Monday, storm #2 rolled through. Well, it was actually several different cells. This one went SE of us. I liked how the cloud was shaped like the top of the tree. This cell just blew on by. You could hear the thunder in the distance, though.

K10D FA50 f9.5 1/1000s 200ISO


Twenty minutes later, a different cell seemed like it would give us some rain but it passed on by, too, almost directly overhead.

K10D FA50 f5.6 1/1000s 100ISO


Just to give an idea of the size of this cloud, the white spec in the top left is an airplane (Yeah, I know it's a perspective thing, but it was a huge thunderhead!):


Taken 3 seconds later, the huge cloud had expanded even further:


Again, the spec at the lower right is an airplane:


This one, taken 8 minutes later, looked like it was going to be a very powerful storm, but it fizzled as well:
(A vertical merge of 4 photos taken w/*istDS Zenitar 16mm 1/1500s 200ISO f5.6) It’s neat how this one mirrors the tree line, too.

[Mr Hyde]

The last picture is very nice.