Coloradorailphotographer
The Great Experiment and no it’s not AI
“Pre-Capture”
I have an interest in weather and trains; moreover severe weather. Mirrorless technology has changed photography beyond what was once improbable if not impossible without layering or stacking images, into possible. This is one frame of many, many, in succession after I saw the lighting bolt I depress the shutter and everything back for nearly 10 seconds is saved to my card, at 30 fps. This was my favorite lighting bolt of the dozens left on the various frames. Sadly the train wasn’t in an ideal spot, I was at 18mm as to avoid missing any potential strikes while the train approached from Keenesburg. It was a very slow moving train, less than 15mph, Dave Cohen and I assumed over high wind warnings and severe weather alerts on this extremely intensifying line of super cell thunderstorms on the High Plains of Colorado. Moments later after the train passed we were pelted with hail and torrential rain. The following post shows the DPU units in cascading hail stones illuminated by the sun from under the storm complex. I will keep trying and I have others and will continue to do this. I can hardly wait till spring.
June 2024
Nikon Z8
Pre-Capture mode at 30fps
14-24mm Z S f2.8 zoom
Keenesburg, CO
The Great Experiment and no it’s not AI
“Pre-Capture”
I have an interest in weather and trains; moreover severe weather. Mirrorless technology has changed photography beyond what was once improbable if not impossible without layering or stacking images, into possible. This is one frame of many, many, in succession after I saw the lighting bolt I depress the shutter and everything back for nearly 10 seconds is saved to my card, at 30 fps. This was my favorite lighting bolt of the dozens left on the various frames. Sadly the train wasn’t in an ideal spot, I was at 18mm as to avoid missing any potential strikes while the train approached from Keenesburg. It was a very slow moving train, less than 15mph, Dave Cohen and I assumed over high wind warnings and severe weather alerts on this extremely intensifying line of super cell thunderstorms on the High Plains of Colorado. Moments later after the train passed we were pelted with hail and torrential rain. The following post shows the DPU units in cascading hail stones illuminated by the sun from under the storm complex. I will keep trying and I have others and will continue to do this. I can hardly wait till spring.
June 2024
Nikon Z8
Pre-Capture mode at 30fps
14-24mm Z S f2.8 zoom
Keenesburg, CO