A storm filled weekend !!!

 Holy Moses !! Crazy Thunderstorm's, Its been a long time since i experienced one that big. sheet lighting or as the weather guys call it (cc) lighting mixed with a few bolts trickled in. Unfortunately not able to catch much of the storm on my camera, due to high winds and constant flashes of light and roaring thunder. Started to give me the Hebe jeebies. Beside the raging storms we got that where real exciting anyways, an amazing weekend to be had hope you enjoy the few images I was able to get.

Now i don't normally like to do a HDR (high dynamic range) photo. But the high contrast of the storm rolling in was too much to resist, one of my favorite photos from the weekend.



This one is an interesting photo, again sheet lighting blocked out any chances of getting a bolt shot here. Due to a malfunction with my tripod and the rush of the storm i used a light stand an hoped for the best. luck behold it the flash of light was able to freeze a normally blurry image.



I believe this contraption is the old device they used to remove planks from the dam at lovesick lake, draining into buck horn lake. Nothing fancy  but an interesting shot.

This spot is one of my favorite spots to shoot stars. Still tweaking the learning process, but could shoot at this location forever and always get something different. I have posted 3 variations of this spot as i couldn't decide witch ones looked best. So i leave it up to you i will label the others and spare the blurb.



Variation #2. Same shot but allowing the camera sensor to track the stars for 35 minutes.



Variation #3. Slightly further up the rapids here and a separate shoot the next night. This one only 15 minutes and a change in white balance to try and get rid of that nasty light pollution cause by cities!



This little feller here was climbing up the railing the morning after the first storm. Stuck around to get a few close ups, A rare chance to use my macro lens.

Here he is from a side view.



I don't know what this little guy is some sort of Caterpillar I assume.

 

Another type of Caterpillar that was around crawling on the rocks!