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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Thirty Days of Photographs: Weather

I’ve spent the last couple of days hoping for some extreme weather for this shot, but we’ve had a suspicious lack of weather lately. 70 degrees and cloudy. Every day. Yesterday we were supposed to get some rain and thunder, but it was 70 degrees and overcast, and not even a pretty kind of overcast, just boring overcast.

This picture is from a few weeks ago when the weather gods actually delivered on their promises and gave us rain and thunder. Muschu and I were sitting on the beach, I was taking her picture when the wind suddenly picked up and we heard thunder. In the far distance we could see the rain, and I forgot all about taking Muschu’s picture and instead tried to capture the ominous-looking cloud on film.




Edited 7:15 pm: 15 minutes after posting this, it's now raining. *
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Posted by Ziva
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  1. Linda MedranoAugust 7, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    This gave me goose bumps! Awesome shot! Wonderful!

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  2. 00dozoAugust 7, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    That's pretty much what our weather here looks like.  Squalls upon squalls.  And it picks and chooses where to dump its moisture.  You can, literally, drive on the main road where it's all nice and dry and sunny on one side, but the other side will be covered in rainfall.  It's rather bizarre to experience.

    I love the photo - the contrast of the grey water, the black horizon and the mottled clouds is very interesting.  The blue adds a nice touch.  It reminds me of West End here on the island.

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  3. nonamedufusAugust 7, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    That is an amazing shot Ziva. It's almost surreal. It reminds me of the outdoor shots from that old British TV series The Prisoner. Cool.

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  4. ZivaAugust 7, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    It was indeed very cool, and a little scary standing there on the beach. But in a good way.

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  5. ZivaAugust 7, 2011 at 10:47 PM

     You guys have the freakiest weather. I'm almost happy to live in predictable, boring Finland.

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  6. ReformingGeekAugust 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    I love that photo.  Wait.  Are you sure it's not an alien spaceship?

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  7. NickyAugust 8, 2011 at 2:15 AM

    And had you waited the 15 minutes, it wouldn't have rained! A watched cloud never boils or something like that.

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  8. MikewjAugust 8, 2011 at 2:48 AM

    This is a great wide-angle shot, and it captures the expansive feeling of a massive storm extremely well. I think what I like most about it is the variety of colors -- the green-grey water, the blue sky, the white and dark clouds. I love storms, and wish I'd been there to see this one, even though it probably dumped a ton of snow on you, being Finland and all.

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  9. meleahrebeccahAugust 8, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    I love a good thunderstorm. And I love watching the clouds roll in the most. Awesome job capturing this image.

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  10. ZivaAugust 9, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    Thanks, Meleah! Seeing the clouds roll in never gets old. 

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  11. ZivaAugust 9, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    Hah, snow! Funny guy. We won't get any snow until Friday, we do have summer in Finland, you know.

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  12. ZivaAugust 9, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    Stupid weather. Today we had the most amazing thunder storm when I'm all done and don't need any more weather pics.

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  13. ZivaAugust 9, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    No, I'm really not sure at all. It sort of looks like one, if alien spaceships look like angry clouds, that is. And I'm sure they do.

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