From mount fuji, LIGHTNING., a photo from 山梨, 中部

Photographer's Note

For the ones who missed this shot and I have included a new note

I took this picture up on mount Fuji around 10pm, from a far distance there was a lightning show and I managed to capture it with a slow shutter speed.

It looks like I was on an airplane when I took it, but I was actually around 3000ft up on Mount. Fuji.

We stopped ample times whilst climbing Mount. Fuji and I had the chance to take this picture whilst everyone was watching this display of lights.

In actual fact, we could only see darkness when you saw it with your naked eye, but with the slow shutter speed, the whole city below glowed from the lightning and this photo was produced alongside clear stars up above.

That night we saw Mars too.

I hope you enjoy it.

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elihesamian (26149) 2004-04-21 9:45

Woow!So Wonderful,Daniel !
It`s highly complimentary.Ther are strange colors in this shot.The light emission is well captured.It`s a surrealistic shot.Your composition is skilfully & perfect.
Superb !
You did great,again,Well done.

ianmcall (1213) 2004-04-21 9:58

Funny what can show up on a photo that we can't see ourselves. this is a fine light show and an interesting city and sky view. Nice mood, well captured.

carper (96) 2004-04-21 10:03

wauw, great, Daniel
Realy great night vieuw,
Fantastic job you did here, yes I like it becoase I try before such a photo, and I know the differculty of it. Great job

Cool-ice (5289) 2004-04-21 10:13

Waouhhh, I missed the first one but it's really impressive !
The depth of the colors of the sky is absolutly incredible.
I like this simplicity in the composition.
Congratulations once more, Daniel !

Rhiannon (1728) 2004-04-21 10:31

Wow, what a spectacular view. The colours are amazing and I love how you see all the stars in the sky.
The clouds and light give this photo a very moody and atmospheric look.
I think this is one of the best night shots I have seen.

waskahegan (0) 2004-04-21 11:23

What a great shot! it deserves to be seen.

soundsangels (1703) 2004-04-21 11:59

Atmosph鑽e tout � fait impressionnant!!! Mais j`imagine � quel point vous deviez 黎re 駑merveill� de voir ce spectacle.
Une photo nous donne une bonne id馥 de ce qui se passe...mais la r饌lit�, nous permet les frissons!
Bravo et continuez votre belle passion!

BradP (464) 2004-04-21 12:10

Stunning image, absolutely STUNNING.
Very well done!

merpb (2001) 2004-04-21 12:43

What a beautiful shot Daniel, it would be churlish to critisize such wonder.
Great image

jhm (211738) 2004-04-21 13:04

A great picture, fantastic Daniel, my congratilations!

nwoehnl (122) 2004-04-21 13:09

Stunning atmosphere and light you captured in this one, Dan. Beautiful range of night colors, I would say you got a maximum effect here from a shot that looks simple at first glance, but like Jaap said is not that easy to do. Great job.

torben (3100) 2004-04-21 15:47

Looks like a dream floating in the darkness, extraordinary light, fantastic photo.

cmartos (242) 2004-04-21 16:04

Wow!!! Looks to something like close encounters! Absolutely astonishing, surrealistic, but marvelous result. Patterns, softness and tones are really unusual and beautiful. Yes I enjoy it. Thanks for sharing Daniel.

pamastro (7296) 2004-04-22 1:48

This is so other worldly. It looks like not only are you in an airplane but in something even higher ascending into space. The clouds below you really gives the feel that you are leaving the atmosphere for the clear starry darkness of space above. The lightning in the clouds are really nicely captured. They give such an eerie look to the clouds. And far below the city lights look like flowing rivers of magma in my imagination. It's really dramatic and really beautifully done. So out there. Great job, Daniel!

ChrisJ (172440) 2004-04-22 5:06

Unusual perspective. A little unsharp, but still a great shot. Is the Japanese proverb correct? (A wise man climbs Fuji Yama just once, but a fool climbs it twice). My cousin's been up there. She said she won't be doing it again in a hurry.
But seriously, a really different type of shot, & thanks for sharing.

Jeppe (18654) 2004-04-22 5:19

Amazing capture Dan - When I see this kind of image I realy miss this feature on my camera :-(

The light very special and nice - I like it very much :-)

jrj (34843) 2004-04-22 5:22

Dreamlike, mystic, the dark exciting colours. Yes you made a good one here Daniel..

summer89 (5422) 2004-04-22 6:48

Wonderfull view, Daniel.

I like the colors and ligth in your photo.

Well done

Spoony (3539) 2004-04-22 11:49

Amazing composition... FANTASTIC!
Big photo, no doubt. Great sky colors and efect.

Well done and seen!

sunny (3069) 2004-04-22 16:41

Quite magical view with lovley fairy-tale colours here, Daniel. It looks as if the sky is opening. Great shot indeed!

bfly (5775) 2004-04-24 0:51

Close Encounters of The Third Kind :) looks like an UFO can land any minute...

very very beautiful Daniel..I started trying some long exposure pictures recently and it is really difficult to control all..great timing and beautiful picture from you again...

joseelias (0) 2004-05-05 9:08

I guess you took a photo of Mordor from "The Lord of the Rings" story...

This almost look like a dutch painting from the renaisance. Stunning colors and effects.

touristdidi (8583) 2004-05-10 4:59 [Comment]

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glopez (18) 2004-07-18 2:39

great work here, it looks sci fi ish, the colours are great and the comp, super

sn00zie (2384) 2004-07-28 13:59

WOW!!!!!!!!! beautiiiiffffulllllll daniel. truly lovely picture. the city below looks gorgeous-though not very visible. its like something out of LOTR

kamui28 (0) 2004-08-24 13:40

Great work, I like this. Nice lightning picture

GATTACA (88) 2005-02-24 12:03

Nice surrealistic view

jimmy177 (45) 2007-01-03 12:21

Amazing shot almost dream like i like how you can see the stars above 10/10 fantastic

darsic (139) 2007-06-20 9:27

Bravo for this wonderful shot! Technical performance allied with beauty. I wonder what would it have been without the polarizer?

Dany

kuzucuk (79) 2007-08-30 4:54

SUPERRRRRRRRRR EXCELLENT

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Photo Information

Copyright: Dan Leung (Kenny10pin) (19301)
Genre: 場所
Medium: カラー
Date Taken: 2003-08-22
Categories: 自然
Camera: Sony F717, CF Hitatchi 6GB, Circular Polarizer
Exposure：　f/2, 30 seconds
Details：　Tripod：　Yes
Photo Version：　Final Version, Original Version
Travelogue：　Climbing Mount Fuji
Theme(s)：　the lightning and storm, El misterio de la penumbra. [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-04-21 9:37
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