Your Best Tornado shot to date

I was pretty happy with some of my shots from Illinois on June 5, but this shot from May 22 in South Dakota is still my favorite.
 

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Similar to others, mine was May 31 near Campo, CO:
 

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My best chase this year was keister, conger, Albert lea MN 6-17-10. Here are some pics from that day.
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I've got two that i really like, but the first one might win because the picture quality. For some reason I had some real issues with noise on the second image. I tried a little de-noise, and it looks a little bit better. And yes the first image, that is rain that you see blowing in the image, not hail. Enjoy!

May 22, 2010 near Bowdle, SD:
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June 5, 2010 Elmwood/Yates City, IL Tornado:
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2 photos of the May 19/2010 Leedey, OK tornado. It was amazing watching this from a TCU to tornado in the field just to our north.

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Definitely my pics of the 06/17 tornado near Grand Forks, ND. I sacrificed some of the video of this tornado when I shut off the camcorder to pull out my Rebel T2I and take a still.

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I just wish I had time that day to tripod the camera and attach the telephoto lens, but nature doesn't wait for anyone.

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Wanted to add one more from May 23 near Clayton NM and Texline, TX of the long track tornado. I always wanted to capture something like this, so when the time came, I choked and didn't get my camera settings right. But, after alot of processing and some HDR work, I got a decent image out of a poor shot. Sorry for the noisiness. I thought it an interesting pic and wanted to share.

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My 2 favs for the year:

First picture is my panoramic from April 22, east of Groom, TX. Sucks that the winds were howling, kept moving me around and I couldn't get the shots lined up good enough, causing that misalignment in the middle. Still one of my favs.
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Of course this picture, the one I'm going to beat to death. May 24, 2010 just north of Spearman, TX. This was a shot I've always wanted to get, one of those "dream shots" that come once in a lifetime.
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Just for good measure, an honorable mention to my twin nighttime tornadoes near Stratford, TX on May 18, 2010. It was my first time attempting to photograph a tornado at night.
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Not bad for a $250 camera, eh?
 
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