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Hi all Here is a link to my lightning photography tutorial Feel free to browse and I hope it is of some use to you all Lightning-tutorial.pdf

Loved it. Great video

Well done Owen!

Glad your all safe.

Just a few more...... Enjoy

It was an awesome outbreak. Just watch the downpour at DFW, lots of nervous passengers I bet.

OK, what do we have to do. :-) The suspense is killing me

Thanks Paul.. Sounds about right, but I really need to keep a track of when and where this time round.

Last one from me. Tour 4, the cameo appearance by Alfred Hitchcock.....

Round two from me. Got thinking about favorite photo's and the immediate reaction is always the 'tornado' or the 'lightning'. Granted they are all amazing shots and truly humbling to be around (Not that we chase of course,,, Just in case an insurance bod is reading). To me a lot of it was about the people, without the characters and the organisers the chase would not be anywhere as much fun as it is. So here are some of my people pictures. I apologise if anyone's missing. Tour 4 of course, would love to have been there for 1-3 but alas no lottery win. These two because they show the intensity and concentration required for success. These for the memories. and finally.......... The electric Mr Fish.

20 sec into the hail video. A classic Paul "What the f*&%k" look. MasterCard moment. priceless.

Love the Arizona shot. Soooo looking forward to seeing some of those storms.

Here a couple of shots from last year. Not sure they are favorites per say, but I like them. Some non action shots I quite liked Enjoy There are more on my blog site www.dp-outdoors.com

Ever thought of renaming them weather safari's, get way from the storm chase label!

What ever you do Don't mention red meat.. Sure fire way of killing any chance of a quote. after all we have all been dead for the past 10 years. lol

Age old argument. I am a 100% Nikon user, but more than willing to say Canon are great cameras. I always found the cheaper canons tended to have a little more functionality, but Nikon's had slightly better picture quality. I am a purist, buy a video for video, and an SLR for stills, but this is becoming a very old fashioned outlook. My advice for you is to head for a camera shop and play with both, then make your mind up. What ever you choose I don't believe you will be disappointed with either.

You'll be fine, just don't book a cruise on an Italian ship next year. That would cripple you!

I'm curious. How on earth do people get insurance to go climb at high altitude? Thinking of Everest and the like, or do they just go and hope for the best.

I don't know some of the splinters you can get from those snooker cues are really dangerous....

Insurers are a truly weird bunch. I have been a professional driver for 30 year to a standard higher that the Institute of Advances motorists require. I retired and with in the space of a couple of months my insurance went up by over £100. When I questioned the rise the reply was 'well sir your retired'. At the comment of not requiring a zimmer frame just yet, I drive fewer miles and at considerably less speed and don't need the car for business! The very helpful young lady told me 'It makes no sense to me, but that what the underwriters tell us'. So on the face of that in two days my IQ dropped by half and I became infirm. What finished me off was the cost of insurance as a teacher / trainer was even more..... Dangerous people these teachers... Go figure. lol because if you don't you'll cry.

Sadly also watching too much discovery channel. They really do paint a bad image in the pursuit of good tv. Much like Jaws did to the great white. :-(

Was an interesting chase. Waiting to see if any images come from it.

Nope just heavy rain I think, but I'm no expert.

Texasstormchasers.com, Looks like they are on to something. Just watching the live stream

Video on the BBC. Not sure when it was. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17398948