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Lightning strike captured with Mavic Pro
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Asainz320
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I took this shot last night. Let me know what you think

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That is amazing
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Superb capture - that is fantastic! Pic of the day!
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AWESOME
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...are you serious? might have atomized your MP
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What a lucky shot, absolutely fantastic! Were you shooting in burst mode or was it just one shot?
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A most impressive shot.
May I ask, does anyone know why the grid like artefacts show in the pic?
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Asainz320
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Thank you all!! I always appreciate the comments from you guys
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AlansDronePics Posted at 2018-7-5 08:58
A most impressive shot.
May I ask, does anyone know why the grid like artefacts show in the pic?
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This is due to me trying to bring out the most details possible from the RAW image.

This is the original shot:
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Asainz320 Posted at 2018-7-5 09:05
This is due to me trying to bring out the most details possible from the RAW image.

This is the original shot:

I understand. Never seen the artefacts like that before. Thanks.
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Asainz320 Posted at 2018-7-5 09:05
This is due to me trying to bring out the most details possible from the RAW image.

This is the original shot:

I love both shots...
While the 1st posting is amazing in it's own right, I think I like the original the best.   It's a great shot even without being processed.

GREAT SHOT!!
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Wachtberger Posted at 2018-7-5 07:34
What a lucky shot, absolutely fantastic! Were you shooting in burst mode or was it just one shot?

I was shooting manually. This was one of the 20 or 30 pictures taken
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I don't like it.................................I love it.  Great image.
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That is truly a great capture.
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Amazing shots, just amazing. Must admit to not being brave enough to take my MP out in a storm yet. Am expecting some serious lightning storms over in the UK due to us having this Sun thing in the sky for the last  2 weeks.
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Amazing, where was this taken?
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Asainz320 Posted at 2018-7-5 09:47
I was shooting manually. This was one of the 20 or 30 pictures taken

Absolutely excellent, thank you again!
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if you don't mind me asking what software do you use for your edits?
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Asainz320
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Thank you all! There was really no risk of the Mavic getting wet or struck by lightning. There were no clouds above me at the time. I did a few captures a couple of nights before but they were not as clear or close as this one. I will post a few more in a bit.
I always use Lightroom for my edits.
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Wow, this is absolutely stunning!
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Asainz320 Posted at 2018-7-5 11:34
Thank you all!  There was really no risk of the Mavic getting wet or struck by lightning. There were no clouds above me at the time. I did a few captures a couple of nights before but they were not as clear or close as this one. I will post a few more in a bit.
I always use Lightroom for my edits.

Most of these are not that good due to the motion blur and the distance of the lightning.
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Asainz320 Posted at 2018-7-5 11:43
Most of these are not that good due to the motion blur and the distance of the lightning.

I think the 3rd one is PERFECT.  Great Composition!!

Love the shots.

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Simply Fantastic.
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Awesome job of it !! Must have taken a lot of frames to capture just at the right time, or did you pull them from a video?
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holy hell, amazing!  only lighting i gotten pix of was fairly anemic, and miles away.   i absolutely admire shots like these, i cant seem to get such stunning pix.
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QuadKid Posted at 2018-7-5 15:29
Awesome job of it !! Must have taken a lot of frames to capture just at the right time, or did you pull them from a video?

A few over 100 shots to get a couple decent ones
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Absolutely fantastic shots!!
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Awesome!!! How long was the exposure?
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Amazing pics. Well done!
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Amazing shot
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Ray_Dunakin Posted at 2018-7-5 21:58
Awesome!!! How long was the exposure?

Thank you! The exposure was set to 1 second for that first shot and the other ones were set to 2 seconds.
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Absolutely amazing!!  Great shots!!
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Those are all pertty cool.  We don't get much lighting here.
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Yoiks!  There's NOTHING missing from that image!  Makes the fur rise :-)  thanks for sharing.....time to land!
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Asainz320 Posted at 2018-7-5 09:05
This is due to me trying to bring out the most details possible from the RAW image.

This is the original shot:

Nice shot
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