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Shawn Marques
09-23-2008, 06:59 AM
A long exposure taken of a distant storm in Port St Lucie, FL. This was captured the same night as the "incident". :) http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18308&highlight=shawn+marques
Let me know what you think and thanks for taking a look.


Canon EF17-40mm f/4L IS USM on Canon 40D
25 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 640
Manfrotto tripod with Monfrotto head
Taken in total darkness

Julie Kenward
09-23-2008, 07:26 AM
Shawn, that is one dramatic image! The lighting and the amount of detail that you caught are really wonderful. The longer you look at this image the more you see and that's quite special.

I think your composition is dead on. There's nothing "extra" in this image - it all relates and adds something. The road leading into the lit up town is really a great visual and the clouds! Wow!

Harold Davis
09-23-2008, 02:38 PM
i just sat here and stared at this one for a while! really nice! did the lightning light the foreground grasses or is that from something else? agree with jules, wow! there's even stars!

Roman Kurywczak
09-23-2008, 02:55 PM
Hey Shawn,
Very cool indeed! The road makes a very nice leading line towards the lightning. This is super all around.........and nice to see not as close as the other post.

Shawn Marques
09-23-2008, 03:06 PM
i just sat here and stared at this one for a while! really nice! did the lightning light the foreground grasses or is that from something else? agree with jules, wow! there's even stars!

Hi Harold. It was pitch dark outside! I should have mentioned that so thanks for bringing that up. :)

david cramer
09-23-2008, 03:48 PM
Very nice image, and would make a great large print. I like the dimensionality in the clouds.

Gus Cobos
09-23-2008, 09:30 PM
This is high impact, and very dramatic. I like the lightning...:cool:

Robert Amoruso
09-24-2008, 10:43 AM
Nice work Shawn for all the reasons mentioned above.

How are you determining the exposure?

Fabs Forns
09-24-2008, 01:25 PM
Very intriguing sky, part of the incident, huh? :)

John Blumenkamp
09-24-2008, 10:02 PM
My reaction to this one is similar to other replies... dramatic, a lot of impact, etc! Great work.

Maxis Gamez
09-25-2008, 06:09 PM
I see some Aliens coming out of those clouds!! Incredible Shawn!!

Shawn Marques
09-26-2008, 08:26 AM
I see some Aliens coming out of those clouds!! Incredible Shawn!!

One tried to beam us up a little while later! :eek:

Joanna Trescott
09-26-2008, 08:41 PM
What an awesome capture! I assume the storm was moving towards you? 25 seconds must have seemed a long time. Great job.

Bob Ettinger
09-27-2008, 12:48 PM
Well done, great scene and much "safer" than the incident :D

kevin Tressel
09-29-2008, 10:14 PM
Spectacular !

Michael Lloyd
10-12-2008, 07:03 PM
Wow! Congrats on IOTW...