Sea of Air

"You like farmland, I like sky." —David Dyer-Bennet, commenting on the previous post

You should like this then David:

Vorticity (4K) from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo.

The atmosphere is a sea of air, about as deep relative to the Earth as the skin and fuzz of a peach is to the peach.

Mike
(Thanks to Bob Burnett)

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David Dyer-Bennet: "Yes, that will do! The skies are much more interesting in that film than the farmland they're mostly shot over  :-)  . I'm always surprised how few of the people struck by lightning each year seem to have been storm-chasers. Yikes; and in the end credits I see the clips are available in 8K video, even."

DavidB: "I am awed with the advances in storm photography over the years. When I first started photographing storms we shot Kodachrome, Ektachrome, and Super-8. Wait a few days to get it developed and then invite other storm chasers and storm researchers to view the results. The advent of consumer video (VHS, 8-mm) was a breakthrough. Although not digital (yet), you could review it immediately. With modern, high-resolution digital cameras, the world of storm chasing and storm photography has advanced beyond anything I would have imagined when I started back in the early '80s. Mike O's video is a great piece of work."

Peter Conway: "Wow, that is truly inspirational work!"

Dave New: "As a trained Skywarn spotter (ham radio call sign N8SBE), I found the spawning of wall clouds, funnels, and tornadoes fascinating to watch. Much better than the usual poor resolution static slides that are used in training. They talk about the circular motion in wall clouds, etc. but actually seeing it in fast motion is very instructive."

Comments

[Manuel]

That surely takes the concept of 'dramatic clouds' one step further.

[Sarge]

Tropical sky and farm (larger)

[expiring_frog]

This is just terrific. Being in the middle of empty countryside with thunderclouds rolling overhead and in the distance is one of the best things nature has to offer.

My partner and I once drove from San Francisco to New York, and it was weather like this through huge empty stretches of Utah, Wyoming, etc. We still talk about it. Photo from the trip: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wasteland/21883721838/

[Daniel]

Some may not like farmland - but don't say it with food in your mouth.

[Rich]

Frankly I find it kinda boring after about 30 seconds. I much prefer skies at normal speeds and find them awesome enough in that context. Just like I love to eat a nice piece of chocolate but I don't want pounds of it shoved down my throat all at once.

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Hey, farmland as a photographic subject is entirely separate from farmland as a source of food. I like food as well as most people, maybe even more.

(Also, what I originally said was about subjects that Mike and I gravitate to. I don't mostly gravitate to photos of farmland. That doesn't mean I never like other people's.)