Lightning strikes!

Challenge #2 in the Light series. Hosted by Le Kilt.

Challenge has finished

Photos of lightning. Have you got a great photo taken during a storm? Did you compose the shot carefully and get a good foreground?

Show full rules

Announced:

Sunday, 7th October, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 14th October, 2012 – Saturday, 20th October, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 21st October, 2012 – Saturday, 27th October, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Avoid heavy-handed PP.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

800 pixels min for longest size is recommended.
1600 pixels max for longest size is recommended.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

submission
phase has

ended

52 entries

voting
phase has

ended

1026 votes

Slideshow 1 / 1 Full size Next Challenge Previous

Lightning over the Pier

by Le Kilt

Over an hour of lightning strikes gave me time to set up and take this photo :-)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Submitted:	Saturday, 6th October, 2012 11:07 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 21st July, 2009
Focal length:	16 mm
Shutter speed:	30 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	100
Notes:	30 seconds with tripod
Views:	250
Galleries:	View this photo in Le Kilt's gallery

Provide complaint details

Your complaint (along with the complaints of others regarding this entry) will be reviewed by the challenge owner. Depending upon the nature and applicability of the complaint, the entry may be disqualified. In extreme circumstances the user who submitted the entry may receive a ban from the challenge or series in question.

Reason:

	Violates rules of the challenge
	Spam / Commercial
	Trolling / Abusive
	Sexual content / Not family friendly
	Other

Comments:

Saving ...

Complain

Entry comments

Shortcut keys:

p previous

n next

c challenge

f full size

r retract vote

1-0 vote

Editorial content

Product database

Community

Finishing today
Texas	34/50 entries
1 day left
Strength in Weakness	50/100 entries
Kid's Birthday Parties	28/50 entries
Safe and Sound	46/50 entries
-The Roadside Fruit Seller- (Full Colours Only with Border and Title)	28/50 entries
2 days left
Defense	73/ entries
3 days left
Magazine editorial: What we can't see	57/100 entries
4 days left
- Jungle Trekking - (Full Colours Only + Border, Title, Date)	11/45 entries
Australia 2 : Its People (Environmental Portraits only)	8/35 entries
Turtles	51/100 entries
5 days left
Parachutes	19/ entries
JELLY BEANS!	2/200 entries
Economic Inclusion and Illusion	7/100 entries
Buddha	10/100 entries
6 days left
Weird, Bizarre Fungi in Nature	12/100 entries
Ancient Ruins	11/100 entries
Microscopic (color only)	2/100 entries
Full challenges
Lucky Shot	100/100 entries
Beaches	70/70 entries
My best picture this week	50/50 entries

Finishing today
Multiple Modes of Transport	603 votes, 48 entries
At the zoo	634 votes, 50 entries
Bubbly !	797 votes, 50 entries
1 day left
-All Dressed Up~Couples in a Photo Shoot- (Full Colours Only with Border)	150 votes, 16 entries
Power of Play	305 votes, 41 entries
Music people	1231 votes, 100 entries
New Life - Spring Flowers	543 votes, 50 entries
2 days left
Men who eat quiches	106 votes, 22 entries
My Camera Bag! (Capture Date Rule)	328 votes, 22 entries
3 days left
Catalog filler: Summer picnic	18 votes, 3 entries
Wndy	850 votes, 70 entries
4 days left
- National Parks I- (Full Colours Only + Border, Title, Date)	542 votes, 72 entries
Australia 1 : Nature	883 votes, 32 entries
Rainbow in the Sky	448 votes, 64 entries
Colorful: Red and Yellow	707 votes, 75 entries
5 days left
View from the top - Forests	91 votes, 18 entries
Hugs, hugs and HUGS	178 votes, 66 entries
National Food	193 votes, 54 entries
Art made from old electronics	68 votes, 8 entries
Wooden Statues of deities	68 votes, 34 entries
Chasing	385 votes, 50 entries
6 days left
Beetles	344 votes, 67 entries
Wind Turbines	169 votes, 77 entries
Everyday Life: MACRO	204 votes, 100 entries