The rest of 2010

I'm bad at best of. . . I'd rather have new!

Panoramic of previous blog pic.

Leftovers of a severe thunderstorm at old lookout peak at I-235 and 25th.

I miss lightning.

Loved the saucer shape this storm anviled out to.



2nd season's only tornado warned storm.  The left side of this produced baseball (some claim up to softball) size hail.  One large stone found out in a field 3 hours after the storm was short of the state record by 1/2".



Found out my wife didn't see the double rainbow guy video, so she thought I went insane saying "Double Rainbow!" and "What does it mean?".



Harvest Full moon at Midnight.  Couldn't sleep.
















Happy 2011 and may we hear thunder in the new year.

More of 2010



One of the hail storms in Wichita this year.  This Squall line built lazily in early April and ended up dumping hail on the East side of Wichita for nearly an hour.  I caught this 180 degree capture before heading to class.  Unfortunately, it hit while in class.



Ah, Lightning.  I swore I watched streamers rise in the field in front of me.





The big May 10th storm.  They cancelled a day of River Fest for this and ultimately decided to move the festivities to June (good idea).  No solid tornado, but we did see rotation aloft and spinning wheat.  Lack of afternoon heating kept this killer at bay.  It roughly hit Wichita during rush hour.  This monster was made up of 20+ photographs and proved to be a nightmare to merge.



2010 recap

Here it is an hour before December and I write this with a heavy heart.  I didn't see any tornadoes this year.  Technically, there was one there, we think, rotation in the clouds, rotation in the wheat before us, but no visible tornado.

I'm thinking about selling photos next year online and in a little shop in Kechi when it's built.  I'll entertain ideas on whether to sell them framed, unframed, in sets, as a one shot deal, or as part of a series.  Let me know your thoughts either here or on facebook. 

As always, thanks for being out there.  I get stats on visits to the pages, and I'm not doing too bad.  Don't be shy on comments.

Now onto 2010 in recap:

January

Had fog and freezing temps all morning.  At work I could see the trees across the street had a little frost on them.  Thought I would head home and grab the camera.  As I neared the house, the fog thickened and it became colder.  It frosted heavier on the trees and one of the farmers just tilled his land causing a nice contrast in color.

Suddenly the trees were flashing by us


Clouds reflecting fast across your eyes

We turned into a frozen meadow

The wind the only sound

'We'll know where when we get there' you said

Sonic Youth "Hoarfrost"
 
Special thanks to Mike Taylor for introducing me to the term.
 
 
More later.