On 23 February 2014, David Hardy captured this phenomenal photo of a supercell moving over Christchurch, New Zealand. The storm formed out at sea, abeam to Ashburton, before moving north over Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains.
Hardy had been tracking the supercell from the northwestern suburb of Avonhead and was able to overtake the storm on the northern motorway. He stopped on the Kaiapoi off ramp and captured the image at 5:30pm.
Settings: Canon 5D3, 16mm, f8, ISO320, 1/320th sec.
I wanted to thank all of the artists who take time out of their day to make art, to thank the writers who spend hours planning their work and post it even if they didn’t have time to edit it. To the artists and writers who feel insecure, but still continue to do their best everyday — who don’t give up even when they feel like doing so. Making art — both as fanart or fanfiction — isn’t easy. It isn’t easy, but we like to prove to the world that we can do it because we are determined and we take time out of our day to do all of these beautiful things. We make stories from our minds, our beautiful brilliant minds, and we put them on paper, on a computer screen. We do this because we are so desperately passionate about it and we want to share it with you all.
So, for all of you amazing artists and writers out there keep doing what makes you happy because in return your effort pays off. It really, really does.
ReallyGroovyNinja 