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Severe Weather

No sunny days in this group! Weather must be severe not just raining or windy.

Featured Work

Lightning Blues by Naomi Frost

Redhead Beach, Newcastle, NSW.
Redland Bay Lightning Show by Mark Ashton

Went out on the 17/11/09 for some lightning photos but ended up in all the wrong spots and no good photos. So here’s one from a previous season that I never submitted to any groups.Taken at Redland Bay looking south towards the Gold Coast.
Reaching Out by Wayne England

Lightning over Henley Beach, Adelaide, SA on 19/11/09 taken from the Henley jetty. It was 43 degrees that day and still seemed to be mid 30’s at about 8.30pm when I took this shot. This was the precursor to the change that moved over Adelaide that night. It was a pretty good thunderstorm – pitty my battery ran out not too long after this! Oh well, I got a few good shots. This is an unprocessed shot taken with Nikon D80, 18-135mm lens, hand held on the jetty rails because I forgot my tripod!
All at sea... by Rosie Appleton

Part of the awesome storm that went over us at Kilcunda last night… looking out on to Bass Strait Sony a700, Tam17-35@20mm, f3.5, 30sec, ISO100, m/f
Storm Cloud by Yanni

This was taken many years ago from atop Arthur’s Seat Australia. I used a domestic film in an old Pentax SLR (screw mount). This cloud was very big and came across Port Phillip Bay very quickly. Unfortunately the film has scratched over the years so the quality isn’t that good – but it’s a good record of a big storm cloud.
From sky to ground or the other the other way a round. by BIRD75

Exposure / Aperture: F/5 / Shutter Speed: 25s / Exposure Mode: Manual / Exposure Comp.: -0.5EV / Exposure Tuning: / Metering: Matrix / ISO Sensitivity: ISO 250
The Nightbreaker by Rodney Wallbridge

A very close Staccatto near Beaudesert
Mammatas Clouds by Bezay

When you see these overhead in the sky, they are most certainly a harbinger of doom and it typically means you head to the cellar or jump in the tub and pull the mattress over your head and pray you got your red shoes on to click later. Very unusual cloud formations typically, but this year I’ve counted 8 days in which they appeared, some even more dramatically textured than these FEATURED / in the / Severe Weather Group
Arcs of light by Matt Duncan

Arcs of light / / A field is illuminated by lightning strikes during the first major thunderstorm of the 2009-2010 storm season for Brisbane. / / Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. / Date: October 2009. / / Click here for other Storm and Lightning images by Matt Duncan / / Copyright Notice / © Matt Duncan / All rights reserved.
Night Songs by azrdwarr2448

17, October, 2009. Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Geelong Lightning - "Three Strikes, Your Out" by Peter Redmond

Three bolts of lighting hitting the ground near Geelong. / Taken from the Geelong waterfront looking West towards the Promenade and Cunningham Pier. / It has been pointed out to me, you can see a hand in the cloud formation pointing towards the far right lightning bolt! This photo has been favorited 70 times, I have sold 7 prints. It has been viewed 2450 times, thank you so much to those that have done so, I really appreciate it Canon 1DsMKIII / f.9 / ISO 640 / 24 – 105mmL @ 24mm / 15 second exposure Slightly cropped in PS4, to remove some workers huts on the bottom of the photo. Best Viewed Large Of Course Featured in the Geelong Throng & Night Photography groups
Light show by Rosie Appleton

Was at the holiday house last night and the show was AWESOME – from our deck in Kilcunda looking back towards Anderson… Sony a700, Tam17-35@20mm, f3.5, 30sec, ISO100, m/f

Recent Work

High Desert Phenomenon by Arla M. Ruggles

High Desert Phenomenon / Steptoe Valley, NV ** / Canon 350D EOS / Canon 18/55mm JASC PaintShop Pro x7 + Corel PhotoImpact x3 Views 293 2009.NOV.19 / Sales: 3 (12×18 Print) Gallery
Lightning Blues by Naomi Frost

Redhead Beach, Newcastle, NSW.
Crack The Night Sky by CJPhotos

Lightning storm. Mount Gambier South Australia 19/11/09 / Shot with a Nikon D80
Barrington Storm by Andrew Murrell

My wife and I recently spent a week in the Barrington tops region north of Newcastle. Not only is it beautiful country but it is close to home. Our first night there a storm was passing just to the south of us through Dungog. This was a lightning strike close to us and the flash illuminated the rain falling from the clouds. As the storm was far away I had the apeture open to f4 which is fine for distant lightning but terrible for a close flash. I have had to adjust in Camera Raw to get the details of the lightning stike as good as I can. not other adjustments have been done. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and the 18-200mm lens at f4 and 30sec exposure.
Daylight lightning by Andrew Murrell

I have wanted to get some good images of Daylight lightning for a while now and the 20th Nov 2009 was the day. A very slow moving storm cell passed overhead, and it was amazing in it’s activity. This image was taken about 10 minutes after the storm had passed overhead. But as it was moving very slowly it was still far to close to be in the open. Just after this image a bolt struck less that 100m off the beach where I was, made me jump about 6 foot. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and the 18-70mm lens at f18
Icarus by Steven Warren

“Icarus” represents the fearless flyer of myth whose wings melted as he approached the sun. In this image, the paraglider in a thunderstorm is tempting a similar fate.
Empty by Andrew Murrell

Considering this was a day in the high 30’s the beach was empty by 4pm due to a severe thunderstorm. This slow moving cell was unbelievably active for lightning and it was easy to catch daylight lightning strikes. Taken with a Nikon D300 using the 18-70mm lens at f18
Storm at the Beach by Andrew Murrell

This was about 4pm on the 20th November 2009. One of the most electrical active storms I have seen came slowwwly across Umina beach and I was able to catch about 30 daylight lightning strikes. This is one of the better ones as it has not just the lightning but a typical beach feel. Just b4 this image was taken the lifeguards came down and closed the beach. This image taken with a Nikon D300 and the 18-70mm lens. Set at f18 and at .5 second exposure time.
Lightning Strike by Shawn McIntyre

Canon 400D / f/6.3 / 31 sec / ISO-800
Pt A Light Show by Shawn McIntyre

Taken in Port Augusta S.A. on 19/11/09. / Canon 400D / f/6.3 / 18 Sec / ISO-800
Bow Shots #1 ~ Dutch Harbor, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

This is a photograph of the bow of the boat I commercial fish on plowing through some pretty good size waves. Just thought I put these up for fun.
There's A Storm Across The Valley. . . by Cindirelli

. . .the clouds are rollin’ in. From John Denver’s song. Horse Heaven Hills / Taken in Kennewick, Washington USA Sony CyberShot DSC-H7 HD1080 / Minor cropping otherwise straight from the camera

About This Group

We want your extreme weather photos here, no sunny days or nice pretty rainbows. Weather MUST be severe eg: flooding or the aftermath of the flooding, severe storms with lightening, snowstorm, hurricane winds, tornados, nasty storms brewing; that sort of thing. Show us your images of mother nature at her worst!

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