South Florida TropicRain Percept Video Series – Part One

July 2, 2009 – Tranquil South Florida July tropical rains relax the mind on a hot summer day. Florida has seen a extremely rainy wet season since late May, and today was no different. After I rushed to get my lawn cut once again ahead of the afternoon rains, I cooled off with a Ice Coffee, and listened and watched the thunderstorm rains move in. It was very peaceful to just stop and listen to the rolling thunder and watch moderate rains fall over the lush green lawn and palm tree’s. Sometimes you just need to stop and enjoy your surroundings, and this afternoons views and sounds put me in that zone.

I decided to shoot some HD video scenes of the rain right from my front patio deck. I wanted to capture exactly what I was seeing and hearing from my sitting point. Once I setup my tripod, I never moved it again from in front of me, only paned the camera to capture the different scenes of a tropical afternoon in South Florida.

Sure I’m a Storm Chaser, and love to capture violent thunderstorms and hurricanes, but also just some blissful rains over a tropical landscape. I plan to add more videos like this in a series I’m calling “TropicRain Percept” throughout the summer of 2009. It was nice to just film from one place and really enjoy it. I hope you enjoy the video as much as I do, especially the sounds that can put you in a trance. Comments welcome!