Lighting the city

J-Chan · 24th May 2007

haven't been posting here in some time..

was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time to capture this pic.. wanted to contrast the advancement of technology which seems so insignificant compared to the awesome power of nature..

want to know how I could better improve the processing of the pic..

night86mare · 24th May 2007

Very nice lightning shot, seeing a lot of these these days.. Must be the weather.. =D

Bottom part looks blown out though, and easily can correct the wide angle distortion and slight horizon tilt. Other than that, I think pretty fine picture; can tweak the colours to your liking using digital filters, or if you shot in RAW, play with WB setting. =)

J-Chan · 25th May 2007

thanks for the comments.. would try that some other time when I'm free..
anyway, that was shot with my S80.. the wide end does have noticable distortion but then its wide..

Tamedriver · 25th May 2007

hi, nice shot u captured.
Care to share wat setting u used?

Cheers
T.D.

J-Chan · 26th May 2007

Originally Posted by Tamedriver

hi, nice shot u captured.
Care to share wat setting u used?

Cheers
T.D.

As requested,

15s, f/4.5, ISO 100 @ 5.8mm (28mm eq)

betazone · 26th May 2007

The trick I think is to darken the surrounding so that the lightning stands out...
Probably play abit more on the contrast or do the S-curve thingy via Curves (PS)

J-Chan · 2nd June 2007

had another go at editing the pic.. does it look better now?

24th May 2007	#1
J-Chan Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hougang Posts: 1,603	Lighting the city haven't been posting here in some time.. was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time to capture this pic.. wanted to contrast the advancement of technology which seems so insignificant compared to the awesome power of nature.. want to know how I could better improve the processing of the pic..

24th May 2007	#2
night86mare Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: in your mind Posts: 19,394	Re: Lighting the city Very nice lightning shot, seeing a lot of these these days.. Must be the weather.. =D Bottom part looks blown out though, and easily can correct the wide angle distortion and slight horizon tilt. Other than that, I think pretty fine picture; can tweak the colours to your liking using digital filters, or if you shot in RAW, play with WB setting. =) __________________ Gallery \| Dreamscapes 09 Pentaxian 伪君子之所以更可憎

25th May 2007	#3
J-Chan Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hougang Posts: 1,603	Re: Lighting the city thanks for the comments.. would try that some other time when I'm free.. anyway, that was shot with my S80.. the wide end does have noticable distortion but then its wide.. Last edited by zaren; 29th May 2007 at 12:22 AM.

25th May 2007	#4
Tamedriver Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 98	Re: Lighting the city hi, nice shot u captured. Care to share wat setting u used? Cheers T.D. __________________ D300\|MB-D10\|17-55 f/2.8G\|VR 70-200 f/2.8G\|VR 18-200 f/3.5-5.6G\|50 f/1.4D\|105 VR f/2.8G\|SB-800

26th May 2007	#6
betazone Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Little Red Dot Posts: 373	Re: Lighting the city The trick I think is to darken the surrounding so that the lightning stands out... Probably play abit more on the contrast or do the S-curve thingy via Curves (PS)

2nd June 2007	#7
J-Chan Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hougang Posts: 1,603	Re: Lighting the city had another go at editing the pic.. does it look better now?