The Statue of Liberty Hit By Lightning

[fnkngrv]

This is amazing that someone caught the event. The photographer took over 80 shots to capture the bolt striking the old lady...

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/10/article-1286954429210-0b9448d2000005dc-290907_636x832.jpg

If you are interested here is the article on Gizmodo:

http://gizmodo.com/5664768/the-statue-of-liberty-hit-by-lightning

[chrisj]

B-A-N-G! Maybe that'll wake her up.

[SailDesign]

Of course, lightning shots are easier to get these days, with this kind of specialised equipment available.
http://www.lightningtrigger.com/
It is STILL a great shot, however, as I don't suppose she gets hit in EVERY lightning storm. :biggrin:

[severous01]

idk...the only tall thing for hundreds of yards in the area??? i'm sure it's not uncommon. any way, the ion trigger is awesome.

[fnkngrv]

It is understood that it makes sense...I just think that it is pretty cool that the shot was captured and that the photographer took 80 shots to get there...

[SailDesign]

It is understood that it makes sense...I just think that it is pretty cool that the shot was captured and that the photographer took 80 shots to get there...

Totally agree. :smile:

[SilverBack]

Can't help but to think there's some sort of message aimed at the US :laugh:. Amazing shot though. Must've put a spark in her life I bet lol

lightning trigger FTL, that's not photography anymore. Im sorry im a semi purist (i prefer digital for the convenience and savings over film), and it is my opinion that photography as an art and science is slowly disappearing with all these gadgets popping up to make any schmuck with enough money a "photographer". I hate to see all these expensive DSLRs stuck on AUTO, whats the point of spending thousands of dollars only to use a DSLR like a point and shoot.

While I agree with you on the hatred of those using the Auto settings and thinking their "artistic photographers", I have to say as someone who's owned an Olympus DSLR for the last month myself for school in mandatory Manual setting I don't quite consider those who obviously use the "Pop Art" setting as "artistic photographers" either :wink:

[SilverBack]

All I'm saying is that from your previous Yaris shoots the higher color saturation is only suggesting you've been using the Pop Art setting. If it's otherwise, I'd like to know. I just started the Graphic Design program at a school and could really use a reason to save some time on PS for projects :wink:

I've got the E-620 2-lens kit

[jonismyname]

i'm of the belief a photographer as an artist is someone that finds specific situations that speak to their artistic level in a 2-d manner. i see a camera more as a toolbox.

a mechanic with few tools is still a mechanic.

but the point that a full toolbox doesn't make you a mechanic, that i will attest to. hanging a thousand dollars around your neck won't make you an artist. but not knowing how to use it doesn't make you less artistic.

personally, most my photo's are taken in auto, if it doesn't come out the way i want it then i will adjust accordingly. i make art by going places and doing things other people won't, and seeing things other folks don't notice without a photo to make them stop and think about it.

but then again, i define photographer and artist to suit myself, i have no training in the field.

photo is excellent. i had the opportunity in highschool to meet a fella that spent his life photographing lightning. learned then about ball lightning and some of the stories that go along with it. there's a lot we still don't understand...

[tomato]

Nice shot!

I agree with the poster who believes that being the only tall structure around, she gets her share of lightening.

However, she's not all that tall in person. I was shocked how short she really is (well coming from Manhattan, especially when the Twin Towers were still around, she seems short by comparison).

[landrym28]

There was talk in that link you provided that the photo isn't real, because the lightening should have hit her on the torch, and not near the middle of the body (path of least resistance). I'm not a science expert...Not even close, but it's still a pretty cool shot though. :thumbsup:

[nemelek]

It's still a nice photo.

[RedRide]

I agree that phography as a pure art form is fading for the sake of auto convience and post atificial (digitial) processing.

However, having said that, composition is the most important part of a pic and no amount ot technolgy can create good compsition which can only be created in the mind of the photographer.

[SilverBack]

^Agree. Any kind of media or available technology is completely useless without original ideas in the artist's or designer's head to get the ball rolling. These wanna-be's might as well just plagiarize and use a cheap camera phone lol

nope no Pop Filters. I use a combination of HDR and Dragan effect for some of my shoots, but the basic picture is RAW with 5% sharpenining and contrast tweak, other than that is all Manual.

Thanks, that's a really great tip. I'll have to look into something like that on my camera. But to prevent further thread-jacking here, maybe a separate photography thread is in order to share and practice technique? :w00t: