I thought I would start this thread as clouds have always fascinated me from when I was a small child.
I thought I would post some that I have captured and some will come from websites. Please join in on the fun and post your favorites. Can even be volcanic, pyro etc.

Small shelf cloud over Bracken Ridge

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I have seen a few of the upside rainbows ( nickname) NoDrops but was not quick enough to get a shot.

This is a twisted funnel cloud

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Thanks noDrops,
For every photo there is probably 20 other shots to get the right one. But I have to stop being lazy and hop on the PC and start sorting them out. But if you got a half decent camera phone or even a camera just have fun and start snapping and you will be amazed with what you will capture.

Lightning is the hard one. I haven’t posted how to actually capture a lightning shot yet. I was just using it to try and post my 1st picture. But you may take up to a 100+ photos just to get one.

Cheers and have a crack at it and post, it is fun. The book sounds excellent too.

That twisted funnel cloud is a beauty. Thanks for sharing ColMait

Orebound posted some images into the USA Severe weather forum a couple of days ago.
https://www.weatherforum...rum/posts/t43-USA-Storms
As much as I would like to see some of those in real life, I think I may poop myself.

This cloud is called Asperitas. They are possibly formed by downward drafts. Pictures 1 & 2 are from the web and the 3rd photo was an attempt by myself while in Stanthorpe. It was in 2017, a fairly warm day for winter then a cold front started to move through and the temperature plummeted by 8°C. I only caught a glimpse of it while driving along a dirt road and by the time we hopped out of the car most of it had vanished.





And my attempt. I think I have a better one on the cameras SD card. I have so much photo sorting to do.

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Another pic from the archives taken on 18-02-2017.

Mammatus taken with an Infrared filter.



Without the filter.

Mammatus clouds are an indication of an intense storm system. They are produced from downward drafts and ice accumulation within the cell.

This is a picture of Mammatus clouds at the rear flank of a hail storm that hit Bracken Ridge in 2012. It was an interesting formation to observe.




This all came from this beast.



Ps I am still sorting through all my photos. what a mess when you don't catalogue properly.

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Perhaps I am boring, but I have always been a fan of the box standard Cumulus cloud.
I used to spend hours as a kid in summer holidays, lying on the ground and looking up at the clouds trying to make shapes out of them. After a few bouts of nasty sunburn, I learnt to do it from inside! A rabbit and a WV Beetle car where what I mostly saw, but then again my imagination probably wan't too good then!.

More for old times sake, here is one I found on the web. A rabbit and Road Runner!

Nice topic and great photos everyone.

May as well throw a couple in myself.

Pretty little guster over the Elizabeth River in Darwin. These ourflow dominant storms can often make for a nice photo.


Elizabeth River Guster by Orebound Images, on Flickr

Another one from a similar location.


Channel Island Storm by Orebound Images, on Flickr

Thanks NoDrops

As I said, the gusted out stuff can often make for some really nice pictures.

Here's another one that produced some very pretty colours over in the US earlier this year. Just a weak storm from a chase perspective but some very vivid colour.


Oklahoma Thunderstorm by Orebound Images, on Flickr

And a nice little LP supercell rotating away harmlessly over open country west of Amarillo Texas. The LP stuff is probably my favorite type of cloud structure.


Texas Panhandle LP Supercell by Orebound Images, on Flickr

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