1st storm chase experience

[rockincw]

yesterday we had some storms pop up here in wichita falls,tx and i decided to grab my gear and head out, headed a forming storm off north of waurika, ok and caught a supercell that had signs of rotation.. right place, right time i thought until it was time to high tail it, good thing since as soon as i got in the truck and turned around half dollar size hail started raining down. camera is safe but my truck.. not so much. took a bout 130 shots and only had one i figured i could use. not 100% happy with it but it was my first storm chase, but it was worth every bit for the experience i gained and will do it again. C&C welcome and much appreciative.

thanks,
Chris

[Nikonfan]

Cool shot! I was in that storm last night. It was crazy how dark it got once the storm moved overhead. Luckily I finished driving just in time to get in a building. I did have my camera and snapped a few shots but it was after sunset and so dark I really needed a tripod.

[rockincw]

Originally Posted by Nikonfan

Cool shot! I was in that storm last night. It was crazy how dark it got once the storm moved overhead. Luckily I finished driving just in time to get in a building. I did have my camera and snapped a few shots but it was after sunset and so dark I really needed a tripod.

thanks.

that aint no joke. i was at metro photo here in wichita and was looking at the radar with one of the knowledgeables on weather patterns and i high tailed it to get my gear and forgot my tripod in the excitement, rookie mistake. i didnt think it woulda been as bad as it was but you can never underestimate mother nature! i knew i shoulda pulled over when even the news storm chasers turned around lol

[Nikonfan]

Luckily the nasty stuff missed me. I had to meet someone in Decatur and I was watching it the whole way in. I was doing 90 all the way up 287 and got into Braums a few seconds before it hit. I used to live out in the country and I have seen a lot of tornados. This was one of the scariest looking cells I have ever seen. It ended up with nothing more than rain where I was. You just never can tell.

[rockincw]

aww decatur, my old stompin grounds! i wanted to get down around bowie and catch that storm but i thought the one east and west would converge in waurika. but thats correct you never can tell and thats the scary thing about weather.

[MichaelW]

Great shot. Looks like it could have done some damage.

[TXForesterII]

Really nice.

[DigitalScape]

great image, Chris. One minor nit is to straighten up the horizon - seems to be dipping to the right. If you shot this in RAW, then you might be able to pull out a bit more of the details (foreground and the cloud) with a exposure blending processing (i.e. a pseudo HDR)

[rphoto]

Welcome and nice shot. I am from Burkburnett and never even saw this storm.

[rockincw]

It is dipping to the right a tad ill fix that amd i shoot everything in raw+jpeg for that reason, just the simple things you sometimes forget. And im one to be a tad scatter brained lol

[rockincw]

Originally Posted by rphoto

Welcome and nice shot. I am from Burkburnett and never even saw this storm.

thanks, im actually out in dean and noticed it starting to blow up and took off chasing it

[Nikonfan]

I just read an article about a popular storm chaser that died in a wreck Saturday. He drove to Tx for this storm and it was his last storm: Tributes pour in for storm-chaser killed in crash | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth

[rockincw]

Oh wow, thats never good, he was on the north end of the storm i was after.

[r0xikat]

damn, I've always wanted to go storm chasing! had a few chances at A&M but never went out with them.

can't wait to see your future work. if la nina keeps up in this fashion, it's gonna be a busy season :)