Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 23 June 2008 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.
They prophesied thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, hail storms and a strong temperature drop. Listening to news like that always causes me headache - there are lots of seldom plants on the balcony I have to protect from too bad weather. I don't feel like having my private jungle smashed to green pudding in a hailstorm. I've seen hailstones 5cm (2") big on photos in weather forums, I've read about pigeons with broken wings and hurt people - nothing I'm keen on having at home.
But I'm living in a blessed corner of my city. A few lightnings, some grumbling in the sky, ten minutes heavy rain and that's it! Only the clouds were impressive and I'm glad that this beast was far, far away!
Stunning billows of cloud very well photographed.
23 Jun 2008 12:13am
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks, Michael, fortunately the weather desaster has been postponed :)
Really impressive & photogenic clouds !!
23 Jun 2008 4:09am
@Evelyne Dubos: I was glad they were not right above me :-)
I can see the activity in those clouds, very good shot. In NW UK we've had 70mph gales, and this morning there are leaves twigs and branches everywhere, it looks like Autumn.
23 Jun 2008 6:20am
@Observing: Weather gets crazier all the time. Last heavy thunderstorms in Germany produced 5cm hailcorns and smashed whole vineyards.
Love the pure power in this . . drop-by-drop. Fantastic image of Nature at work.
23 Jun 2008 7:46am
@Ronnie 2¢: Fortunately far away from me! :-) I prefer to view some of these spectacles from the distance.
We've had similiar with hail and damaged trees.
23 Jun 2008 8:25am
@JoeB: Last heavy thunderstorms in Germany smashed whole vineyards - weather gets more and more frightening.
thunderstorms always scare me. you've captured a fantastic one, however.
23 Jun 2008 2:43pm
@Jennifer Radio: Reviewing the weather situation in the Midwest of the U.S. I can understand that. Very sorry about that flood.
Good capture.
23 Jun 2008 3:04pm
@Ted: Thanks, Ted!
Wow, this is fantastic! Great shot indeed :)
23 Jun 2008 3:14pm
@Ina: Thank you very much!
thrilling shot:) well done!
23 Jun 2008 3:45pm
@gandz: Thanks very much! :-)
Wow! you've really captured the power of these storm clouds, a fantastic shot MS.
23 Jun 2008 3:51pm
@MaryB: Thank you, Mary! Fortunately I had my camera at hand :-)
simply faaabulous clouds here -- faaabulous!
23 Jun 2008 4:13pm
@dj.tigersprout: Thanks very much!
Nice texture and rendition of whites.
23 Jun 2008 5:07pm
@Twelvebit: That was a shot in the late evening light with many red tones. I did a colour correction here to make it look more aggressive than in the mellow red version.
Nice contrast. I like the textures of the white cloud.
23 Jun 2008 7:18pm
@akarui: A real beast that stretched for several kilometers. Beautiful but not funny for those who had to bear the storm.
maybe very dangerous but so nice on picture. also very good use of the B&W propably much better than a colored version
24 Jun 2008 6:20am
@Laurent: The original was very reddish! However, I mostly like the combination of white, black and blue and found this good enough :) I've made some more cloud shots the day before yesterday, maybe some of them will look good in B&W. Fortunately, these clouds weren't that dangerous like their predecessors a few weeks ago where hailstorms ruined whole landscapes in the southwest of Germany.
Awesome Cloudscape! =D)
Dan
25 Jun 2008 7:25pm
@drphoto: Fortunately it looked more frightening than it really was. :)
This captured "beast" of a cloud looks very impressive, even handsome....like a messanger from the gods!
27 Jun 2008 1:54am
@Japanalia: I'm not afraid of thunderstorms (usually they don't get too heavy here, though there are exceptions), but I was quite happy when these clouds went away :)
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