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Tornado (V)alley???

© Bill K. Ko

Tornado (V)alley???

Uploaded: July 27, 2007

Description

Wow! This was taken out my backyard in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It was taken with whacky settings because I was actually set up for shooting lightning (I had a Neutral-Density filter on plus a really tiny aperture so I could get longer exposure times in the daylight).

As mentioned, I was setting up for some neat lightning shots (and there would have been some GREAT ones!) when I looked to my left, and... OMG!!! My motto is "Shoot with what you got first - a poor shot is better than none at all." Thankfully I did that because it was the best picture of the lot.

Taken with my Canon 10 - 22 mm Wide Angle Zoom: 1/8s f/22.0 at 22.0mm iso100.

Comments

william r. griffin July 27, 2007

Awesome ,dramtic shot,well done Bill. #700557

Johanna S. Billings level-deluxe July 27, 2007

Neat! Where in NE PA are you? I'm in Danielsville down toward Allentown. A couple years ago a twister went through and ripped up trees and roofs all the way to Reading. Took out a few trees in our tiny little town too. Anyway, great shot -- you're right, a poor shot is better than none at all! #4570050

Bill K. Ko July 27, 2007

William:
I appreciate that you took the time to comment on the photo. After taking a few with the oddball setup, I took off the filters and reset the camera to more normal settings. I got some nice shots also, but nothing like the first one.

Johanna:
I live in Tunkhannock, PA which is in between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Thank you for the nice comment! #4570266

Jodi Zimmer July 28, 2007

very nice shot. #4571073

Bill K. Ko July 28, 2007

Thank you, Jodi! #4573035

Heather July 28, 2007

Oh My,This is So DramatiC!!! This is a Great shot tho,Where I live a Tornado Swept thru a 2 years ago,I never want to see one in person again,Great Shot that you Captured!!! #4573048

Bill K. Ko July 29, 2007

Heather:

Thank you so much for the kind words! I hope the photo did not stir up any unpleasant memories. #4575878

Denise Allen August 07, 2007

This is amazing!! Hope I never get the chance to photograph a tornado!!

Denise #4615971

Bill K. Ko August 14, 2007

Denise:

Thank you for your comments! Despite me telling BetterPhoto to email me about discussions, it never does. :(

Bill #4648128


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