August 23, 2011: Grand Rapids MI Lightning

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Aug 242011

After waiting all afternoon for the storms to develop this evening I was treated to some nice lightning off my porch here in Grand Rapids. I also went a little west toward 131 by the metro hospital missing several good shots but coming away with one really good one. I was blessed to capture the following sequence of images. I feel that these are some of the best lightning shots I have taken from this spot (the porch). Hope there will be more chances before win$%#@ gets here. I best not swear.

All images were shot in RAW format and edited to JPEG for internet viewing. If you would like to purchase a high quality image contact me via khulst at midwestchasers dot com

Posted by Kurt at 9:49 am

August 2, 2011: Lightning at the South Haven Pier!

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Aug 042011

PHOTOG update: Great time at the beach in South Haven MI. Bob Hartig has a great write up of the evenings events.

Posted by Kurt at 10:48 am

July 18-19 Severe Storm and Lightning: Kalamazoo MI

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Jul 192011

Spur of the moment trip to Kalamazoo at midnight. Storms developed just to the south of Grand Rapids, and were moving SSE away from me. I thought I should stay home but seeing some good bolts come out of the top of the storms hooked me and I went south. As I drove, low level clouds obscured my view of any bolts. I wound up having to drive all the way to Schoolcraft, MI just to finally get a good view. These images are my image account of this night. The flashes were continuous but the bolts that were far and few between from the back side of the storm. I was not sure if it was worth getting home at 2am. But after reviewing my images I would say it was semi-worth it.

Posted by Kurt at 10:59 am

July 11, 2011: West Michigan Severe Weather

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Jul 152011

Caught a severe squall line North of Caledonia, MI. Was able to provide on air coverage for WoodTV 8 here in Grand Rapids. Below is a time lapse of the shelf cloud as it approaches. I then show some stills of the shelf cloud and then a stitched panorama shot. Pretty nice color. Sadly a man was killed by a fallen tree in Cutlerville this day. Thoughts and prays to the family, he is survived by his wife and six children.

The day ended with a spectacular sunset.

Posted by Kurt at 11:25 am
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