Tony Laubach
EF5
Major storms rolled through Denver overnight late last week bringing one of the best shows in quite some time. Many long-time residents said this was one of the biggest overnight storms they'd witnessed in many years. I am certainly not going to disagree with that one as I was out chasing this thing for over 3 hours finally rolling back to my apartment shortly before 3am.
This came during a break from an ongoing project I am working on and had been back in Colorado a couple days after shooting in Arizona. The crew and I had chased eastern Colorado earlier in the day and had finished dinner when the first round erupted around 11pm with a storm just east of downtown.
The first shot was many years in the making as I've had this spot picked out for a couple years as I've always hoped to get the downtown skyline in the foreground of a lightning shot. Fortunately, I was rewarded for my patience as I nailed several good shots.
I have waited years for a shot like this! And while I think this was the best, I took about 6 which looked great with the city in the foreground! I was thrilled! I wish I had a camcorder running during this stint as I was chanting and cheering like I had just scored the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl!
I came home afterwards to get those images pulled from my camera when I looked on radar to see an impressive line of storms moving in from the west. I activated our lightning net with a "it's Christmas time" message and ran up to Arvada to get set up at the Red Rocks Arvada campus. Unfortunately I was having a tough time getting any great shots due to the insane amounts of rain coming down.
Round 3 came when I ditched the rain for a clearer southern vantage point and snapped away even more shots!
I have posted more on my blog and you can check them out here. I have nearly 2-dozen shots from that night, including more of the downtown skyline setting which I am hoping to post later in the week. I'll come and amend this post as soon as I do. In the meantime, I have about half a dozen on the blog with more on the way!
An FYI for those who may be curious; the project I am working on limits the amount of information I can publish or release, including media and/or my wherabouts. However, this night's event was "off-the-clock" persay, and thus I can post my ventures in detail here as it was unrelated to the project I am working on. I am slated to be done with this in mid-September and will return to my normal barrage of useless posts. Until then, bare with me and keep watching for flukes like last night! Wowza!
This came during a break from an ongoing project I am working on and had been back in Colorado a couple days after shooting in Arizona. The crew and I had chased eastern Colorado earlier in the day and had finished dinner when the first round erupted around 11pm with a storm just east of downtown.
The first shot was many years in the making as I've had this spot picked out for a couple years as I've always hoped to get the downtown skyline in the foreground of a lightning shot. Fortunately, I was rewarded for my patience as I nailed several good shots.
I have waited years for a shot like this! And while I think this was the best, I took about 6 which looked great with the city in the foreground! I was thrilled! I wish I had a camcorder running during this stint as I was chanting and cheering like I had just scored the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl!
I came home afterwards to get those images pulled from my camera when I looked on radar to see an impressive line of storms moving in from the west. I activated our lightning net with a "it's Christmas time" message and ran up to Arvada to get set up at the Red Rocks Arvada campus. Unfortunately I was having a tough time getting any great shots due to the insane amounts of rain coming down.
Round 3 came when I ditched the rain for a clearer southern vantage point and snapped away even more shots!
I have posted more on my blog and you can check them out here. I have nearly 2-dozen shots from that night, including more of the downtown skyline setting which I am hoping to post later in the week. I'll come and amend this post as soon as I do. In the meantime, I have about half a dozen on the blog with more on the way!
An FYI for those who may be curious; the project I am working on limits the amount of information I can publish or release, including media and/or my wherabouts. However, this night's event was "off-the-clock" persay, and thus I can post my ventures in detail here as it was unrelated to the project I am working on. I am slated to be done with this in mid-September and will return to my normal barrage of useless posts. Until then, bare with me and keep watching for flukes like last night! Wowza!
, nice catch buddy 
