June 1, 2011 freakish weather conditions produced an F3 Tornado that struck my home town of Monson, Massachusetts.
I had only recently returned from months in Ireland and Europe.
The day began with a violent thunderstorm, but most of the morning and afternoon were oddly still and bathed in a weird hazy sunshine.
The storm that brought the funnel moved quickly and brought destruction.
I saw the tornado from my window in Monson and made photos with my Lumix LX3. Two days later I went into town to document the damage.
Enlarged version of the above Lumix LX3 image. A green sky is a bad!Canon 7D photo, June 3, 2011.Destroyed house on Washington Street in Monson, MA. June 3, 2011. Lumix LX3New England Central Railroad at Washington Street in Monson. June 3.Downtown Monson after the storm. June 3, 2011. Canon 7D.Washington Street in Monson after the storm. June 3, 2011.
Yesterday evening (July 8, 2020), Tom Carver said to me, ‘get some shots in this cool light’.
It was sunny when I left the North Conway, NH station and cloudy by the time I’d walked the length of the platform. A thunderstorm was rapidly descending.
Working with my FujiFilm XT1 fitted with 18-135mm lens, I made these images of the approaching storm.
