Cloud thread

[iceman]

Post pictures of clouds in here.. it can just keep growing over time.

I'll start.. this one taken on a morning sunrise about a month ago, with the 350D + 17-70mm lens @ 70mm.

[Dennis]

Hmm, seems somewhat like heresy in an astronomy forum, but you is da boss, so here goes........A slightly colour pumped sunset mosaic, captured in Brisbane 26th July 2006.

Cheers

Dennis

[spacezebra]

Ah Mike

Many thanks for starting the thread - i loooove clouds...

19593 Feb 2006

Cheers Petra

[ving]

taken on my honeymoon :)

[Sharnbrook]

Here are a couple, not taken recently
Cloud 1 taken at Urban Observers Indooroopilly Brisbane May 5th 2004 5.25pm, and
Cloud 2 taken at Brookfield Jan 7th 2005 at 7.00pm.

Regards,

Mike

[gaa_ian]

OK ... I can't be left out of this one.
Taken a few months back waiting for the Bus to go to work

[leon]

Although at two different times of the day, and different time frames I found these two images quite interesting,
No 1 early morning shot just before sunrise....No 2 about 12 noon, it was like as if a blanket was being dragged across the blue sky.

Cheers leon

[h0ughy]

love clouds, here are a few of mine:thumbsup: :D

[leon]

Nice strike Houghy, clouds are great, but lightning is better.

Better re-phrase that, clouds are great....in the day..:P

Cheers Leon

[spacezebra]

Excellent David - image 2 is a real cracker:thumbsup:

Cheers Petra.

[acropolite]

Here's one of mine, an Autostitch composite of 2 images taken towards the east.

[Tamtarn]

The first one is early morning cloud pattern. The second is very unusual cloud colours at sunset.


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Barb

[iceman]

Lovely shots.

[Tamtarn]

This thread has been quiet for a while so here goes.
Not very dramatic colours but some nice subtle colours taken at home about 9pm tonight

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Barb

[h0ughy]

A painted canvas, beautiful:thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

Gorgeous sunset you've captured there.

[jjjnettie]

Lots of high wind tossing around the clouds on the 23rd of Dec.

[leon]

Here's a real powerful one.:whistle:

Cheers leon :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

What a capture!
Good one Leon.

[Calin]

Snapped this while waiting for a McMoment on the 21/01/2007, over my shoulder, on any other week this would have been the main attraction at this time of day.

[Phil]

Took this when waiting for Comet McNaught to came out.
Phil

[Phil]

hear is one taken from Blackwater Queensland.
Phil

[jjjnettie]

Wow Phil, that's spectacular!

[jjjnettie]

The first cloud looks like a Stealth Bomber has crashed through it.
The others are just pretty tangerine clouds.:)

[ispom]

fine clouds you show here,
and jjnetties “stealth bomber” remembered me,
that I also have seen lately a proper cloud formation
meteorologists named it a “lenticular cloud”, I think.

[ispom]

btw jnettie,
I wonder what a fan you are
who or what is RAH ?
I found by wiki:

RAH being the initials for Richard Anthony Hewson. In 1977 Hewson wrote an instrumental (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental) called "The Crunch", which was a huge success and climbed to number 6 in the UK Singles Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart)

is it right?

[jjjnettie]

RAH as in Robert Anson Heinlein.
The BEST Science Fiction writer ever, except maybe Douglas Adams.

Your cloud looks a little like the Star Ship Enterprise!!

[ispom]

and what a association do you connect with these clouds?

bush fires ?

[ispom]

Phil, your spectacular cloud picture I've added into my collection of the best cloud shots from all over the world.

[jjjnettie]

Grube,
Here is a link to some extraordinary clouds. Taken by photographer Jorn Olsen.
http://www.jornolsen.com/mammatus/mammgallery.htm

[ispom]

a very fine gallery, nettie,
but all the pictures all so small...

[Phil]

thanks for the replys i will have a look a the site. Thanks for putting my photo there. I have heaps of clould photos it is one of those thing i like to take photos of.
Phil:thumbsup:

[Phil]

what is the web site you have added my photo to so i can have a look
Phil

[Phil]

this is taken at Blackwater Queensland:thumbsup:

[Phil]

taken at Blackwater Queensland

[Phil]

Taken Blackwater Queensland

[RB]

Great photos everyone.

jjj I love your stealth Bomber cloud.......:lol:

[okiscopey]

I'd passed over this thread a few times thinking it was just a place to winge about clouds obscuring the wonders of the heavens, little realising there were some great pictures here!

Maybe it should be re-named 'Cloud photography'?

Anyway, here's three of an ominous-looking storm front that passed over Bondi on 2 Dec 2005 ... amazingly without much rain or wind if I recall correctly.

[jjjnettie]

That is one serious looking storm front Mike. Someone must have copped it pretty bad.

It is a good thread though isn't it.

[okiscopey]

Yes, it's great, but is it going to be renamed? :whistle:

[iceman]

Took these on the 25th January - I think they're Mammatus Clouds? Anyone confirm?

They looked great, only lasted about 4 minutes.

[gilbert]

I had to post this cheezy pic of the sydney opera house...I just missed the brilliant glow of the last rays of the sun lighting up these clouds from below (parking the car etc) - they looked a fantastic pink and orange/red as I raced down there, but I made this shot anyway, with a little point n shoot digital camera stuck on a big heavy tripod...

[ispom]

Hi friends,
just I’m back from a litle stroll around my ranch,
was up here on the highest rise,
( 6 m above parking place) have taken a fine cloudy sunset shot
and will post it for you immediately :)


and too a sunset from yesterday morning pictured from the same position
if you look thorough (http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?o=3021;service=deen;iserv ice=en-de;query=thorough) on the horizon,
you will discover the spire of the church in our small town.

Grüße von Ispom

[ispom]

not pure mammati iceman, but they resemble.
great pictures nevertheless!

[Tamtarn]

Took these in November thought they were a little different

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Barb

[DobDobDob]

The first one is very nice Barb :thumbsup:

[RB]

Great shots Barb, like Ron said, I especially like the first one.

:thumbsup:

[Calin]

Mid February, just prior to larger storm cells coming across Canberra in the following two weeks, approaching sunset on the 17 February from the backyard.

[okiscopey]

Classic 'mare's tail' cirrus clouds visible from Bodi around sunset on 11 Mar 2007.

Plain old Canon 300D with ordinary 18-55mm lens.

Black-and-white shots: contrast increased in PhotoShop.

[h0ughy]

took these this afternoon, not sure what could it is?

[spacezebra]

Hey David

I saw those clouds too as I was flying out.

Albury Clouds

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Cheers Petra

[DobDobDob]

That's definitely got to be a desktop image, what a beauty :thumbsup:

[RAJAH235]

Thought I might just throw this selection at you.
Was really scary being directly overhead.
Not much rain or much of anything came of them.Thank Goodness. :D L.
Taken on 4-1-2001.

[bloodhound31]

This was on the first day after buying the new 400D. I just turned it on and let the camera do the work.

I'm officially a convert from 35mm.

Baz.:D

[jjjnettie]

Awesome mamatus.

[DobDobDob]

Cloud formation exhibiting a bumpy appearance. These are common under the anvils of severe thunderstorm but can also be observed under altostratus :P

[Portmac]

Clouds meet sun :)

Taken from my front porch with the Canon 400D and EF-S18-55mm lens @55mm
Date/Time: 17 March 2007 4:30Pm

[middy]

Just came across this photo in the dark recesses of my hard drive. It was taken last year in May from my back garden.

[UniPol]

This a view from my front porch which faces south, very tranquil. I hope nobody minds but I've slipped in three extra pics of clouds taken in my travels. One is Mt Piper power station near Lithgow (man made clouds perhaps), e-frog (also man made clouds) in Sydney some years ago and the building with the reflected clouds is at Circular Key (one of my all time favourite photos for some reason or other).

[Tamtarn]

Middy............That's one of the most unusual cloud shots I've seen :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[RB]

Amazing photos everyone.

Here's one I took a while ago now, some of you may have seen it before.
I love the patterns in the clouds.

[Tamtarn]

Terrific effect Andrew.............Very eerie :scared2:

[RB]

Thank you, yes it was very eerie.
I took this with the Canon 20Da which captures more of the reds, but that night there was already an unusual amount of red/purple light reflecting in the clouds from the moonlight.
I don't know why, perhaps there was a lot of dust or particles in the atmosphere.

:shrug:

[UniPol]

Took these shots while visiting Floriade in Canberra 2003. The day started out all right but then the clouds rolled in , typical of Canberra.

[MortonH]

I see a few others have tried to slightly hijack the thread with lightning rather than cloud shots, in which case I'd like to show off some shots I took of the big storm over Sydney on 4 March this year.

All photos taken from the window of our apartment. You can see the SCG and Aussie Stadium in the foreground.


Morton

[h0ughy]

yes shows an interesting CLOUD structure in those shots:whistle:

[okiscopey]

Good ones Morton! No. 3 is especially good. Didn't take any myself, was hiding under the bed.

Have measured relative image areas: ground: 20%, lightning 4%, clouds 76%, so these pics are on topic. :lol:

[MortonH]

Well, maybe the clouds aren't the stars of my pictures, but they are integral to the subject!

Here's a more mundane cloud shot from Lake Macquarie, Feb 2006.

Happy, Houghy??? ;)


Morton

[Rob_K]

Clouds, smoke & sun - imaged from my backyard late this afternoon. Fujifilm Finepix S5500: Close-up 1/1200 sec @ F/8, ISO 64; wider shot 1/1000 sec @ F/8, ISO 400.

[Rob_K]

When there's nothing else to shoot: clouds! :shrug: Storm clouds sweeping over Bright, Victoria, late this afternoon. Olympus Stylus 410 (borrowed!), auto mode.

[ballaratdragons]

WOW! They look menacing, Rob! But did they drop any water?

Great pics.

[Rob_K]

Saw these at my son's place near Bright yesterday afternoon. Didn't last long, formed & broke up within 15-20 minutes. Olympus Stylus 410 auto digital camera.

Cheers -

[Bobj]

Ball Bay, Qld 18.7.07 Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Cape Hillsborough on the right

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w44/BobbyQld/Cheeky113.jpg

[gary]

Hi Bob,

Nice photo.

Do you happen to live at Ball Bay? It is an area I am familar with.

Best regards

Gary
Mt. Kuring-Gai

[Bobj]

G'day mate; yes, down the main drag........:lol: What I call "Downtown Ball Bay":thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

I thought this formation was a bit different.

[sheeny]

There's some great pics in this thread! Great work everyone!

I saw a cloud on it's lonesome today, in the foreground compared to the other clouds and it was shaped just like the space shuttle! Unfortunately it changed shape before I pull up and get the camera out...

Al.

[Arcturus]

Here's a photo I took ages ago through a car window of a 22 degree solar halo.

It's been slightly enhanced with curves, it adds an interesting effect and makes the halo stand out as it was quite dim. It's a lower quality photo due to the forum's size limit. I think the clouds on one side and the tree on the other add a nice touch.

[asterisk]

Hi

A few more cloud photos - Strahan 2007

[mickoking]

Taken in Yangshuo, China last week.

[okiscopey]

Wow! Now that is a great picture!

And it's very ... Chinese!

[mickoking]

Cheers:thumbsup:

I don't think you can take a bad photo in Yangshuo.

[h0ughy]

what a fantastic image!!:eyepop:

[Dennis]

Lake MacDonald, near Cooroy, Qld. Wednesday 1st August 2007 around 2:15pm. My wife first pointed it out and called it a "feather cloud". It survived a transit across the Sun.

Photos taken with our Pentax *ist DS and kit 18-50mm lens.

Cheers

Dennis

[erick]

Dennis, that really is remarkable. Never seen anything like that. And it stayed that way as it moved across the sky.

[joshman]

check these out, sunrise over brisbane city, take from mt the coot-tha look out

[Jarrod]

i know what that is! its an invisable space ship!

the "feather cloud" is water vapour forming around it's hull as a result of heat being generated by the CCS or 'Colour Correction System' that they use to mimic the background sky. This ship must also have an onboard SLB or 'Static Light Bender' that cause's the sun's light to bend around the ship. the US govourment has been trying to use the technology. the US have super computers scanning the internet for refrences to this technology, so when one find's this message it'll pose as an IIS member and reply to it with a " :lol: " so you all think im joking, or a " :screwy: " so you all think im crazy.

the truth is out there.

[Tamtarn]

Dennis the feather cloud is amazing. :eyepop: Must say we've never seen a formation like that before

[ispom]

Micko and Joshman,
breathtaking pictures!
may you give a link on higer resolution versions

(for my collection :) )

[ispom]

not so spectacular, but a little interesting I think:

a look over neighbor's roof

[joshman]

thanks for your kind words, you'll find full resolution photos here (http://picasaweb.google.com/teh.JDogg/Vistas)

[mickoking]

Here you go http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q262/mickoking/Yangshuo/Guilin_cloud.jpg

[Tamtarn]

Unusual cloud formations from home last week

Tuesday & Wednesday

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Thursday

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Barb

[ispom]

wonderful sunsets, Joshua,
good for my collection :)

[ispom]

micko, no sunsets or clouds found on the link :(

what a mistake I've made?

[ispom]

really curious clouds, Barb
especially the first

[Dennis]

Hello, Barb

Very nice photos. I particularly love Thursday’s two streaky cloud palettes – looking at them gives me a real sensation of zooming along, at high speed, in a fast jet.

Cheers

Dennis

[Tamtarn]

I thought it looked a little like a barred spiral Ispom :lol:

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[ispom]

really true !
a striking resemblance....:thumbsup:

[mickoking]

Try this link http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q262/mickoking/Yangshuo%2007/Guilin_cloud-1.jpg
It was my fault I accadently deleted the image at Photobucket

[ispom]

thx micko!
not so wonderful, but worth to show:
clouds over my garden:

[Tamtarn]

Love the colours in the last one Ispom

[ispom]

another three pics, taken at the same evening

[erick]

The reason last Friday was definitely indoors only! Heavy bands of cloud and rain washing over Melbourne. It looked more ominous than the photo suggests (phone camera, taken through my office window).

And I caught a low flying Iridium flare? Perhaps a reflection of a fluoro tube? :D

[ispom]

really baffling, eric

may be an artifact?

[erick]

I promise you, it was a reflection of a fluorescent light tube in my office. I did wonder for the first few seconds when I opened the image on my computer screen. :)

[Davo3960]

Here's a couple from a different perspective. Haleakala sunrise earlier this year.

[Rob_K]

Roof-of-the-world stuff Davo3960 - great shots! :thumbsup:

Here's a few of streaky high-level clouds taken from my backyard on Saturday.

Cheers -

[iceman]

Nice cloud shots Rob!

Here's a couple from back in August at the Border Stargaze star party. I love shots with crepuscular rays.

[kljucd1]

Hi,

These were taken from in front of my house and one was taken at Swansea in NSW.




Daniel...