I know exactly what you mean about eastern Colorado. I used to drive through the Julesburg area a lot many years ago. It was desolate, with rolling hills and often tornadoes. At a minimum all kinds of wild weather. I have to laugh about it but I passed through there this June because I had a crazy impulse to take Amtrak to Chicago and back from Green River Utah. Passing through that area at dawn, right as the sun came up there were spectacular skies, just what I remembered.
Ohhhhh that is a menacing beauty of an image! Looks as if there was some type of eye forming over that farm, wow if I lived there and looked up I would have thought the end could be near!
Amazing image that captured the power of mother nature especially when viewing the contrasting size of the circulating clouds over the farm. Truly spectacular!
-Tung
I know exactly what you mean about eastern Colorado. I used to drive through the Julesburg area a lot many years ago. It was desolate, with rolling hills and often tornadoes. At a minimum all kinds of wild weather. I have to laugh about it but I passed through there this June because I had a crazy impulse to take Amtrak to Chicago and back from Green River Utah. Passing through that area at dawn, right as the sun came up there were spectacular skies, just what I remembered.
Hi Craig, thanks for your kind words. Sometimes the most desolate places can foster the most beautiful nature images. I always look forward to photographing June storms in Colorado for that very reason! -Mike
Karl Witt wrote:
Ohhhhh that is a menacing beauty of an image! Looks as if there was some type of eye forming over that farm, wow if I lived there and looked up I would have thought the end could be near!
Awesome!
Karl
Hey Karl, I'm glad this image brought out this kind of feeling. It's what I hope to achieve in my photography! Glad you liked it! -Mike
blueshadows wrote:
Truly mesmerizing, as are all really fine storm photos. I always wonder what the shot would look like taken from a vantage point by the buildings...
Hi Bill, thanks for the comments. Actually, it would not look as good, the closer you get to the storm. There is an optimal distance from the storm at which you can get this incredible view.. usually anywhere from 6 to 12 miles from the storm itself. You wouldn't see the twisting, striated, curved structure higher up in the storm from closer in as the lower level clouds would obscure the view. -Mike
retrait wrote:
Amazing image that captured the power of mother nature especially when viewing the contrasting size of the circulating clouds over the farm. Truly spectacular!
-Tung
Hi Tung, thank you! I appreciate the compliments, thanks for reviewing my work. -Mike
