Wildlife Photography across the Water: Wild Weather

Sunday 17 April 2011

Wild Weather

Get some hot/warm air and add a cold front mixed together with wind and you have all the ingredients for severe storms and tornados and thats exactly what happened here yesterday, We watched on the Doppler radar on both TV and my laptop as storms came across central and eastern North Carolina and listened as reports of tornado's touching down and damage to buildings and of course the trailer parks that seem to get hit more than any other building, We watched a huge storm come across and headed straight towards our area, As it crossed south east Raleigh it dropped a tornado which did some damage, the tornado did not touch down for long and the storm passed over us dropping a huge amount of rain and then 10 minutes later it dropped another tornado which traveled for some considerable distance up highway 1 towards louisburg, I am not sure how many tornados dropped over NC yesterday but i am sure it was more than 6 which for here is very rare, So we survived as did everybody else, I have not heard of any fatalities but there was a lot of damage, The tornados seemed to be rain wrapped so no chance of chasing them and hoping for pictures, Reports of golf ball sized hail keeps you away as well, Nature at its wildest right outside my window
Dave

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.