2007 Storm chases by Benjamin Tillotson
Monday, July 7, 2008, 3:12pm
2007 was our first year to storm chase. We didn't chase any great storms, but it was a good learning experience. We only had an 85mm prime lens back then and we learned very quickly that we needed a much wider lens. Even with our lack of proper lenses we got several good lightning shots.
These were the first lightning shots we ever got. We had been chasing a storm just north of kearney and somehow ended up behind the storm (probably my lack of experience). That storm never produced anything but we heard of a tornado warning near Holdrege.
This shot is from a later chase, we had seen some storms near minden and decided to go shoot some lightning. I think we are north of minden just off hwy 10.
These are from an early oct. storm. we quickly became trigger happy shooting this picturesque storm. It's amazing how fast you can fill a 4gb card.
