Compelling images indeed! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > Remarkable captures, both of them! > > On 9/10/2015 10:35 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> Got off work yesterday to find central Nebraska to be in quite the >> supercell environment and had a fun little local chase until about an >> hour after sundown. Here are two images from the outing. Both were >> taken from essentially the same spot. >> >> I parked my car at a rest area on eastbound Interstate 80 south of >> Grand Island, NE and ran across the 4 lanes of traffic to get some >> powerlines out of my shot. Then I found myself too low and the 9-foot >> tall cornfield was obscuring my view of the bottom of the storm. >> Fortunately, there was an old thick tangled wild grapevine that had >> grown around the barb wire fence and fence post that was sturdy enough >> for me to stand on that got me high enough to shoot over the tops of >> the corn. This is looking almost due north. I opted for a B&W >> rendering of that shot: >> >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/20664233023/in/dateposted-public/ >> >> Returning to my car I saw another cell to the west that was nearly >> scraping the ground and was backlit by the setting sun. I ran down the >> median towards it to get some artificial lights, from the rest area to >> my left, out of the frame. I had to work fast because this whole storm >> system was moving rapidly to the southeast. >> >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/21098836120/in/dateposted-public/ >> >> These were just two of the supercells that were scattered all over >> central Nebraska that evening and some produced damaging hail. I >> haven't seen it yet, but I'm told that my daughter's car, a newish >> little Toyota in Kearney, was totaled by the hail there. >> >> Today is going to have severe storms nearby again, but this time >> powered by a cold front. I hate cold front setups, but depending upon >> the timing I may be out again this evening. This is the storm season >> that just keeps on giving... >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
