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Panoramic shot of a photogenic Cb cloud towards the northern parts of the city of Athens, Greece, June 2021.
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A wonderful clear morning, just after sunrise combined with a low lying fog turned the Grampians Range into an apparent island.
Taken from Big Hill lookout in Stawell, Victoria.
Part of a very wide stitched panorama with originals taken with the Nikon P900 and stitched with PanoEdit.
Not 100% sure, but I may have caught a little sun pillar (just left of centre) in this shot. I have never seen them before, so I am only comparing this to other photos I have seen. This was a local sunset last year.
The local birds were enjoying it too with their usual viewpoint atop the TV antenna.
Dawn with clouds above and below me, taken from the Big Hill Lookout in Stawell, Victoria.
(The lens data shown is incorrect - this was actually the Canon f2.8 40mm pancake lens)
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Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
While I was out myself, taking shots of another glorious sunset, I noticed these three masked lapwings on my neighbour's roof-top, also seemingly staring at the incredible sunset. I think we all stood for another ten minutes, gazing to the west, mesmerised by the amazing colours. I have often wondered if other birds and animals have an appreciation of natural beauty, and now I am sure they do!
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Although this gives the impression of being at a great height, the lookout is only perhaps a hundred metres over the town of Stawell and the surrounding countryside. Here, I am looking east at the sunrise over a huge pool of morning fog. Temperature was around zero C.
Rainbow, shadows and clouds, after the rain.
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Another shot of an amazing sunset from a few months ago. It changed every second with crepuscular rays sweeping across the sky. A wonderful five minutes of natural art!
The granite boulders in Joshua Tree National Park are huge. They had to come from somewhere, and I'd guess there was a glacier here during a previous Ice Age. But that's just my wild guess, not a fact. The Park is beautiful!
Thank you all so very much for your comments and faves, but most of all I thank you for just taking the time to look. I appreciate each and every one of you! Gracias. Merci. Danke. Obrigado. Grazie. Go raibh maith agat. Tapadh leat. Gratias tibi.
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I had always known starlings in a flock to be in unison while changing direction mid flight, but I am always amazed to see even the wing position and beats be almost identical at any given moment. The orange glow was from another wonderful sunrise in combination with a sudden heavy shower of rain on the surface of the river behind the reeds! You can just make out some raindrops falling near the top of the image if you zoom in. It was yet another mesmerising morning on the edge of the Murray River in Mannum, SA.
The sun was well down already and streetlights were on before this sudden burst of colour appeared briefly. I just had time for a handful of shots and it quickly disappeared.
There was real fire in the sky tonight in one of those rare sunsets that just suddenly appear out of dullness and grey skies. I spent ten minutes shooting the ever changing scene! This moment caught my eye in particular as this amazing line of what looked to me like twisting strands of rope appeared right through the sky!
Taken just outside my front door in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
I always enjoy those minutes just before the sun peeps over the horizon and a new day begins.
Taken from the jetty at Beachport, South Australia.
Noon storm with a double lightning strike near Mt. Penteli, Athens, Greece, 12.06.2021. Canon 5dmk4, Sigma Art 14 mm, f/4, NiSi ND nano filter 64, iso 100.
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One of the most colorful parhelia, I've ever seen. Shot on Feb. 5, 2021.
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A dense shaft of rain and hail, as the storm approaches.
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Sitting on the edge of the Murray River in Mannum is an ever changing vista. This little scene lasted just minutes before disappearing into a foggy grey once more.
I took a few versions of this shot focussing on different aspects of the scene. One focussed close on the bare twigs in the foreground, but this particular one locked on to the bird (a duck) flying through just above the refections.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
Thank you all so very much for your comments and faves, but most of all I thank you for just taking the time to look. I appreciate each and every one of you! Gracias. Merci. Danke. Obrigado. Grazie. Go raibh maith agat. Tapadh leat. Gratias tibi.
All images are ©Tom Harrington and may not be used in any way without my permission. Thank you.
Early start taking a ferry from Santa Cruz Tenerife to Grand Canary island and I was gifted with an amazing sun rise! The Farola del Mar (Lighthouse of the Sea) is a historic and deeply symbolic monument located in the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The Canary Islands are a beautiful archipelago not far away from Africa. All islands are interconnected with ferries which makes it easy to explore each island.
A sunset from a few nights ago showed a really interesting criss-cross pattern that I had never seen before in this area. The late colours really made it stand out. I'm sure a weatherman could explain it better - I just thought that it looked cool! Even the three magpies on the TV antenna seemed to be admiring it all.
Early morning of 13.10.2020 - Stack of 5 *consecutive* photos. All these CGs happened within 3' only.
This night had 2 tornadic supercells in Athens. This one gave an EF2 tornado 30' later. The other, possibly an EF0 later on. See more about this night, here: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2020/10/blog-post.html
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The sun went down tonight in a sudden blaze of glory over here in Mount Gambier! The western sky was just a dull grey when these amazing rays quickly burst upward for just a few minutes. I was only able to hastily grab a few shots through our laundry window (which was thankfully clean) before the dull greyness returned.
This was the same sunset as my other image for today 'Sunset 1'. This was just 15 minutes later and was hastily taken through our laundry window. The little blast of intense colour lasted exactly 30 seconds. By the time I walked outside to take a better shot, the colour was completely gone!
Brilliant yellow wild mustard blooming in Joshua Tree National Park, California. This desert area is incredibly beautiful.
Thank you all so very much for your comments and faves, but most of all I thank you for just taking the time to look. I appreciate each and every one of you! Gracias. Merci. Danke. Obrigado. Grazie. Go raibh maith agat. Tapadh leat. Gratias tibi.
All photos are ©Tom Harrington and may not be used in any way without my permission. Thank you.
There is never a dull or boring sunrise on the Murray river, and this one was no exception. The pink slash on the horizon lasted only seconds as the low cloud swirled and changed quickly.
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First time in Valencia and I love this city… so much to explore and the city of arts and science is certainly one of the major highlights
This is the outflow from the microburst, during the storm on Aug. 22, 2022. The rain curl on the edge, indicating the power of the downdraft, always attracts my attention.
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Somewhere out of shot, a handsome man in a tuxedo is searching in his pockets for the keys to either a DB9 or a DB5. Either way, he will be happy to jump behind the wheel of an Aston Martin.
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A pair of 1/18th scale models from the cheap and cheerful end of the model spectrum - the Aston Martin DB9 by Motor Max, and the Aston Martin DB5 by Solido, set against a moody and dramatic sunset taken from Big Hill lookout in Stawell in Western Victoria.
Posting one from the archives for the moment - another version of one already posted a couple of years ago. Just back from a week away, and still getting unpacked and organised - will catch up soon!
I took the dogs for a 35 minute walk tonight and the sunset was amazing. It was pink when we started and was super dark red by the time we got back. This was taken halfway. It went from pink to gold to orange to red. So glad we went when we did.
Nocturnal non-tornadic supercell with several multiple lightning strikes. This is a quintuple one. On the far left side, one can observe the rotating wall cloud. A funnel has been observed. No confirmed contact with the ground. Athens, Greece, Oct. 13, 2021.
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Well, it's almost a smiley face - just a slightly flat one! (In the frame that followed this, it was a frowning face!)
3 unidentified ducks flying low in the thin red line of sunrise over the Murray river near Mannum, South Australia.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
(I was trying to categorise this shot, so, I have decided it is a wildlife, cloud, sunrise, telephoto, landscape, panorama, birds in flight, silhouette shot.....just to keep things simple!)
I grabbed a few shots of this local sunset - nothing spectacular for colour, but very interesting and moody clouds. Not seeing much potential for colour, I went inside and put the camera away.
A shelf cloud is nice, but when there is lightning with it, is nicer :-) August 25, 2022, in Athens, Greece. Canon 5Dmk4, Sigma Art 14 mm (cropped), f/3.2, 1/25'', iso 100, NiSi nano ND64 filter.
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The famous Paris Dakar inspires many to take to the wilds in their off-road machines. This shot is of the considerably less famous (actually totally unknown) Mount Gambier-Stawell rally. Taking part entirely within the wilds of my living room, this shot from the race features the mighty Toyota Landcruiser LC80 with a backdrop of a western Victorian sunset taken in the Grampians region.
This features a new vehicle to the stable. It is a very large 1/10th scale remote control Toyota Landcruiser rock crawler by FMS. It comes complete with a driver who has not introduced himself to me yet, so I do not know his name. You will no doubt see much more of this mean looking mystery man and the Cruiser in many adventures this year. This was the first 'outing' after buying it earlier today!
I was amazed at how quickly this first blush of pink went across the sky, turning it pink in a matter of seconds. Another wonderful start to a Riverland day.
Happy Nice Wonderful Cloud Tuesday!
Dramatic weather surrounds the spectacular Sangdo Palri Temple above the vast and beautiful San Luis Valley in southern Colordo.
Thanks so much everyone for your views, kind comments and faves! I really appreciate them! Happy spring and happy shooting!
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Two shots of last night's sunset - one looking traditionally west, and the other taken at the same time looking east to the moonrise.
A supercell approaches over the fields of the Westerkwartier, Groningen, the Netherlands.
This picture was taken in June 2015 using an Apple iPhone 5c and has been posted on my profile before. This is a remastered version, edited using Lightroom.
These distant tiny birds (about one kilometre away) looked like they were on a hunt for the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. When I took the shot, I did not even see them in the viewfinder (and they are still not visible in a thumbnail of the image) as I was mainly looking for a telephoto shot of the rainbow colours! I am not totally sure what they are - maybe welcome swallows?
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Strong contrasts of sunny and shady spots in the Austrian Brandnertal. After showers of rain, the sun finally broke through.
The descent from Melkboden to Brand along the Palüd trail rewarded us with wonderful views! [Explored on 12 July 2025, #81]
Shooting city scape white open capturing Greenwich Park, the Queens House and the skyline of Canary Wharf in the background…From the Royal Observatory you get the best panoramic view of London
Altocumulus clouds creating "Mackerel Sky" as it is known. It's a relatively reliable predictor of weather change.
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Low clouds over the city, as the thunderstorm moves on to the east. Tons of rain on my back, but some nice lightning strikes in front of me. It was a day when up to 200 mm of precipitation were recorded locally in the city within some hours. That's about the 2/5 of the yearly precipitation. Canon 5Dmk4, Sigma Art 14 mm f/1.8 @ f/2.5, iso 100, 1/25'', NiSi ND64 nano filter. Athens, Greece, Oct. 14, 2021.
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