
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!
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@Michael Skorulski: Thanks, Michael, fortunately the weather desaster has been postponed :)
@Evelyne Dubos: I was glad they were not right above me :-)
@Observing: Weather gets crazier all the time. Last heavy thunderstorms in Germany produced 5cm hailcorns and smashed whole vineyards.
@Ronnie 2¢: Fortunately far away from me! :-) I prefer to view some of these spectacles from the distance.
@JoeB: Last heavy thunderstorms in Germany smashed whole vineyards - weather gets more and more frightening.
@Jennifer Radio: Reviewing the weather situation in the Midwest of the U.S. I can understand that. Very sorry about that flood.
@Ted: Thanks, Ted!
@Ina: Thank you very much!
@gandz: Thanks very much! :-)
@MaryB: Thank you, Mary! Fortunately I had my camera at hand :-)
@dj.tigersprout: Thanks very much!
@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.
@akarui: A real beast that stretched for several kilometers. Beautiful but not funny for those who had to bear the storm.
@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.
@drphoto: Fortunately it looked more frightening than it really was. :)
@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 :)