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June 26th 2012, will be remembered as a day of violent storms across Saskatchewan. The weather had been growing hot and humid for two days. Storm chasers from the U.S. and Canada were converging here for what seemed like it would be a definite event. They were not disaspointed. Storms began springing up on the 25th and the predictions were that the 26th would be the big show.
We knew our area was going to be hit by a nasty storm by late in the day. The storm had spawned a tornado a few hours before it reached us near Regina but the cell had thinned out luckily. It was a super heavy rainfall and heavy wind event that last about 15 minutes when it finally ran over us.
I'm not really a storm chaser so I left my camera at home when the storm was coming. My wife and I drove into Regina to get a bite to eat and we watched the storm pass over. Once it passed us, the most amazing mamatus clouds appeared all backlit by the sun. Huge numbers of white puffy clouds! I had never seen this many together in one place. I was a little annoyed at myself for intentionally leaving my camera at home. But we were headed east to go home and I could likely pick it up and get a shot or two.
So we hurried home and I grabbed a camera and we went out to find country road to shoot the trailing edge of the storm as it left the area. This great little farm near Balgonie, SK appeared and the storm edge near it created a fabulous image. I'm so pleased that I did get something out of the storm.
Enjoy...
Brent
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| On The Edge |
I love trains... Modern trains, old trains, it doesn't matter. I just love to travel on them. Sadly since I moved out to the prairies, there are no comuter trains, excursion trains or corridor trains like there were in Southern Ontario. It's been years since I have been able to travel on them and I miss the experience.
I was fortunate in 1996 to spend three weeks traveling around Canada on VIA Rail's wonderful transcontinental train. The memory of being lulled to sleep by the soft clicking of the train's wheels over the rails is still with me. The whole experience was romantic compared to air travel.
I recently learned that there was a small excursion rail line in Winnipeg that was only a few hours drive away. So off Heather and I went to try and photograph the oldest running steam locomotive in North America. We spent most of the day outrunning the train, stopping our vehicle and jumping out to shoot it as it steamed past us. What a fantastic way to spend the day shooting.
The train stopped for about 90 minutes where it was turned around. During the short layover, the engineer invited folks into the cab of the engine. I happy to accept the offer and was even able to photograph the open door to the firebox on the engine. What a neat experience. Here are a few shots I hope you enjoy. Just click the pictures to see the full image.
Brent
Evening Run
Pulling Out
The Fire Box
