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Upcoming Shoots

>> July-August 2017 -- Lightning -- New Mexico, Colorado, & High Plains. Unscheduled; during time off work.

>> Early November 2017 -- Whooping Cranes -- Quivira NWR, Kansas. May take some days off work during peak this year.

>> Late January-Early February 2018 -- Winter Bird Photography Trip -- Texas Gulf Coast? Stay tuned.

(Updated June 23, 2017 10:01:48 am CT)

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Most Recent Shoots

5 Aug 2017
Last Chance, CO Marginal Supercell
Synopsis: This was a somewhat successful storm chase, intercepting a storm with marginal supercell characteristics in a west-northwest flow environmen...
3 Jul 2017
Laverne-Woodward, OK Supercell & Canadian, TX Supercell
Synopsis: This was a long chase day, starting in Overland Park, KS after spending a couple days with family and friends over the weekend. I targeted L...
29 Jun 2017
Johnson, KS Mothership Supercell
Synopsis: This was another after work chase, and I was not going to make the same mistake I did on June 26th! Leaving immediately after work at 4pm, I...
26 Jun 2017
Leoti, KS LP Marginal Supercell
Synopsis: I originally decided not to chase after work, but after I woke up from a long nap at around 6pm, a supercell was rolling straight south near...
17 Jun 2017
Meade & Clark County, KS Supercell & Incredible Lightning
Synopsis: This was an after-work chase. I actually worked a couple hours of overtime until 7:30pm and chased right as I got off work. A new storm form...
16 Jun 2017
Aurora, NE LP Supercell
Synopsis: This was a very good chase day, which started slow and potentially a bust. I was limited to chasing southern Nebraska, since I had to go bac...
15 Jun 2017
Marginal supercell storm & lightning from Clarendon to Paducah, TX
Synopsis: This was a good chase, but not spectacular. Followed a marginal supercell storm southeast with decent structure but a lot of good cloud-to-g...
13 Jun 2017
Brief, marginal supercell near Wright, KS
Synopsis: This was a short-distance storm chase fairly close to home. Mid-afternoon storms formed just south of Dodge City, but they did not advance t...
27 May 2017
Storm Chase Trip 2017 (Day 9) -- Ardmore, OK Supercell
Synopsis: This was the last chase day of the trip. Rob, Mitch, Jay, and I decided to target a tornado potential in southern Oklahoma on this day. We s...
26 May 2017
Storm Chase Trip 2017 (Day 8) -- Goodland Post-sunset Supercell
Synopsis: Mitch joined us for the final days of this trip. We targeted the Lamar area, but this southern target busted as it was too capped, despite g...

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Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:43:49 -0500
Two photography lifer sparrows: Swamp Sparrow and Le Conte's Sparrow. Douglas County, KS. 15 October 2017
Although I managed to photograph two sparrow species I've never photographed before, it was a pretty crummy day. My 600mm lens began to have serious auto-focusing images right after I took the image of the Swamp Sparrow. I felt quite dejected after this happened, and decided to cancel the rest of my shooting day and head back to Dodge City. The northwest wind behind the front in the morning was also a bit stronger than I was hoping for, so the combined events left me in a pretty sour mood. Nevertheless, it was good to at least partially get what I was after, even if the quality of the images were less then stellar. Onward!

Le Conte's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow
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Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:59:53 -0500
-Corona Over Oconto- The full corona of the sun during total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017 just outside Oconto, Nebraska
  
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Mon, 4 Sep 2017 20:19:38 -0500
Sunspots AR2673 and 2674 with blood-red sun due to smoke-filled sky in western Kansas. 4 September 2017
  
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Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:28:13 -0500
Amazing prominences visible during the Great American Eclipse. Oconto, Nebraska. 21 August 2017
  
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Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:37:13 -0500
Diamond Ring Effect with Chromosphere and Prominences at 3rd Contact, Total Solar Eclipse -- Oconto, Nebraska. 21 August 2017
  
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Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:46:11 -0500
Tall, branched cloud-to-ground flash from a highly electrical storm in the southeastern Texas Panhandle. 15 June 2017
  
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Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:07:00 -0500
Assortment of images from Day 3 of 3 -- 2017 SE Arizona bird photography trip. 24 April 2017

Black-headed Grosbeak (female)

Acorn Woodpecker

Scott's Oriole (female)

Green-tailed Towhee

White-winged Dove

Lazuli Bunting

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Lazuli Bunting

Lazuli Bunting

Gila Woodpecker

Black-headed Grosbeak

Broad-billed Hummingbird

Broad-billed Hummingbird

Broad-billed Hummingbird
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Mon, 7 Aug 2017 18:08:56 -0500
Late night supercell with lightning-illuminated structure in far southwest Kansas, north of Elkhart. 29 June 2017




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Mon, 7 Aug 2017 11:43:22 -0500
Small, marginal supercell storm north of Limon, CO. 5 August 2017
  
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Tue, 1 Aug 2017 22:02:09 -0500
-Clark County Electric- An amazing lightning display from a severe storm in Clark County, KS. 17 June 2017
A 3-frame composite of 2-second exposures spanning 21 seconds in total elapsed time

  
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