http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/ July 30th, 2009. I have just finished a book with 75 of my favorite storm and lightning photos! Some are from the lightning and storm cloud galleries here! You can preview the first 15 pages at: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/791446 Severe weather has fascinated me for as long as I can remember. Even at a young age when storms were near, I would be out watching the sky. In 1997, I relocated to the Kansas City area and my excitement for storms has grown since moving here. Storms in the midwest are spectacular to see and are so different from the storms I had watched out west. At times I'll get so busy shooting a storm that the lightning will be too close. For those close calls, my friends have nicknamed me Lightningrod! I have been known to drive 300 miles on a week night to shoot lightning and arrive back home just in time to go to work! If only I could be a full-time storm chaser! In the off-season I'll shoot landscapes, birds, or just about anything that moves while constantly thinking of that first spring storm! For further questions, e-mail me at shanekrk@yahoo.com. Thanks for viewing my photos and a special thanks to those who leave a comment! Have a great day! I use a Nikon D90 and D80 body. I also use Nikon lenses: 12-24mm, 18-55mm, 70-200mm vr, 18-200mm vr, and 70-300mm vr. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:10:38 -0800 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:18:12 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/STORM-CLOUDS/DSC0209nr/570024116_8gY5Q-Ti-2.jpg http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/ http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HAWKS-OWLS/7243575_8vTUi <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HAWKS-OWLS/7243575_8vTUi">HAWKS & OWLS</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HAWKS-OWLS/7243575_8vTUi" title="HAWKS & OWLS"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HAWKS-OWLS/DSC0208NRX2/508625480_RzQr5-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="HAWKS & OWLS" title="HAWKS & OWLS" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:18:12 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HAWKS-OWLS/7243575_8vTUi http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/BIRDS/4498883_jsRBY <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/BIRDS/4498883_jsRBY">BIRDS</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/BIRDS/4498883_jsRBY" title="BIRDS"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/BIRDS/DSC0045nr1/425221489_FQkK7-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="BIRDS" title="BIRDS" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:44:09 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/BIRDS/4498883_jsRBY http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Nature/LANDSCAPES/4499222_ftWrN <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Nature/LANDSCAPES/4499222_ftWrN">LANDSCAPES</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Nature/LANDSCAPES/4499222_ftWrN" title="LANDSCAPES"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Nature/LANDSCAPES/DSC0004/281038933_77qf8-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="LANDSCAPES" title="LANDSCAPES" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Nature Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:59:24 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Nature/LANDSCAPES/4499222_ftWrN http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/STORM-CLOUDS/4486827_hgWRJ <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/STORM-CLOUDS/4486827_hgWRJ">STORM CLOUDS</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/STORM-CLOUDS/4486827_hgWRJ" title="STORM CLOUDS"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/STORM-CLOUDS/7-14-07PANnr/444656328_eQkXs-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="27" alt="STORM CLOUDS" title="STORM CLOUDS" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Weather Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:01:58 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/STORM-CLOUDS/4486827_hgWRJ http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/HDR-PHOTOS/10234304_Jbp2e <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/HDR-PHOTOS/10234304_Jbp2e">HDR PHOTOS</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/HDR-PHOTOS/10234304_Jbp2e" title="HDR PHOTOS"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/HDR-PHOTOS/DSC00787980FAV/708326252_g2y7o-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="HDR PHOTOS" title="HDR PHOTOS" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:19:05 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/HDR-PHOTOS/10234304_Jbp2e http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/Video/10213043_i63YB <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/Video/10213043_i63YB">Video</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/Video/10213043_i63YB" title="Video"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/Video/lightning-video-FINAL/704095715_BiRbj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Video" title="Video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Other Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:59:36 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Other/Video/10213043_i63YB http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HORSES/4499518_M6aFi <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HORSES/4499518_M6aFi">HORSES & CATTLE</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HORSES/4499518_M6aFi" title="HORSES & CATTLE"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HORSES/DSC0814/264874429_7gJCT-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="HORSES & CATTLE" title="HORSES & CATTLE" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:19:58 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/HORSES/4499518_M6aFi http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Architecture/CITYSCAPES/4499402_3GAdG <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a 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& FLOWERS"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Nature/BUTTERFLIES-INSECTS-FLOWERS/DSC0118nr/416664337_8PhVw-Th-3.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="BUTTERFLIES, INSECTS, & FLOWERS" title="BUTTERFLIES, INSECTS, & FLOWERS" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Nature Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:29:08 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Nature/BUTTERFLIES-INSECTS-FLOWERS/6549348_VwMJF http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/WILDLIFE/4814219_TQYEL <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/WILDLIFE/4814219_TQYEL">WILDLIFE</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/WILDLIFE/4814219_TQYEL" title="WILDLIFE"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/WILDLIFE/File0165/286182567_4nCGs-Th-5.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="WILDLIFE" title="WILDLIFE" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Animals Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:29:08 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Animals/WILDLIFE/4814219_TQYEL http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/LIGHTNING/4437987_ShGg8 <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/LIGHTNING/4437987_ShGg8">LIGHTNING</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/LIGHTNING/4437987_ShGg8" title="LIGHTNING"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/LIGHTNING/DSC0254/261065337_rvQnM-Th-21.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="LIGHTNING" title="LIGHTNING" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Weather Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:29:08 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/LIGHTNING/4437987_ShGg8 http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/TORNADO-DAMAGE/6917274_GTLzY <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/TORNADO-DAMAGE/6917274_GTLzY">TORNADO DAMAGE</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/TORNADO-DAMAGE/6917274_GTLzY" title="TORNADO DAMAGE"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/TORNADO-DAMAGE/DSC0368nr/442637180_s3jbP-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="TORNADO DAMAGE" title="TORNADO DAMAGE" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Weather Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:29:07 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/TORNADO-DAMAGE/6917274_GTLzY http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/SUNSETS/4510214_EJGBL <p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com">Shane Kirk</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/SUNSETS/4510214_EJGBL">SUNSETS</a>'</p><p><a href="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/SUNSETS/4510214_EJGBL" title="SUNSETS"><img src="http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/SUNSETS/DSC1071/265496436_6KfGj-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="SUNSETS" title="SUNSETS" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Weather Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:29:07 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Shane Kirk) http://shanekirk.smugmug.com/Weather/SUNSETS/4510214_EJGBL