Somewhere on the border of straight panoramic imagery and a bit of Pano-Xtreme. The beauty of a dark, cloud-laden sky after a heavy summer rain was was too much to pass up, so I made this shot with as little "distortion" as possible. I wanted to keep the integrity of the scene, looking to warp it just a bit to give it a slightly Surreal quality.

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© Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2016. All Rights Reserved. This image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission.

Great clouds filled the skies before the rains came.

Decided to chase a storm near Lake Mendota in Middleton, Wisconsin. Took 10 snaps and got lucky with two exposures. Scary moment but rewarding. I came home with a broken umbrella and wet shoes.

Many thanks for views, faves and commends dear friends!.

Chicago

The Alberta prairie is great for watching storms this Summer they never stop coming. the time lapse:

youtu.be/w9THkr_1690

Toruń is one of most attractive and historic towns in Poland.

It is famous for being the birthplace ( in 1474 ) of the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus whose epochal book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium is universally regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy.

In 1997 the old medieval quarter of Toruń comprising the Old Town ( 1233 ), the New Town ( 1264 ) and the Teutonic Knights Castle ( mid 13th c. ) was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for having preserved almost intact its original medieval street layout. Toruń is full of Gothic monuments of architecture, all built of brick, such as the Town Hall, The Leaning Tower, numerous churches and many burgher houses around the central market square and the surrounding streets.

If you ever are in Gdańsk on the coast, I recommend driving down to Toruń - it's only 2hrs away on the motorway - the place has a great artistic atmosphere and a lively cafe scene.

Katherine, Northern Territory. Australia. Wet season in the NT. The night was almost completely black when not illuminated by the lightening.

Stormclouds, Darwin Waterfront Precinct, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Jan. 2016

" And it echoes when I breathe

Until all you see is my ghost

Empty vessel, crooked teeth

Wish you could see

And they call me under

And I'm shaking like a leaf

And they call me under

And I wither underneath

In this storm

I am a stranger

I am an alien

Inside a structure

Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone?

With all my thoughts

And all my

Faults

I feel it biting

I feel it break my skin

So uninviting

Are you really gonna need me when I'm gone?"

- OF MONSTERS AND MEN -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlCkafSYNJI

‘'AND THOSE WHO WERE SEEN DANCING WERE THOUGHT TO BE INSANE BY THOSE WHO COULD NOT HEAR THE MUSIC’‘

- FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE -

Pedernales Falls State Park, Texas

Another season of spring storms for this old barn...will it survive the winds and rain this time around? I’ll keep you posted!

Porthcawl Lighthouse.

id: storm_cloud_078A2797

Porthcawl

At sunrise

The nature is an artist!!!! (taken in Trebic, The Czech Republic)

See my other pictures of the electric storm!

P.S. The only post-processed properties were levels, plus it was cropped from the original image. Simply the photos looked stunning straight from camera :-)

The system went south of us while gracing us with this beautiful formation at sunset.

Learning reverence from Natures Force

Severe Tropical Storm "Kammuri" was standing some 60 nautical miles south of Zhuhai. The strong ocean swell caused huge waves to crash against the seawall of the promenade on Lovers Avenue (情侣路).

What's usually a crowded place with couples strolling in the warm evening breeze was now nearly deserted. Just a few daring people were out and got wet.

And this is only a tropical storm - rest assured: when we had a genuine Typhoon it looked different and nobody would be here at all.

Another "reactivated" archive shot.

And no, the photo is not taken in Macau, though the buildings in the background are already in Macau.

© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.

Taken on the same evening as the previous post but 25 minutes earlier, the northeastern sky was turning more gray and denser by the minute.

Love that eerie feel in the air! 💖

PS: How nice of that gentleman wearing red and the lady behind him carrying a red backpack! 😊😊😊

Thanks for your visit; please stay safe and healthy! 💐🌻🌼😘

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#UkraineStrong 🇺🇦

...remember those summer rains..it got a little dark and you could smell the air change...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv8GW1GaoIc

[ Organica ] Weeping Willow 3 - Scripted Animesh

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The Weeping Willows are the first in a line of trees from Organica that will both offer Animesh support as well as built-in compatibility with the Organica Seasonal Control Module, which will allow for mass foliage change of Organica: Winds of Change-compatible products both region-wide as well as parcel-specific.

The Willows are set to animate and rustle in relation to Second Life region wind. They change texture (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Dead) on command from the included SCM, but you can also set foliage by individual tree as well if you wish.

Other Stuff

Scarlet Creative Harry Pottering Shed

dust bunny . gardenia shed

PLAAKA Sunflower Round

[we're CLOSED] grass field dry

Schadenfreude Fluttery Firefly Flying

Near Penrith, NSW.

Sony 10-18 lens.

Storm survivors indeed!

These are almost ready to bloom as all the others around the yard, Daffodils are very hardy and multiply like rabbits:-)

Have not lost one yet, they must be hundreds of them.

We got lucky with the storm thank God!

Texas - The view at water level of the Guadalupe River....

Level 4A

Castle Towers Shopping Centre

Rooftop Carpark

Castle Hill, north-western Sydney

Late afternoon, Thursday 14th October, 2021.

Torrential rain, hail, thunder, lightning - the full Gothic display.

Very typical for Sydney.

My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon 16-35mm f 4/L lens

Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad by NCH software

K1 No62005 storms through at Rabbit bridge on the Great Central Railway.

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Cape May Point State Park, New Jersey, USA

DSC_1319 - Processed in CaptureNX 2 2.4.7

This was a grain storage facility for Budweiser back in the day. I caught it just as a storm was moving in, and loved the silhouette. I also really liked the reflection of sunlight in the windows.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Storm in Barcelona