Cloud...

The low pressure system that brought so much rain and flooding over the weekend has long since moved north (on a meteorological time scale), and left us with some unsettled weather in the southern counties of the UK. This is, to me, good news, as the elements work once again in my favour, with periods of blue sky and sunshine, followed by dramatic cloud formations and rain.

Cloud formations make good subjects in their own right, and there are pages to be found on the World Wide Web dedicated to the photography such images, or simply for others to appreciate (there is the Cloud Appreciation Society on Facebook - should you use such social networking sites, for example). Cloud can also make or break a land or seascape photograph, as there is nothing worse than a bland, blue, featureless sky. Such images may be ideal for travel brochures, luring the unsuspecting to warmer climes, but in my opinion you can't beat a bit of drama in the heavens.

There was a bit of blue sky at the top of the image here, but I cropped it off (never be afraid to crop) so as to give the picture to suggest a claustrophobic feeling; of being overwhelmed by the advancing weather front.

24-70mm f/2.8G AF-S Nikkor. 1/250 second at f/11. + 0.33 EV compensation. ISO 400


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