Saturday, November 15, 2008

Leaning


We were finally far enough ahead of the squall line to get a distance shot -- and now the sun was going away. I notice this man, who turned out to be a Canadian chaser, standing alongside the highway, posing as his friend snaps a photo. In the distance, the squall was advancing like something out of a science fiction novel, roiling with turbulence.

This was shot on May 16, 2006, in northcentral Kansas. The leaning effect you see with the man is actually due to the inherent distortion of shooting with such a wide-angle lens.

4 comments:

rO.ot said...

This looks like it's from a movie scene! Nice.

soulerean.art said...

These are some of the BEST photographs i have ever had the pleasure of laying eyes on! WOW. . . . .is all a person can say.

Cleo's Friend Z said...

The distortion filter in photoshop can fix the "leaning effect"

Ryan McGinnis said...

Indeed, Cleo! But I don't want it to. :)