Did anybody see the massive anvil cloud just east of Boulder tonight?
We were having dinner on our deck, watching this thing churning and building in Arvada; and I told my wife "we gotta go"!
We made pretty good time getting to the Doudy Draw TH area along 93 and I worked quickly to compose with the ponderosas for scale. I used both a 2 and 3 stop ND grad (together) to hold some detail in the FG.
Yes, that was right over my house. Very Awesome!! Looks like you captured it well.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on June 2, 2008 at 11:58 PM
Great powerful feeling. I love the color in the cloud. I watched some similar buildups over the sedalia area from my son's baseball game tonight. It would light up orange from the lightning. I bet this one was fun to watch (not be in).
Awesome Dave! I sat out in my backyard in Westminster for about a half hour shooting that too! Amazing the speed that this thing churned! Great capture!
Posted by Brent Murphy on June 3, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Nice. I couldn't really see that, since it was right over my house. That crazy cloud was accompanied by some serious hail.
Beautiful, Dave! Those storms are still going crazy right now. Earlier Burlington got softball sized hail from them. More action tomorrow, but it's Wednesday that im really targeting.
I saw this very cloud on my way to work last night and was kicking myself (again) for not winning the lottery so I wouldn't have to work. Nice work, Dave!
My wife and I were out getting ice cream when I saw this sucker...That was just amazing--the lighting was perfect to watch the entire structure of the cloud expand and churn...You rarely get to see that kind of action inside of a cloud. Nice capture.
Posted by Laurie Wendt on June 3, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Wow Dave, What a great cloud. Beautiful light to!
Posted by Doug Andrews on June 3, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Watched it from our place in Arvada. Glad someone got some pics of it.
Impressive shot, Dave. Makes one want to jump in a small Cessna and fly through that thing for some closeups, although upon landing one may get whisked away to the State Mental Hospital, assuming one survives.
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20 repliesWe were having dinner on our deck, watching this thing churning and building in Arvada; and I told my wife "we gotta go"!
We made pretty good time getting to the Doudy Draw TH area along 93 and I worked quickly to compose with the ponderosas for scale. I used both a 2 and 3 stop ND grad (together) to hold some detail in the FG.
Yes, that was right over my house. Very Awesome!! Looks like you captured it well.
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