Spectacular weather

[jdal]

Yesterday the evening forecast was for sun and showers, so I headed out to where I could get a good vista westwards over to the Cheviots hoping for a good sunset with heavy showers in the scene. What I got was 95% storms with the odd appearance of the sun, and the two best shots were looking in the other direction, east over the moor and away from the sun.

The only treatment this has had is to clone out my shadow and some rain drops on the lens. It was blowing a gale with large raindrops flying around. The 7-14mm wasn't wide enough to get the whole rainbow in, which is annoying. And don't tell me I should have stood farther back



Then, 5 minutes later this happened, just to the left of the rainbow:


Clouds over the moor by johndal, on Flickr

[StephenL]

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They are both rather spectacular, John.

[andym]

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Both very striking ,hope it perks up a bit though I'll be there next week for a few days

[Guest]

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Your opening shot's a stunner John. All I can say is that I wish I had a rainbow shot to match it but I ain't !

So thanks for sharing it.

[Guest]

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Got so carried away with the first that I forgot the second, which is also nice.

[OM USer]

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To have a good rainbow and a camera is perfect planning.

[The Technician]

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Did you get the gold from the end of the rainbow just think of the camera gear you could of got

[jdal]

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Thanks all

Did you get the gold from the end of the rainbow just think of the camera gear you could of got

There were two pots and I couldn't decide which one, so I left them.

Both very striking ,hope it perks up a bit though I'll be there next week for a few days

As you said,

There's always plenty to photograph though.

[Jim Ford]

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Good shots!

I believe the cloud formation is called 'mammatus'.

Jim

[edmund473]

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Spectacular shot it has wow factor for me. I also think that the second one is very good to. Thanks for showing. John.

[Wee man]

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Two nice shots like the little dogs face in the clouds in No.2 . Or maybe its just the tablets I am on?

[Graptolite]

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Wow! Two great shots. The second one reminds me of that famous Guinness advert (IMO the greatest ad ever) with the white horses in the surf.

[Chris Pattison]

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Those clouds are a bit spooky!

[wanderer]

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The clouds are Mammatus, usually found in association with thunderclouds.

http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/?s=mammatus&g=1

I like the double bow. Nice to see bothe clearly delineated.

[gregles]

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Wow! Two great shots. The second one reminds me of that famous Guinness advert (IMO the greatest ad ever) with the white horses in the surf.

I thought exactly the same

Two crackers John