The Official Storm Photo Thread!

[Disneynut322]

I just thought I'd start a thread where everybody can post their storm photos. I am fascinated with severe storms, so I'd love to see all your photos! Have fun! Here are a few to start us off!

 

[JR6ooo4]

I think I may brighten this one a bit...

I saw this sky forming while driving on hwy 55 in southern illinois. Pulled over and shot.

Mikeeee

 

[bostran1]

How did you get all the shots of the lightening? Just a quick trigger finger on an SLR? Was it just a huge storm and you had a super slow shutter to get it? The look great, both of you!

 

[Disneynut322]

I think I may brighten this one a bit...

I saw this sky forming while driving on hwy 55 in southern illinois. Pulled over and shot.

Mikeeee

That's an awesome shot! Great capture! I don't think you need to brighten it, it looks pretty menacing as it is.

How did you get all the shots of the lightening? Just a quick trigger finger on an SLR? Was it just a huge storm and you had a super slow shutter to get it? The look great, both of you!

Yeah, I just had a slow shutter to get it. I had it set for 2 seconds. Trust me I don't have a quick trigger finger. Thanks for the complements!

 

[wkrider]

I have posted a couple of these before but I thought I would add the to the official storm thread.....

 

[Virgo10]

Now this is my type of thread!

I love weather and love taking pictures of it. Here's a few of my favorites.

From my kitchen window March, 2005

From my kitchen window May, 2007. Both of these tornado looking storms were most likely roll clouds with a drop down. I got that info from the National Weather Service.

A more generic roll cloud.

Lightning at Port Orleans (before it was French Quarter).

Thunderheads

 

[ElizK]

I love storm pics! This one DD15 took last week (and it was taken at 9am!):

She took this one at the same time. It's the weeping willow tree behind our house. I had been playing with the f-stop and ISO, but she didn't know she needed to change it back. I thought this turned out to be a really cool picture!:

And this one I took two years ago as we were flying out of Fort Walton Beach, FL just as the very outer bands of Hurricane Katrina were approaching:

 

[jann1033]

this was an odd storm that literally lasted about 5 mins of black clouds with blue sky on both sides. it came up in just a few mins as well it was just really strong wind when it was over me but then i think rained a little farther east but never did anything else

totally ot but there is a quiz on being a storm spotter on http://www.weathernet5.com/stormspotter/index.html
that shows different clouds and what they produce..interesting.

 

[photo_chick]

Clouds from the small storms that popped up here yesterday. They say it was our last day of rain for a while. I hope so, we have had well above average rainfall and my yard is flooded (along with many others in the area)

 

[Virgo10]

A few more.

Anvil cloud.

Just rain.

After the storm we got multi level clouds.

Rainbow over the orange grove.

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Here are a few taken in our neck of the woods a couple years ago. Sorry about the poor quality - they were taken from a moving car

 

[Disneynut322]

Awesome photos!!! Does anybody have any more???

 

[Disneynut322]

Actually, I have another one I got last night! It was the biggest bolt I've ever seen! It lit up everything; it was really cool! I had to edit it because I had it on an eight second shutter, so it made it pretty bright. I'll show you before and after editing.

Before

After

 

[Disneynut322]

Anybody have any more???

 

[tinksdad]

Great job on the lighting shots Disneynut. They're hard to capture!!

Here's a couple of shots from our neck of the woods;

I thought this was an interesting shot. The rainbow look like it was just above the ground.

One more;

 

[Disneynut322]

Great shots tinksdad! I especially like the second one; that's awesome!

 

[jann1033]

Great job on the lighting shots Disneynut. They're hard to capture!!

Here's a couple of shots from our neck of the woods;

I thought this was an interesting shot. The rainbow look like it was just above the ground.

One more;

really like the last one and makes me think..hmm time for a road trip perhaps????

 

[sk8belle]

Ditto on liking the last one. Tinksdad, did you use a filter for that or is that light natural? It looks really cool!

 

[tinksdad]

Ditto on liking the last one. Tinksdad, did you use a filter for that or is that light natural? It looks really cool!

Thanks folks! Great "Big Sky" in the land of enchantment!!

I did have a circular polarizer on. The skies were even more impressive in person since the camera does tend to lose the 3D effect that we see.

 

[webshark3]

And even on topic.