Using the radar to take good weather photos
Last weekend I finally got one of the great weather shots that I had always wanted to get…
That of a gust front.
So I thought I would share with you one of the tricks of how I got this… Shots of weather are are all about timing… and your best friend is the weather radar.
I could stay at home until just 20 min before the storm front passed over the place I wanted to go to.
This radar capture from the day… shows the progression of the line of storms across Port Phillip Bay. After watching this for a few loops I could even work out an approximate speed for the line of storms moving through.
Once I had the speed… I knew how long to wait before heading down to the beach. So I grabbed the D90 and had the Tokina 11-16mm on the camera before I got out of the car. This way I didn’t have to change the lens on the beach in the wind and salt.
I was at the beach for less than 30 min and got a couple of my keeper shots within 5 min of getting out of the car.
So every once and awhile do take the time to look at the weather radars (I use prefer the Weatherzone one – because it has a lightning tracker as well)
And here is the shot…. enjoy.
