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Jim Reed: Extreme Weather Photographer. Since we're now on the same team as far as corporate ownership goes, we're excited to begin featuring some of Popular Photography's amazing work here PopSci.com, starting with this piece on weather-junkie Jim Reed and the story behind his beautiful photographs.

Jim Reed: Extreme Weather Photographer

--Eds. Jim Reed's passion for extreme weather photography has put him in harm's way more than once. Getting fantastic images of nature's most incredible tricks involves a lot more than running head-on into a storm. It takes patience, science and surprisingly few new camera bodies. Q. Q. Extreme Instability. Extreme Instability, Scary weather and incredible shots [37 pics. Extreme Instability: Nebraska Sand Hills Monster Supercell Storm Very intense high precipitation supercell storm moves south in the Nebraska Sand Hills south of Valentine, July 13, 2009.

Extreme Instability, Scary weather and incredible shots [37 pics

Very low, long and fat inflow cloud stretches east of the storm. Winds gusted upwards of 60+ mph into this storm. Tornado warning with the storm mentioned baseball size hail and winds in excess of 100 mph, a rare warning text indeed. As intense of a storm as it was, it only produced one short-lived small tornado. These images simply blew us away (pun intended). He always shoots with a Canon Digital Rebel SLRs.

He states that “Second to a love of storms, is a love of all other things weather. We are very grateful he has allowed us to present some of his favorite pictures.[37 pictures] Hint: Use “J” and “K” keys (after the page finish loading) to navigate from picture to picture. Extreme Instability: June 19, 2011 McCook Nebraska Supercell. 31 Amazing Photos of Extreme Weather. Just as the title says, these amazing weather photos left me in awe when I saw them.

31 Amazing Photos of Extreme Weather

I have been in love with tornadoes, hurricanes, strong storms, clouds and just about anything weather related since I was a kid. The one thing I strongly dislike about extreme weather is the unfortunate fatalities that are usually associated with them. But, with that aside, bad weather can bring some remarkable photos along with it. All images contained in this article are not mine but are works of their original owners. Mike Hollingshead To start things off, this first set of photos comes from an amazing weather photographer named Mike Hollingshead of He captures some of the most amazing storms I’ve ever seen.

Bob Cross Ambra, With The Wind Michael Adam Michael Adam is a wonderful weather photographer. NOAA, Triple Water Spouts Vicente Villamón Sean McCormick Sean’s images, especially these two weather photos of his, struck the awesome nerve in me. Jim Reed Roger Hill Luis Argerich Jordi Gallego James Puttick. 42 Awe Inspiring Photos of Extreme Weather. Inspiration by Bill Jones 927 Share This popular post was originally published August of last year. I wanted to share it with our new readers who might not have had a chance to venture into our archives yet. Mother Nature can really unleash some fury when she wants to. Weather Photography - Severe and Extreme Weather Stock Photography - Severe Weather Video Footage.

Amazing Aurora pic from Finland. Post n°10 The spiral, petroglyphs, Chaco Canyon LaLuna on Wed 24 Feb 2010, 11:38 am Chaco Canyon is another place that fascinates me.

Amazing Aurora pic from Finland

I felt an instant familiarity with the place when I first saw pictures of it... As though I had been there before, many times. I'm not an expert on petroglyphs by any stretch of the imagination, but to me the picture of the Chaco Canyon petroglyph looked like it might have something to do with hunting. By the way, I love your picture of Half Dome, Sheila. Carole. Really Funny Pictures - Amazing Cloud Formation. Amazing weather picture over Kansas State University. n02_sean-heavey.jpg (JPEG Image, 990 × 567 pixels) Maelstrom at Kauai, Hawaii. Jan 25, 2012 A maelstrom is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water.

Maelstrom at Kauai, Hawaii

A free vortex, it has considerable downdraft. The power of tidal whirlpools tends to be exaggerated by laymen. There are virtually no stories of large ships ever being sucked into a maelstrom, although smaller craft are in danger and tsunami generated maelstroms may even threaten larger crafts. Tales like those by Paul the Deacon, Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe are entirely fictional.

One of the earliest uses of the Scandinavian word was by Edgar Allan Poe in his story “A Descent into the Maelstrom” (1841). Photographer’s Description [Patrick Smith]: I had this near-death experience on my last trip to Kauai! Canon 5D Canon 17-40L @ 27 0.6-second exposure @F14 LEE soft ND grad (100x150mm) 0.9 + 0.6 Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring ISO 50 RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One TIFF file processed with Photoshop Keen water shoes To get this shot: