in one exposure.
Do you live in a boat?		 Jun 6th
69 Jun 20 Comment Branda,
I too like the lighting of the background and the opposition of the leaves being blown in the wind. It makes a dramatic B/W image.		 Jun 6th
69 Jun 20 Comment Jacob,
The subject is clear and sharp and I like the diagonal of the stem. The background is way too bright to my eye.		 Jun 6th
69 Jun 20 Comment Yes, a nice action shot. You eliminated any wing/motion blur with the relatively high shutter speed. I am mixed about the background -- that is the natural setting but maybe I would soften it a bit, if possible. Jun 6th
69 Jun 20 Comment Nice catch with the large locust in mouth. It seems sharp enough to me. Jun 6th
69 Jun 20 Comment I have seen many pics of the scene. Yours is one of the nicer ones with the added sunset. I like the reduced clarity on the reflection but less so on the actual waves. Jun 6th
69 Jun 20 Reply Here is the original. Jun 6th
69 Jun 20 Comment Benda,

The original is attached. I would have preferred it if the lightning had not been partially occluded by the tress but this was the best one I got that night. The original image is attached --ISO 400, f3.5, .3 sec, 21mm.
The lightning trigger I purchased is the Lighting Bug. There are other ones out there but this got good reviews. It is pretty simple to use -- mount it on the camera hot shoe and plug it in to the appropriate port for your camera. You can make a few adjustments (length of exposure and sensitivity) but basically it is automatic. It senses the ionization in the atmosphere that happens right before a lightning strike. It doesn't catch every lightning strike (at least mine didn't) but it got many.
I just did the usual post -- adjusted lights and darks mostly.
Attached in another image from that night -- this one with the shore cropped out and more vertical.		 Jun 6th
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