Fractal Artist
063 Footprints in the hail
Today we had a big hail storm! I was in my shop, which is in a basement. My partner/ manager Stacie had gone out for a few minutes. There were bad weather warnings, but so far had only been a little light rain. Suddenly I heard this very loud noise. I ran up the stairs, thinking that it was just pouring rain--and discovered a major hail storm in progress! I ran and grabbed my camera and stood in the doorway taking pictures till the sleet stopped and the rain slowed down. About then Stacie came back, having waited out the worst of it in the bank. She said right before the sky had opened up, it got so dark that the street lights had started to come on--wish I'd been outside for that!
So I grabbed my umbrella and went wandering with the camera. Wanted to get some of these at least up tonight, there will be some more coming as I get to them to finally complete the set. I was having the most wonderful time! Wasn't thinking about all the damaging things sleet can do, just about what great pictures it was offering! :-) Is that how tornado chasers feel? :-) Anyway, here are some pictures to give you an idea, more to come later. As you can see, the sidewalk and street were just strewn with piles of hail everywhere, and for a while the sides of the streets were rivers--don't think I got that pic in this upload, but it's coming. There were all sorts of lovely reflection and water pattern pictures to be had, and some hail pile macros, many more coming as I get them processed.
063 Footprints in the hail
Today we had a big hail storm! I was in my shop, which is in a basement. My partner/ manager Stacie had gone out for a few minutes. There were bad weather warnings, but so far had only been a little light rain. Suddenly I heard this very loud noise. I ran up the stairs, thinking that it was just pouring rain--and discovered a major hail storm in progress! I ran and grabbed my camera and stood in the doorway taking pictures till the sleet stopped and the rain slowed down. About then Stacie came back, having waited out the worst of it in the bank. She said right before the sky had opened up, it got so dark that the street lights had started to come on--wish I'd been outside for that!
So I grabbed my umbrella and went wandering with the camera. Wanted to get some of these at least up tonight, there will be some more coming as I get to them to finally complete the set. I was having the most wonderful time! Wasn't thinking about all the damaging things sleet can do, just about what great pictures it was offering! :-) Is that how tornado chasers feel? :-) Anyway, here are some pictures to give you an idea, more to come later. As you can see, the sidewalk and street were just strewn with piles of hail everywhere, and for a while the sides of the streets were rivers--don't think I got that pic in this upload, but it's coming. There were all sorts of lovely reflection and water pattern pictures to be had, and some hail pile macros, many more coming as I get them processed.