Clouds

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Posted 05/09/2012 - 12:56 Link

Some cloud pics from the last month or so, some from the K5 and some from the Kx, which I am using again as my K5 was incorrectly re-assembled during it's last repair (the shutter release fell off). It came back with the focus select thingy jammed and the camera stuck in manual focus, so it's gone back to Johnsons.

All taken with my FA 24-90mm, except the last one of the thunderstorm at night, which was taken with my Sigma 24mm Super-Wide II.

Sunrise above the clouds

Cumulus

Morning clouds

Tropopause

Dead storms

Mushroom cloud (developing cumulo-nimbus)

Cumulo-nimbus at night

Flurble

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johnriley johnriley

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Posted 05/09/2012 - 13:40 Link

Brilliant!

Best regards, John

greynolds999 greynolds999

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Posted 05/09/2012 - 13:50 Link

I'm constantly amazed how clean your windows must be.

No bug splats or anything! Do you slip the maintenance guys a few quid?

I especially like 2 & 3 - seeing the cumulous and stratus mixing like that. Unfortunately I never get high enough to see it!

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Blythman Blythman

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Blyth,
Northumberland

Posted 05/09/2012 - 13:56 Link

Stunning set. The humble K-x is very much under rated

EDIT: You can have some credit too

Alan

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Edited by Blythman: 05/09/2012 - 13:57

Mike-P Mike-P

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Hythe,
Hampshire UK

Posted 05/09/2012 - 14:06 Link

Very apocalyptic ... excellent set up pictures.

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Algernon Algernon

8880 posts
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Lancashire

Posted 05/09/2012 - 14:19 Link

You must have been a high as a kite when you took them

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Plus Member davidtrout davidtrout

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Posted 05/09/2012 - 14:37 Link

Apocalyptic is the word I would chose too Jon. That final image is completely awe inspiring.
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Plus Member Jumbo48 Jumbo48

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Surrey UK

Posted 05/09/2012 - 14:49 Link

What a beautiful set of pictures, simply stunning!

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snappychappy snappychappy

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Posted 05/09/2012 - 14:59 Link

Superb set, the last one is amazing.

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Father Ted Father Ted

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Wirral

Posted 05/09/2012 - 15:31 Link

What a beautiful set of images!

Getting there! Thanks to you guys

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Still27 Still27

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Posted 05/09/2012 - 19:55 Link

I have never seen any cloud shots to beat these, BRILLIANT.Thanks for sharing them.

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Posted 05/09/2012 - 20:05 Link

All credit where credit is due. An excellent set of images. Stunning detail and evocative style.

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MarcelG MarcelG

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14 years
Weert,
NL

Posted 05/09/2012 - 20:40 Link

Every single shot in this thread (except perhaps the first one, due to the it-looks-central-but-it-just-is-out-of-the-middle-positioning of the sun) deserves to be printed largeformat and mounted on the wall.

What I really like about these shots is that you've promoted the background (as clouds normally are in the background of the subject) to be the subject itself.
Shots 2,3 and 4 have a very abstract character, the shapes and colors become more than just clouds.
Fabulous. Just wondering - I'm new here - you either live underneath the eye of Mordor or do you professionally have access to a cockpit?