Image DAY 249 GALLERY OF INSPIRATION

Lightning Assault

BY GARY AVEY

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Gary Avey is an avid photographer of wildlife and landscapes in Northern California. www.flickr.com/photos/encouragement

This image was produced using a Canon 50D with a Tamron® 17-50mm lens set at 17mm; ISO 200; f/6.3. A “stack” of five 30-second exposures depicting at least seven cloud-to-ground lightning strikes and several more cloud-to-cloud discharges were used and processed using Photoshop CS4. Also seen are three “ghost” images of a NOAA weather observer who was walking ...

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