Mike Hollingshead
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6687.jpg
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6707.jpg
First two, are from a supercell(never severe warned I don't believe) that fired northeast of O'Neill Nebraska and tracked to east of Norfolk before dying. Structure was fairly impressive from time to time. It always had a beavertail, but the updraft was rather skinny. At points it was amazing an updraft that skinny would continue to live that long.
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6775.jpg
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6797.jpg
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6798.jpg
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6802.jpg
The real treat came after dark. Shot those at Desoto Bend NWR in western IA. They were having their ONCE a year all night fishing. Otherwise you can't get in there after dark. Some cool things came from that whole setting. The moon rose and lit up the updraft and anvil from the lower right. I was shooting the scene with Bob Matzen, another chaser from Blair....who let me know it was going on that night in the first place(thanks again!). After this show we shot another pair of updrafts crossing the lake. I have a pretty cool time lapse of images taken with the still cam. I put on the 50mm so I could use F1.8 and get my ISO back to 100. It's cool because you see the updraft with its occasional dome/overshooting top bubbling away, you see stars climbing, and you see the boats moving around on the water. Then at the end, the thing orphan anvils itself into nothingness. The last plume takes the bottom up with it, and as it's rising into the anvil, leaving nothing below, it's still squeezing out a couple bolts. More images whenever I can get them on there.
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6707.jpg
First two, are from a supercell(never severe warned I don't believe) that fired northeast of O'Neill Nebraska and tracked to east of Norfolk before dying. Structure was fairly impressive from time to time. It always had a beavertail, but the updraft was rather skinny. At points it was amazing an updraft that skinny would continue to live that long.
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6775.jpg
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6797.jpg
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6798.jpg
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-19-6802.jpg
The real treat came after dark. Shot those at Desoto Bend NWR in western IA. They were having their ONCE a year all night fishing. Otherwise you can't get in there after dark. Some cool things came from that whole setting. The moon rose and lit up the updraft and anvil from the lower right. I was shooting the scene with Bob Matzen, another chaser from Blair....who let me know it was going on that night in the first place(thanks again!). After this show we shot another pair of updrafts crossing the lake. I have a pretty cool time lapse of images taken with the still cam. I put on the 50mm so I could use F1.8 and get my ISO back to 100. It's cool because you see the updraft with its occasional dome/overshooting top bubbling away, you see stars climbing, and you see the boats moving around on the water. Then at the end, the thing orphan anvils itself into nothingness. The last plume takes the bottom up with it, and as it's rising into the anvil, leaving nothing below, it's still squeezing out a couple bolts. More images whenever I can get them on there.
