Boulder County The Book

Livin and Lovin Life in Boulder County Colorado

Lightning Strike Just Outside of Lyons Colorado

This Colorado lightning thunderstorm came in from the northwest over Rocky Mountain National Park and the town of Lyons heading southeast out to Longmont and down to Denver. We were positioned just out of the hard rain and watched it pass us by and stayed dry, my favorite place to be… […]

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Lightning Thunderstorm the BIG and the Small

Very large close lightning bolts striking in the sky with a lightning bolt that appears to be smaller but mighty in the distance of the agriculture farming fields of east Boulder County Colorado. July 15th, 2014 10:53 pm – ISO 500 – f5.6 – 30 sec – 16mm – Canon 6D Full Frame. […]

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Nature – Power and Oil

Lightning striking on the horizon of the eastern Colorado plains with a view of power lines and pumpjack of an oil well. July 7th, 2014, 9:53 pm – Settings – ISO 400 – f 5.6 – 15 sec – 260mm – Canon 7D. […]

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Lake Thunder Cell Lightning Burst

Tuesday June 24th, 2014 the storms keep rolling in every afternoon. This was a good one because it came in right after sunset. There were a ton of cloud to cloud and inter-cloud burst. Not my real favorite to shoot. This is a view of lightning bursting out of a thunderhead cloud above a country lake in Southwest Weld County, south of Meade and Berthoud Colorado. […]

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Double Yellow Storm Chase

So here we are on the double yellow lines, with a little light painting to light them up. When that say isolated thunderstorms you can see how this one is “isolated”, with star trails above and around the thunderhead. […]

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Red Barn on a Farm and What a Beautiful Sight

A Colorado spring thunderstorm striking in the late night above a red barn on a farm and what a beautiful sight. This is another one my first storm chase of the 2014 season and what a great show. It was a great night of many images to be had of this beautiful thunderstorm landscape, as you can tell from recent post. […]

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Watching The Storm From The Farm BWSC

There is not a better place to watch a thunderstorm with lightning striking and putting on a show then from the open space of a farm. A very active spring storm striking above this cool barn out in the agriculture plains north east of Longmont Colorado. One of my most favorite places to watch and shoot a storm. […]

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Country Stormy Night

Spring season thunderstorm lightning striking in the late night as this country red barn on this farm North East of Longmont Colorado, in Weld County, south of the town of Meade. It was a great night of watching mother nature put on a fantastic show. great start to the storm season! […]

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Country Spring Storm

Spring season thunderstorm lightning striking in the late night as this country red barn on this farm North East of Longmont Colorado, in Weld County, south of the town of Meade. It was a great night of watching mother nature put on a fantastic show. great start to the storm season! […]

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Oil Well Pumpjack Thunderstorm Panorama

Eastern plains of the Rocky Mountain front range in Weld County, Colorado, view of a pumpjack near the town of Dacona with a massive lightning thunderstorm striking. […]

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