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Twilight storm at Lido Key beach. The two brightest celestial bodies are the Moon and Venus.
Because of the storm most people cleared the beach, but because of the storm, I was drawn towards it.
I did not get another good shot of lightning that evening – I forgot to bring my tripod, so the photos prior to this one are too blurred. I captured this clear shot by setting my camera on a beach chair, and propping up the lens with one of my flip-flops. And this stroke of lightning was the last significant one. But I’m sure grateful for it!
I didn’t modify the picture except to increase the brightness and contrast a bit, and remove camera artifacts. I’m not too good at making photos look more ‘artistic’, but for landscape, atmospheric, and flower photos, I think I prefer the more natural look.
(Photo taken on July 17, 2007)
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Simply stunning Matt…Awesome!!
Hi Matt, Great image with lots of colour and drama. You’re a photogenic-storm chaser like me !! Regards, Steve
Totally awesome. Great combination.
WOW! This is one helluve baddas shot man!!! amazing!
*helluva
This is fantastic! I thought it was digitally composed when I first looked at it! amazing.
Terrific capture, Matt. Looks fantastic!
cool shot. almost makes one wonder if the people who might have been sitting in the beach chairs were vaporized…
Thanks solarrain
Vaporized? Hmm. To me, it makes me wonder why they left before the show was over… I guess they were intelligent. :)
– MMerritt
Thanks everyone!
What do you think of the title, “Front Row Seats”?
yes!!!