Grand Landscape of Arches NP
.A scenic overlookof Arches National Park during the winter of 2008. The section calledthe Fiery Furnace is in the foreground — a "labyrinth of narrowsandstone canyons and fins" that make up the northern portion of thepark. The La Sal mountains make up this scenic backdrop. Details ofthis image: Nikon D70 body, 44mm focal length (66mm virtual focallength), 1/200s @ f/8, ISO 200. Circular Polarizer used.
June High Plains Storm in Colorado
A marginallysevere storm developed along the Front Range of the Rockies near theColorado-Wyoming border. My chase partner Vince Miller and Iintercepted this storm over desolate northeastern Weld County in thePawnee National Grassland. Using the Lightning Trigger shutter release,I captured this image of a cloud-to-ground lightning flash centereddirectly over the farm road on the horizon. Details of this image:Nikon D200 body, 22mm focal length (33mm virtual focal length), 1/60s @f/8, ISO 200. Photographed June 19, 2008 during a northeastern Coloradostorm chase.
Incredible, rare tornado in far Southwest Kansas in the month of November!
Thisimage was shot looking northwest from highway 27 just north of Johnson,KS. It was 52 degrees, according to my Jeep’s thermometer, to theimmediate east-southeast of this tornado. More information on thisamazing tornado can be found on my blog.Details of this image: Nikon D200 body, 29mm focal length (43mm virtualfocal length), 1/500s @ f/3.8, ISO 500. Photographed November 10, 2008during a southwest Kansas storm chase.
Dramatic cloud-to-ground lightning flash with foreground traffic streak
Thisimage was one of several memorable keepers from a storm chase in Aprilof 2008. I was fortunate to observe and photograph one of the mostprolific "high quality" lightning producing storms I had seen in a longtime. I had the tripod set up between the east and west bound lanes ofa divided highway east of San Angelo and just so happened to capturethe streak of tail lights as a truck was traveling west. Details ofthis image: Nikon D200 body, 16mm focal length (24mm virtual focallength), 15s @ f/8, ISO 125. Photographed April 26, 2008 during a westTexas storm chase.
Below you will find the new monthly installment of "UTM Photo of the Month". For this month, I selected something from the archive:
Dawn at Artist Point, Yellowstone Canyon — Yellowstone National Park
This was one of many memorable photographic moments during my Fall of2006 trip to Yellowstone National Park. Artist Point is a famousphotography spot at Yellowstone, and I was hoping for wonderful softlight just prior to sunrise. I was more than pleased with what I got,which was a few high cirrus clouds lit up in a vivid, saturated pinkcolor to complement the extraordinary landscape of the Yellowstonecanyon and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. Date: September 19,2006. Exposure was f/9 at 1/5 seconds, ISO 200, shot with the Nikon D70at a 24mm focal length.
Once again I am a little tardy in getting the latest image-of-the-month updated, but here it is!
Mammatus-filled eastern sky in the wake of a summer supercell across Southeast Colorado
Landscape photographers are always in search of that perfect "goldenhour" light. Much is the same for storm photography. The saturated softlight offered by the setting sun greatly enhances the mood of a scene,and when a dramatic sky is added to the mix, it can be an almostspiritual experience. After a big High Plains storms at sunset,photography opportunities are many times limitless. Details of thisimage: Nikon D3 body, 14mm focal length, 1/1600s @ f/5, ISO 400.Photographed August 12, 2008 during a southeastern Colorado storm chase.
All caught up!! I am now up-to-date on getting all my storm photography albums posted to the site. Just browse through the Collections portions of UTM to see the latest albums, mainly 2008 Chases. Here are the new Lightroom-created albums added since the last UTM update:
Actually, I do have one Quivira NWR album to upload of some bird photography from last month, but I’ll get to that when I can. In the meantime, no major shoots are in the works for the foreseeable future, as I will be busy with meteorology related projects over the next month or two. That is not to say, though, that I won’t take a spontaneous endeavor to Colorado or another summer chase opportunity if it is a day off.
A little late in getting the August image of the month up, but here it is!
Summer thunderstorm across a Northwest Kansas cornfield.
Saturated soft light certainly embodied this scene as a summer thunderstorm developed north of Colby, KS with a green cornfield and distant farmstead completing the scene. The precipitation shaft revealed wonderful contrast with amazing hues of blues and greys. The muted whites of the precipitation shaft indicate hail. Details of this image:Nikon D3 body, 14mm focal length, 1/50s @ f/11, ISO 1250. Photographed July 17, 2008 during a western Kansas storm chase.
Over the past week and a half or so, I have been adding a number of chase image albums dating back to Late May. I have them updated through Day 5 of my late-June chase vacation. Here is a list of the new storm photography albums. These are all accessed through Under The Meso Collections (except May 21,22,23 — I forgot to include those for some reason, I’ll get those linked soon):
The following albums have been uploaded to my Collections page:
February 20, 2008 — Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah
February 20, 2008 — Northwest Colorado Snowscapes
February 21, 2008 — Wyoming I-80 Snowscapes
…and the recent Northwest Kansas storm chase:
April 24, 2008 — Northwest Kansas high-based supercell
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