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Published: 2009-07-19 05:44:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1665; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 0
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I jumped ahead and decided to upload a picture from this evening. I almost missed the sky's spectacle but as luck may have it, I decided to take my German Shepherd out for a drive. Poor guy got a bit of a reckless ride as I was scrambling to find a spot to shot pictures. It's funny b/c most of my photos are derived from scrambling as fast as possible to find a subject or get into position. I guess some of that has to do with how random the Oklahoma skies can be. It seems that the times I am expecting it to look good outside are usually not the case and the times I'm not expecting much of anything tend to be the moments of most beauty and wonder, hence the constant scrambling around...I felt weird taking this picture b/c behind me and across the street was a house where the owners decided to come outside shortly after I parked my truck and they were watching what I was doing the whole time. It probably made them nervous, which I don't blame them or they may have just been watching the amazing sunset. Either way, people want to make sure their home and surroundings are secure from anyone acting in ill will. I do the same thing.
This is an old Chevy farm truck and the thunderstorm in the background is literally approximately 70 miles to the east. According to radar, it quickly fell apart shortly after the sun went down. However, it did produce high wind gust and wind damage in some of the towns it passed over. Since the sun light was rapidly fading, I used my Canon Speedlite 430EX to illuminate the truck. You gotta love the old, faded and rusty colors on the abandoned vehicles-this one has a nice aqua/turquoise blue.
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Your capture here is Awesome!!!
The life of an old truck, the scars and scrapes, diminished paint and creeping rust, worn tires... a reflection of the hard working life it has lived. To me an old truck reflects as much about the lives of the unknown owners, or even just hard working folks in general. I much appreciate the above narrative as to how it evolved. "Scrambling" as your account portrays is known to all who value naturally occurring light as a key element of the shot. Sometimes you catch the light, sometimes the light outruns you. Thanks for sharing your great photo and its backstory. I would like to see more of that from other contributors. As R.S. said, "every picture has a story". Good hunting my friend.
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stunning!! the sky is on fire!! 
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Hopefully these pictures will give justice to the amazing sites that are often overlooked!
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you crossed the line about justice to those sites! your pictures are like monuments now!
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The colours in this are unreal! The shot has a very apocalyptic feel to it.
Also, props to you for having the courage to just take the shot in front of the owners. I know I'd probably have scrambled and just tried to do a quick capture rather than patiently making sure it was a good shot.
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It was a little uncomfortable, but well worth it in the end.
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A great piece Kyle. Love the thunderhead in the background. I am in pure envy of those in the midwest that get to witness all that crazy weather.
Anyways, great shot and good story to accompany it.
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Thank you sir! I'm already looking forward to next years weather season. It's been hit and miss for me being able to get out and capture the good looking storms. There was a storm several years ago that rolled over where I live and had a massive wall cloud rotating underneath it, which was my first time to physically be outside in an open area and witness the turbulent, rapid changes in wind gusts from multiple directions. It was amazing! And after it passed and continued on its northeasterly path it was picture perfect as the sun was setting...and I did not have a camera to capture it...The closest thing I can equate it to appearance was when the space ships in the movie Independence Day were entering the earth's atmosphere and produced the colorful, boiling cloud effects. Opportunities like that happen rarely and its always hard to swallow b/c you know you saw something special.
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Man, Sounds like quite a sight! Being able to watch one of those supercells has got to be insane.
Have you thought about doing some storm chasing?
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Officially or unofficially? I've unofficially chased storms by myself or with a friend that have been in the neighborhood, but have not gone too far from home yet. I'd love to link up with an official storm chasing crew and travel up and down the roads in the Great Plains capturing the amazing views. I don't know how I'd be able to work it in with my day job though...
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Yeah, that would be fun wouldn't it? Hell, officially or unofficially would suit me. I envy many of those folks who make a good living off it. God.. Could you imagine?? The words "too good to be true" ring in my head. These guys are always really entertaining not to mention get some crazy footage. [link] I would imagine you are familiar with them?
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I wished I could take off an entire summer and do nothing but that. I actually just saw several episodes of their show on Discovery Channel over the weekend. And then there's the video on their site where they are on the side of the road and let the tornado/forming tornado pass directly over them...I had never seen that before! That blew my mind on how crazy and risky that was!
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I know man! lol If tornado chasing wasnt crazy enough they have been intecepting them lately. They are either really brave or just really familiar with storms and know what they can endure.
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haha! Seemed like they weren't too scared in the video, but I guess they had good indication as to what the wind speeds were. But my gosh, I don't get scared easily but I think I would have been a little paranoid and on edge with something like that rolling over. It's a unique experience to be in the open and see the massive, lumbering storms roll towards you. Just in my recent adventures, I've felt extremely meager in my existence and a sense of vulnerability, whether from the lightning strikes or the shear size of the clouds. I'd definitely need a good amount of reassurance and a lapse in better judgement that I wouldn't get tossed into the next county to march into a tornado.
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Brilliant piece Kyle,your words behind the shot add so much too
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I wished you could tell some of the people around me...sometimes I think they don't listen to anything I have to say! Ha!
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I`m sure they see your thoughts through your images though
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wow,,,fantastic colors,,,loving the atmosphere here.
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Thank you! I wished I was closer to the storm in the background...it would have been amazing to be up close to capture the cloud formations. I literally turned the corner from my street and saw that thing lumbering in the eastern sky and said to myself 'Oh my gosh!'.
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