May
26
2011The Coming Storm
Clouds are amazing. They are so stunningly beautiful sometimes that I literally stop walking, or reading, or working at the computer, and just look up. But I’ve always found it really hard to capture them in photographs. (At least to my personal satisfaction.) But I think maybe that’s because they are so quickly swelling and shrinking watching is really the only way to feel their magnificence. The storm clouds that rolled in the other night were so breathtaking in their ominous presence that I just had to try.
After The Storm
Final photo taken by Tom.
sarah
i feel the same way about clouds…it’s such an incredible reminder of how small i am in the world, you know? i especially love the photo with the city at the bottom…great perspective!
Jessica Johnson
All of these are absolutely gorgeous!
dorette
wow, good job.
May
I agree–storm clouds, much more than regular ones, look dramatic and bold. I’ve had a difficult time photographing them, too, because of all of the power lines in my city. Your photos turned out fantastic, and the colors and range in tones are phenomenal. It’s true that an image will never quite convey their grandeur, but you did a pretty accurate job in capturing it for us.
Katrina
I’m also fascinated with clouds. I love looking for little shapes in them, and storm clouds are especially beautiful!
Kim
Wow. I know how you feel about photographing clouds, I never seem to do them justice. But I’d say you did an amazing job here. These are beautiful.
askrhiannon
oh goodness, those look scary. all this tornado talk has me scared of clouds like that these days.
Ashling
Little, LITTLE!! ^_^
As you can imagine, I was super excited even about the title of this post. I love these!
Emily
I adore all of your photography (and shamefully, rarely stop to write a comment and tell you so), but these literally made me gasp. You can really sense the sheer power of the storm building in those clouds. Incredible, just incredible.
Peregrine
These are wonderful. Some of the shots almost look like waves, or ink swirled in water.
Genevieve
those are all so lovely!
miss alix
wow these are absolutely stunning. they look more like paintings than photographs. beautiful.
Bronwyn
Lovely! My view of the sky is hindered by the full trees around our windows – I didn’t see these!
Sarah
Beautiful! I’m the same way. The sky always stops me in my tracks.