lightening pics

[SamDisht]

Magnificent

Tooks them last night... couple of trees down. Now the temperature is zooming back up again this morning already hit 28c.

The snaps are amazing.

[woohoo]

I'm not claiming x or y. To me making adjustments means sitting there for 5-10 minutes correcting stuff. What did I do exactly? Corrected the white balance with a little curve.

There was no photoshopping. The glow comes from the fact those were 30 second exposures. There was many flashes in the clouds before a strike.

Scooter has been found out for lying. Again, can we trust anything this man child says about Brexit. I for one would not argue with the moderators if they changed Scooties signature to "Lying Bastardo".

[scooterscot]

Take your pick. Why do some people like to claim they did no adjustments in a certain area, then when challenged admit that they did some.

I'm not surprised togs get bad rep for "photoshopping"

I'm not claiming x or y. To me making adjustments means sitting there for 5-10 minutes correcting stuff. What did I do exactly? Corrected the white balance with a little curve.

There was no photoshopping. The glow comes from the fact those were 30 second exposures. There was many flashes in the clouds before a strike.

[WTFH]

Only curves adjustments were made,...

Sharping ... did increase it a little post processing.

Take your pick. Why do some people like to claim they did no adjustments in a certain area, then when challenged admit that they did some.

I'm not surprised togs get bad rep for "photoshopping"

[greenlake]

Nice! Can you get one of you flying a kite next time?

[scooterscot]

using a prime lens, actually a fixed lens so no changing that. I hate LR. Sharping is reduced by default but did increase it a little post processing.

I'm not really into post processing to be honest, don't have the time. Those pics are what remained from over 80-100 that were taken.

[WTFH]

Only curves adjustments were made, when I reset to the raw image the trees are still glowing!

What software are you reviewing the files in? It's not the dreaded Lightroom by any chance - it automatically applies "corrections" even to RAW files.

Do you see the same issues in the RAW file if opened in your camera manufacturer's own software (as long as you still have the original that hasn't been opened in LR).

The normal cause of luminous aberration is over sharpening, which could be in camera (check your settings - even with RAW) or post processing software. With photoshop you can "defringe".

...all of this assumes you are using a prime lens with no filters and no HDR/Low light boost

[scooterscot]

Far too much PP on #1, lay off the highlight/whites sliders, the trees look like they are glowing.

Only curves adjustments were made, when I reset to the raw image the trees are still glowing! It was one of those storms where there was strikes nearly every second - the ones you could see and the ones you could not, i.e. just lighting up the clouds.

[rl4engc]

Far too much PP on #1, lay off the highlight/whites sliders, the trees look like they are glowing.

[WTFH]

I wouldn't want to be lightening those pics of lightning. They don't need lightened.

[northernladyuk]

Nice! Can you get one of you flying a kite next time?

This one?

[barrydidit]

Nice! Can you get one of you flying a kite next time?

[scooterscot]

Tooks them last night... couple of trees down. Now the temperature is zooming back up again this morning already hit 28c.