Weather photographer

[Nikon Man]

Came across this on UTube the other day, at first I thought it was fake but further investigation seems it's real enough though I'm not 100% sure.

Apparently he is using a Nikon of some sort but what is that square thingy attached to the lens?

If it's real must be the capture of a life time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN2_czSBSD0&feature=related

*edit* link without the music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpP96pnX00w&feature=related

 

[Dominic5749]

Looks like a lee filter lens hood, but not 100% Wonder who the Photographer is? Looks pretty dam cool though.
http://www.jimreedphoto.com/

Yeah it is real alright

 

[Danger_Mouse]

photographer says is: jim reed

 

[Argali]

He has a web site he is a well known photographe.
http://www.jimreedphoto.com/

 

[Greenninja]

That an amazing film - the final image is epic

Mines not in the same league as that, but then again it's not technically a tornado....shot in Tanzania earlier this year this is a dust devil of pretty huge proportions. The image is not very clean as one of these came through our camp and the 30D ingested some dust (which I just haven't finished cloning out yet). I think I have a shot yet to process where I have six of the these crossing the landscape.

 

[del69]

If you check out this chaps channel http://www.youtube.com/user/Gadgetglanman7 he has the latest Discovery Channel's STORMCHASERS episodes.

Greenninja that looks like a dust devil to me and a big one at that

Del.

 

[del69]

This is my best effort, a funnel cloud-

-taken this year out side the front door.

 

[Klopek]

I once managed to catch the arrival of Ming the Merciless but no tornadoes...

 

[Simonhi]

Doh ...