City at night

Challenge #7 in the Simon's Series series. Hosted by Simon Joinson.

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Give us an image that captures the essence of a city at night. Any camera, any lens, any post-processing (within reason - see rules).

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City Strike

by Derrick Louw

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Lightning captured over Sandton City, Johannesburg, South Africa

Camera:	Canon EOS-1Ds
Lens:	Canon 70-200 f4 IS
Submitted:	Friday, 30th January, 2009 14:33 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 19th January, 2009
Focal length:	145 mm
Shutter speed:	45 sec
Aperture:	F8
ISO:	100
Notes:	On tripod with remote
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Wow .... What a picture !!!!

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...but...the width of the lightning looks ...unreal...was this put together in Photoshop?
regards,
Bernd

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