Heaven's Hammer: A monster tornado unleashes its wrath across Alvo, Nebraska, travelling at over 70mph
Tiny tornadoes, followed by rfd blasting the storm to pieces, and scud moving by overhead over 70 mph turned into that above. lol So far the UK seems the worst at handling things you said(or simply have on your site). The Sunday Times article last fall said I took shelter in a town on my first chase, and when I came out, the entire town around me was destroyed. That after I actually said I took shelter and a big violent tornado went just south of town, destroying a couple farm houses. They also said I skipped Christmas to chase. I was like, I did? I should remember chasing in late December, let alone on Christmas! I think I said that I would, after I was promted to come up with things I'd skip to go chasing.
I wonder who they "checked" the text with for all that. I had no idea it was coming out till I saw this thread on my way home today.
As for the photos, I agree, they look cooked/nuked on there. I'd think a pr person getting them in such a big publication thing like the Daily Mail, would check them first, or have someone check them. I don't think I'd be too eager to buy a book if I thought the images would look that overdone. Looks like however they got them, they then boosted saturation, lightness, contrast, and even sharpening. The Alvo storm though was super contrasty from my angle at that time, since the storm was just about to die, and was seperating from the rain core....all while the sun was low and directly behind it. Toss in the camera not fitting that dynamic range, and therefor making it even more contrasty than it was, and well, it's just really contrasty. But yeah, whatever they did made it worse.
In that case, I suspect the uses are legit, at least if you gave your publisher rights to publisize your book with your photos. And, to be fair, sellings books = making you $$$, so it's probably worth it.
