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Anonymous
Early Mid spring just northwest of Oklahoma City. There are actually a couple storm chaser tourist organizations down here where you stay a couple weeks and will professionally guide you close in to a tornado should one form during that time. Ask if you can come in on the back end of the anvil cloud (notice the rain coming from back, the storm is blowing away from the camera). This way you get the most contrast as in this shot. Otherwise, you will just see a grey mass most of the time. However, it also means that you are about 1/4 as likely to get to see one. Lenses to bring include anything between 50 and 200. Coming from the back end also means you won't get your fancy electronics (as) wet. Be sure to get low and park into the wind so the car door can be leaned on for bracing/wind cover. If you come in the side of the anvil cloud, you can get some good horizon and silhouette shots in the evening. This can be tricky, and plan to use something like a far zoom telephoto with a really fucking heavy tripod. This yields more flexibility and time to setup a good shot.
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