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Lightning over Ottawa...again

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Really the last update (I think):
WTF!? ~knappster has tracked down yet another image of this same bolt. That's three photos of the exact same bolt of lightning. A little mind boggling but really cool. You can find this most recent one posted on boozysmurf's flickr site: [link] .

Last update:
Sorry folks. I don't usually do this but I've updated the image. I was so stunned be the lightning that I never really paid close attention to the processing of the image, which it badly needed. I did some post consisting of contrast enhancements, better whitebalancing and a slight desaturation. The desaturation was needed because there are several different temperature light sources and it was a pain to find a happy medium. As a result I just muted the colours.

Super cool update:
~knappster blew my mind when he showed me a shot of the exact same lightning bolt you see above taken by him at a different location. The link he gave me was to this photo. We chatted for a minute and I've since taken out a map and out of curiousity found where abouts the bolt hit based on our two locations. It looks like the bolt hit, to my best guess, a generating station (best target in the general area because of lighting rods/arrestors) near (just north of) algonquin college along woodruff.

Original Description follows:
Another spectacular storm last night. Lots of lightning and again, no rain at my building. Here's the best of the many lightning shots that I got.

Note: An older lightning shot of mine can be found here.
Image size
1024x692px 323.5 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D70
Shutter Speed
6/1 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
May 29, 2006, 10:31:56 PM
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YoruJager's avatar
LOL God photobombed you!