Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Neil Williams on March 22, 2020, 07:53:16 pm
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I shot this picture back in 2011 and have always shown it in B&W. Anyway one of the members on another forum saw this picture on my website HERE (https://neilsphotography.co.uk) and wondered what it would look like in colour. So here it is in colour and looking at it now 9 years on I actually prefer it now in colour............funny how things change as we get older.
The story behind this shot was I was sat in my condominium watching the Open Golf tournament when I looked out of my living room window and could see the sky getting very dark, all of a sudden there was a loud crack and lightning over the city. I jumped up and grabbed my D7000 and tripod and went out onto the balcony to my wife's horror. She's shouting at me to come inside so as we do I came back inside after getting the camera set up with composition and the remote release. I came back in and continued watching the golf pressing the remote release every 30 seconds or when ever I heard a bang. After the storm passed I downloaded the pictures and to my delight I had the picture below plus one more with a small bolt of lightning..............thats how I got the Lightning Over Kuala Lumpur picture.
Neil
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/ibyvchw0p013kn8/Lightning_over_KL_15072011_0001.jpg?raw=1)
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With 50 years of B&W darkroom work behind me, I would have rendered this in B&W a few years ago, too. I'm also finding that some of my best images look better with color. Live and learn!
This is magnificent!
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Stunning.
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Spectacular.
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Great image. Was this a single exposure?
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Purely magic!
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Great image. Was this a single exposure?
Yes Sir
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It's a fine shot, Neil. I'd be inclined to go with B&W though. The graphics in this picture are the central point. That usually works out best in B&W. But of course I haven't seen your B&W version.