Spring Storms
jamesl
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Hi All,
It's been a while since I've been able to participate in the froums.
Things have slowed down a bit for me lately, and I've been able to get out and shoot a few of the spring storms that have come through around here.
Here are a few images from recently:
Story behind the pic:
A friend and I headed up into Central OK on May 2nd to hopefully chase a few storms around that area. We ended up chasing a small LP (low precipitation) supercell through Oklahoma City, and up to the north east. This was the most beautiful storm I had ever witnessed. It was moving quite slowly to the north east, so we were able to stay with it for a while. When I found this green field of wheat, I knew it was time to stop and capture the above.
Technical Detials: Shot with my Canon 30D and 20mm prime lens. F16 and 1/60 second. In photoshop, I bracketted each shot +/- 1 EV using the original RAW image. I then created 3 seperate panos in Panorama Factory (one at -1 EV, 0 EV, and +1 EV). These three panos were merged into a tone mapped HDR using Photomatix Pro. Finally, pulled the image into photoshop to clean it up some.
I captured this shot during an intense storm just south of Downtown Dallas. I was so surprised when this bolt struck that I almost dropped my video camera.
James
It's been a while since I've been able to participate in the froums.
Things have slowed down a bit for me lately, and I've been able to get out and shoot a few of the spring storms that have come through around here.Here are a few images from recently:
Story behind the pic:
A friend and I headed up into Central OK on May 2nd to hopefully chase a few storms around that area. We ended up chasing a small LP (low precipitation) supercell through Oklahoma City, and up to the north east. This was the most beautiful storm I had ever witnessed. It was moving quite slowly to the north east, so we were able to stay with it for a while. When I found this green field of wheat, I knew it was time to stop and capture the above.
Technical Detials: Shot with my Canon 30D and 20mm prime lens. F16 and 1/60 second. In photoshop, I bracketted each shot +/- 1 EV using the original RAW image. I then created 3 seperate panos in Panorama Factory (one at -1 EV, 0 EV, and +1 EV). These three panos were merged into a tone mapped HDR using Photomatix Pro. Finally, pulled the image into photoshop to clean it up some.
I captured this shot during an intense storm just south of Downtown Dallas. I was so surprised when this bolt struck that I almost dropped my video camera.
James
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Cuong
And these surely aren't disappointing. Wow the size of the last one is quite amazing. So you were videoing it as well?
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Thanks Schmoo! I appreciate it. I sure wish I could spend more time around here, but time is at a premedium for me lately.
I have started videoing more now. My wife and I bought a Canon HV20 video camera, and I've started lugging it around when I go out shooting. I have a few videos up here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/jlangford92
I'm working on the video from the storm in the first capture.
James
Langford Photography
http://www.langfordphotography.com
james@langfordphotography.com