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Farnsworth38
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Not bad. I’ve wanted to do some similar shots, but our storms are usually pretty wimpy. Plus I don’t have a clear horizon to record surface strikes.
Regarding the starburst filter: be aware that the effect can get real old, real quick. But if you use it sparingly on subjects that really suit, it can be useful.
Paging Dr Tweek: can we get this moved to off-topic please? I think we may have enough photographers around to keep this alive (looks at Tweek and Impy for starters), as long as it doesn’t become just another picture thread.
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Y_L_B
Professor
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Awesome pictures! The first one is especially pretty. I've taken storm pictures with my uncle's old camera before. I think they're pretty good, but I didn't develop them right, and they look a little too light. Faded, almost. Meh. Such is life. I'd post them, but I don't have a scanner.
Also, just because I'm nosy, Stolb3rg, where in Michigan do you live?
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Farnsworth38
Professor
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Double exposures: they can work out, but if you’re not careful they just look like you’ve done something wrong. I’d say get a good single exposure in the bag first, then by all means give it a go.
Panoramic lens: do you mean an ultra-wide giving the standard frame shape or a true panoramic giving a letterbox type print? Ultra-wides have to be used with care to avoid too much distortion, and it’s sometimes hard to avoid a lot of dull foreground. For true ‘stretched’ panoramic prints, there are several options. 1) Crop an enlarged ultra-wide shot to the format. Okay if you don’t want too big a print. 2) Use an APS camera in panoramic mode. No comment. 3) Use a supplementary Widescreen lens. Only available from specialists, and the resulting slide/neg has to be projected/printed with the same lens to recover the wide image. Not recommended. (Avoid cheap ‘fish-eye’ converters: for want of a better word, they’re crap.) 4) Use a specialist camera, such as the Xpan. Professional solution if you have a lot of money. 5) Shoot a series of overlapping standard shots, scan them in and stitch with software. Or physically cut and paste the actual prints to a large mounting board. Make sure you keep the camera level as you rotate to take the next shot, and leave some overlap so you don’t get any gaps. This is the cheapest method to try, just to see how you get on.
The focus (pun intended) of the thread: probably best as the photographic equivalent of the ‘computer help’ thread. If it’s just another pic thread, I think it’ll get closed.
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Black_Rose
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cool stuff! I am Glad it was not over my house!lol
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