Creative cropping may have obscured the fact that I took these storm photos while driving down the highway, but I like the raw quality. The dirty windshield and A-pillar add a sense of realism. Or at least, that’s my story.
Omitted are the photos that also captured my speedometer in the image.
The color in these cumulonimbus clouds was inspiring, but I was in a hurry to get home after a long day on the road. So I snapped and drove. Luckily the wind blew this storm north of Roswell by the time I arrived there two hours later.
Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm
1/800 sec, aperture priority, f/4.5, ISO 800, focal length: 36 mm
Photoshop: saturation +3
Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Sigma 300 mm lens (lens made for film EOS)
1/3200 sec, aperture priority, f/4, ISO 800, focal length: 300 mm (not adjusted)
Photoshop: none
Shot: Canon EOS Rebel T1i w/ Canon EFS 18-55mm
1/1000 sec, aperture priority, f/4.5, ISO 800, focal length: 35 mm
Photoshop: slight crop
I'm a cognitive scientist and communication scholar who manages a psychophysiology lab at Texas Tech. I teach courses about the cognitive processing of media messages and research methods.
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