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Re: [OM] Lightening and Weather Sealing Strike Again

Subject: Re: [OM] Lightening and Weather Sealing Strike Again
From: AS <alizookoman@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:25:56 -0700 (PDT)
We've had some crazy weather also. Severe T-storms running through this area 
this evening. 

Great capture. 


> Ken Norton wrote:
> > A severe thunderstorm rolled through Grinnell, Iowa a
> couple hours ago and I
> > couldn't refuse the opportunity to get out in it and
> shoot. As I've been in
> > the midst of photographing the library before it is
> decommissioned, I
> > thought that maybe it might make a good subject.
> > I rode out the storm in my jeep just on the edge of
> town out in the open
> > away from trees and power-lines.  A good thing,
> too.  Power went out as so
> > many trees and branches got blown down that the city
> had to use a snow-plow
> > to clear the streets. The rain and hail was so intense
> that visibility was
> > near zero and what I could see wasn't very comforting
> as the power poles
> > were swaying. I moved the jeep to keep the nose
> pointed into the wind as I
> > didn't want the side windows to blow out from hail or
> the jeep to get
> > rolled. One of the strongest winds I've been out in.
> The lightening was
> > incredible with this storm and I haven't seen this
> much cloud-to-ground
> > lightening in years.
> > 
> > I went downtown and parked (somewhat illegally, but
> who cares) across the
> > street from the library and shot through the driver's
> window of the jeep.
> >  It was still raining and the camera (and me) was
> getting drenched.
> > Fortunately, the E-1 and 14-54 are up to the
> task.  I had to repeatably wipe
> > the lens off and longed for one of those new-fangled
> UV filters that water
> > doesn't stick to.  :)
> > 
> > To hold the camera steady, I had it mounted to a
> monopod and it was jammed
> > between the door and the seat.  Plenty stable,
> except for the wind-gusts
> > rocking the jeep.
> > 
> > It was just a matter then of waiting for a flash of
> lightening to photograph
> > and reflexes fast enough to get it.  There were a
> lot of flashes I didn't
> > get, but this one I did.  No, it didn't actually
> strike the building, but
> > was about four seconds away.
> > 
> > www.zone-10.com
> > 
> > AG
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