Kasatochi Sunset/Sunrise Pictures

You know what really pisses me off with photography discussion online is these people who claim to know all of this shit about photography and then you look at their photos and are like, "hmmmm...sure buddy" Or the person who ask rhetorical questions of another's white balance! Looking at his avatar, maybe he thinks fluorescent is the way to go for shelf clouds. You can talk all you want as if you know what you're talking about...or what equipment you own (I love these people who are like I own "L" this, and "L" that), but the proof is in the picture.

Anywho, here are some more sunset/sunrise pictures from last week/weekend created by volcanic ash from the volcano Kasatochi in Alaska. It's clearing off here now, so I'm out the door to see if it's still gonna happen.

Mas Fotos

Amazing sunset last night again. I took a trip back to the sunflower field and earlier in the day...Gardner Lake. Chased on Thursday and played in the core where I had quarter sized hail and decent sized limbs being torn off of trees just south of Blue Springs. Spotter network always wants to ask me for a password when I submit a report...so I never could. On the way back, I witnessed two does fighting/playing...



Darin called me and told me he was watching a great lightning show, so I went out for about 30 minutes...only decent shot I could get out of the 20 I took.



Gardner lake yesterday ( Pretty bored and ducks were the only thing around...lame I know)



Near Tonganoxie, KS last night...(lots of people/photographers out!)



Then at the crack of dawn this morning at Lake Olathe...was hoping to see some amazing steam/fog vortices Mike saw the morning before. Didn't seem like there was enough fog and it was racing from shore to the center of the lake. Mike is a lucky bastard now...fogbows and steam vortices...it's all a pipe dream to me!



I have more photos uploaded on my flickr account, but I'll save them and some others I have yet to process for the next entry.

I have homework I'll be doing during Labor Day weekend and college football to keep me occupied. Hurricane Gustav threatens to copycat Katrina just 3 years later...but I'm not a big fan of hurricanes or following/chasing them. I'm into the eye candy (tornadoes, supercells) rather than playing survival of the fittest in a parka for days on end.

New Pictures

Headed out to get my dogs some food yesterday and noticed the Dennison bridge over Olathe lake was FINALLY open, so I went across it and noticed this great blue heron sitting on a stump about 50-60 yards out on the water. I burned 4 gigs of shooting him with another great sunset caused by volcanic ashes. Hopefully another cool one tonight, I was kind of curious how these sunsets have been so colorful lately, and loaded with crepascular rays.











Slight risk for NE Kansas tomorrow, I haven't even looked at things, but I will probably do a local chase if possible.