Thursday, May 13, 2004
Bad Weather Makes Me Happy!
According to the NWS: We have three....THREE tornado watch boxes, a huge red splotch on the map for tornado warning and a large orange splotch representing severe thunder storms!
I’m! So! Excited!
A tornado touched down a few days ago not too far from here and while I don’t find joy in people having things damaged, my absolute LOVE for this kind of stuff makes me giddy.
And it’s just starting to come on now.....I’m off to enjoy the weather and the power of nature.
[update] Ok. I had been trying to photograph some of the spectacular lightning flashes I saw but my digital camera is way too slow, (cheap-o camera that came with my computer). I have a professional camera but that would require film development and as I do not have a dark room, nor do I know how to develop film....yet...this wasn’t going to serve my immediate purpose.
So! I went and got my digital camcorder and as I do not have a tripod for it, I held it up, patiently, waiting for the next flash. The good news is that I did capture some flashes. The bad news is, none of them were nearly as stunning as the ones I had seen earlier, (naturally).
However, as storm chasing is something I am getting ready to start doing within the next year, I have decided to start practicing at home with whatever photographic equipment I do have.
I said all that to explain that the following extremely short video clip isn’t that spectacular but it gives you a taste of the lightning I got to see and again, in time, these clips and still images will be FAR better.
Besides, Mary (Forget Your Fears), hasn’t had a good storm and the least I can do is give her a few seconds of enjoyment. (Maybe)
Flash To Bang Time Was Approximately Three Seconds
Please settle down on critiques. I didn’t put this up for critiquing, I put it up to se what I can and cannot do. Just enjoy the damn thing.
