I just caught the taill end of the *beep beep beep* of a weather warning, and got to the TV in time to read “DO NOT WAIT FOR FURTHER WARNINGS. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY”.
Unfortunately, the station covers a warning area a few thousand square miles in area, so I don’t know who they’re talking to. Not us at the moment – the sky is clear overhead. But it sure isn’t clear to the north and east. The skies over Saskatoon, 25 miles to the northeast, are a million dollar light show at the moment.
(A photo I took a couple of years ago)
Methinks some grain bins are going to be rolling cross the prairies like bowling balls tonight.
ooops… as I finish this, another warning. Caught it this time. It’s for us as well as most of the area surrounding. Too bad it’s so dark – there are sure to be some freaky photo opportunities.
Kate,
Here’s a picture taken in the field across from my home 15 minutes ago:
http://www.digiteyesed.com/gallery/newstuff/20040717_lightningatdusk_sm
(30 second exposure)
I took the picture with my camera wrapped in a plastic bag because of the rain and the treeline is a bit blurred because I was trying to keep the wind from catching the bag and carrying away my setup.
Wow. Good catch.
(You wrap your camera in plastic?)
Looking at your photography, I see you also suffer from “colour gravity”…
“You wrap your camera in plastic?”
I carry along a garbage bag in unsettled weather. It had started to rain so I made a hole the lens could fit through and threw the bag over the camera. I was able to keep shooting pictures this way.
“Looking at your photography, I see you also suffer from “colour gravity”…”
Er, yes. I have the same relationship with colour that Tammy Faye Baker has with makeup.