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Ok, here I go.

I got lucky taking pictures during the tornadoes that ripped through here a few weeks ago. Out of about 100 pictures, I happened to get this one decent shot. Then my wife woke up, discovered me outside with the camera and tripod, and made me stop. There's a little contrast tweaking done in Photoshop on this one, and a significant crop (the original was horizontal, and the lightning was on the extreme right of the frame).



The other pic I want to post is from last winter, it's just a pic of my wife and 12-month-old walking back to the house from the back yard. Honestly, this wouldn't have been much of a photo without the Photoshop work.



Looking for comments, criticism, or anything that can make me better at this.

Todd
 
Wow, guys, sorry the pics are sized so huge. I thought I was just posting links...I didn't realize the images would be embedded!

Is there a better way for me to post images here in the future?
 
The lightning shot is great! Was it a time exposure?

The big pictures are fine, remember they are still being served by a server other than dpreview.

I wish I new now what I didn't know then.
 
Hey, Todd, thanks for sharing. Comments below.
Todd Meyers said:
Ok, here I go.

I got lucky taking pictures during the tornadoes that ripped
through here a few weeks ago. Out of about 100 pictures, I
happened to get this one decent shot. Then my wife woke up,
discovered me outside with the camera and tripod, and made me stop.
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Good shot of lightning. I know how it goes with the spouse. I had a dream a month ago where some tornadoes ripped through town (eerily, the night before some did!) and I was out taking pictures of them, and when I told my wife what I did she said she'd kill me if I did that in real life. :)
Todd Meyers said:
The other pic I want to post is from last winter, it's just a pic
of my wife and 12-month-old walking back to the house from the back
yard. Honestly, this wouldn't have been much of a photo without
the Photoshop work.
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I don't know what it was like pre-PS, but it looks great now. It captures the storm and the human moment well.

Joe
 
Todd Meyers said:
Wow, guys, sorry the pics are sized so huge. I thought I was just
posting links...I didn't realize the images would be embedded!

Is there a better way for me to post images here in the future?
Click to expand...
You can resize them to 800x600 or 640x480. Alternately, put
a semicolon after the URL and it will be displayed here as a link,
rather than an embedded image.
 
Todd Meyers said:
Ok, here I go.

I got lucky taking pictures during the tornadoes that ripped
through here a few weeks ago. Out of about 100 pictures, I
happened to get this one decent shot. Then my wife woke up,
discovered me outside with the camera and tripod, and made me stop.
There's a little contrast tweaking done in Photoshop on this one,
and a significant crop (the original was horizontal, and the
lightning was on the extreme right of the frame).



The other pic I want to post is from last winter, it's just a pic
of my wife and 12-month-old walking back to the house from the back
yard. Honestly, this wouldn't have been much of a photo without
the Photoshop work.



Looking for comments, criticism, or anything that can make me
better at this.

Todd
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Yes, I was trying different exposure timings and that one was 3 sec. I think. The wind was blowing and hail was raining down like you wouldn't have believed...I can't believe the trees aren't just a blur.
morecoffee said:
The lightning shot is great! Was it a time exposure?

The big pictures are fine, remember they are still being served by
a server other than dpreview.

I wish I new now what I didn't know then.
Click to expand...
 
Thanks, the semicolon was exactly what I was looking for.
Steven W. Bennett said:
Todd Meyers said:
Wow, guys, sorry the pics are sized so huge. I thought I was just
posting links...I didn't realize the images would be embedded!

Is there a better way for me to post images here in the future?
Click to expand...
You can resize them to 800x600 or 640x480. Alternately, put
a semicolon after the URL and it will be displayed here as a link,
rather than an embedded image.
Click to expand...
 
Tremendous pics though!
R2
Todd Meyers said:
Ok, here I go.

I got lucky taking pictures during the tornadoes that ripped
through here a few weeks ago. Out of about 100 pictures, I
happened to get this one decent shot. Then my wife woke up,
discovered me outside with the camera and tripod, and made me stop.
There's a little contrast tweaking done in Photoshop on this one,
and a significant crop (the original was horizontal, and the
lightning was on the extreme right of the frame).



The other pic I want to post is from last winter, it's just a pic
of my wife and 12-month-old walking back to the house from the back
yard. Honestly, this wouldn't have been much of a photo without
the Photoshop work.



Looking for comments, criticism, or anything that can make me
better at this.

Todd
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Todd,

Thank you for the repost. Good thing you followed in Ben Franklin's footsteps- being very lucky not to get lit up by your subject matter! Very Scary!!!

(of course it still took awhile to see the pix-one of these days I might break down and get cable access)

jb
Todd Meyers said:
Sorry, being my first post I did not know it would embed the
images. Here's what I meant to do the first time:
Click to expand...
 
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