I'm sorry, my head has been elsewhere. I want to belatedly thank Steve, Igor, Frank, Mark C, and Daniel for their kind comments.
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
