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*cumulonimbus*
Photo Information
Copyright: ToM Pelle (chiquito) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 445 W: 121 N: 522] (3416)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-05
Categories: Nature, Transportation, Nocturnal, Mood
Exposure: f/6.6, 1/30 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Clouds - Nuages, Clouds [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-08-26 7:53
Viewed: 1564
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 60
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This shot was taken on the way home from Oslo, Norway. I wasn't really in a good mood sitting on the plane with a freshly broken elbow, I couldn't even take my cam. out of the case. So I had to borrow my friend's Olympus C370z to make shots of these marvellous clouds from above!! Like a huge whipped cream it was floating in the air and growing wildly to cause a big storm down there!
If you're interested in these clouds here's some more info:
Cumulonimbus clouds are much larger and more vertically developed than fair weather cumulus. Fueled by vigorous convective updrafts, the tops of cumulonimbus clouds can easily reach 12km or higher.
Lower levels of cumulonimbus clouds consist mostly of water droplets while at higher elevations, where temperatures are well below 0 degrees Celsius, ice crystals dominate. Under favorable atmospheric conditions, harmless fair weather cumulus clouds can quickly develop into large cumulonimbus clouds associated with powerful thunderstorms known as supercells.

So as much as I like taking shots from clouds and thunderstorms from the ground it is as interesting shooting them from above!

N-joi! :)
maleentjeh, GoogolGuy, vsinopoulos, himajyothi, bertolucci, calianebessa, ajcsousa, c41, mocha_bonita, Carma, Dawn, WIN, law, ajnviper, pathy, jmdaoudal, Janice, runningaaronds has marked this note useful
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Discussions
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To RookiE_1: fluffychiquito 1 04-27 08:01
To ben-u-ron: cloudschiquito 2 02-19 19:17
To btokaz: Cloudschiquito 1 10-27 06:24
To runningaaronds: cloudschiquito 1 09-30 16:13
To seneca77: Angry clouds!?chiquito 1 09-17 05:17
To kiscool: thank youchiquito 1 09-08 12:47
To Jancie: Elbow! :)chiquito 1 09-05 06:35
To puffy: Hey Sweety!chiquito 1 09-03 19:49
To rosiegirl: first flightchiquito 2 09-03 14:36
To jmdaoudal: thxchiquito 1 08-31 07:38
To ajnviper: thxchiquito 1 08-29 17:24
To pathy: merci! :)chiquito 1 08-29 17:21
To law: thxchiquito 1 08-29 13:20
To WIN: hi there, again ! :)chiquito 1 08-29 06:58
To Dawn: little fluffy sheepchiquito 1 08-28 07:16
To camilabessa: Hola Camila!chiquito 1 08-28 03:32
To Carma: Hungry cloudschiquito 1 08-27 17:13
To mocha_bonita: MeAnne,chiquito 1 08-27 17:12
To calianebessa: Little fluffy cloudschiquito 2 08-27 16:02
To edie: ciao!chiquito 1 08-27 08:12
To c41: Fire!chiquito 1 08-27 04:19
To himajyothi: Ebcsont beforrchiquito 2 08-26 20:50
To orbiter: cloud or smoke?!chiquito 1 08-26 18:57
To Tintin: thank youchiquito 1 08-26 18:53
To ajcsousa: thxchiquito 1 08-26 18:51
To jcandeli: dark cloudschiquito 1 08-26 18:45
To bertolucci: thank youchiquito 2 08-26 15:23
To vsinopoulos: thxchiquito 1 08-26 14:53
To ciore: Beethoven vs. Bachchiquito 1 08-26 08:12
To maleentjeh: fluffy cloudschiquito 1 08-26 08:04
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Wow, what a sight ! And what a picture ! Great work, Tom ! Hope the elbow is better now. Great note too

Marleen

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  • ciore Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 782 W: 3 N: 108] (2307)
  • [2005-08-26 8:04]
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mh...
massive
hard
and little frame so fits..
i'll say it's
Beethoven.. symphony #5......
good work, bird
v!

wow. Amazing shot. I like the darkness of the clouds. Give a more ominous feel then normal cloud photos. Very nice. JP

Excellent capture, very impressive and moody image. The clouds have a fantastic variation of shapes and tones. Great work! I hope all is well with your elbow!
Take care,
Vassilis

AM BACK ToM :) Great one! Glad I dint miss this :) Hmmm... BRAVO! even with the broken elbow! Thats shows Ur passion.. :) Hope all is well now ! :) I love the creamy effect and U have captured it magnificently! :) They look like cotton... Soft and beautiful... :) Beautiful shapes ... I love the frame :D... Thanks for sharing this one with the informative notes ToM! :)

Take care...
- Hima.

Hi Tom, fabulous one with the monochromatic cloud formation. The textures and gradients are amazing and the frame works well here. I guess/hope your elbow is better now.
Regards from Rotterdam, Bert.

Amazing shot, Tom! you did a great job! these clouds seem unreal, a kind of dream! very nice!

Hi ToM,
second time i see this photo today, on the first i didn't know what to say to it, and now i'm again stucked. Well i will solve that with only two words: Fantastic !! and Perfect !!

Be well
António

Very unusual clouds picture, Tom, as we normally see them from underneath. I also think it looks like cotton balls all squeezed together. You also got some interesting colours and contrast in it. Your frame complement this picture really well. Bravo!

P.S. Glad to hear the elbow is better!!!

Brilliant shot ToM from a great angle. Looks almost like smoke from a huge fire. Great colour tones and detail. Nice capture

John

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  • c41 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 99 W: 21 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-08-26 19:29]
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awesome shot of the clouds Tom, the dark patches make the shot almost look like a massive fire is below. Frame adds a nice touch. well done.

Brian

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  • edie Gold Star Critiquer [C: 659 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2005-08-27 8:04]
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Ciao Tom...this is great,I have a passion for clouds and this one is really amazing,it looks like a bomb!
Very well done
Edie

Yeah, amazing shot and thanx for the new information...tfs!

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  • Carma Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 499 W: 129 N: 297] (4974)
  • [2005-08-27 10:21]
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Aaaaaaaa!!!! I wouldn'rt be in good mood to with this clouds arround me!!!! They eat people!
Fantastic!!!!

oh!! it seems dirty cotton!!! very cool! how do you know so much about clouds??

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  • Dawn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1139 W: 100 N: 3357] (17508)
  • [2005-08-28 5:19]
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Sure you werent flying over New Zealand when you took this shot Tom.. LOL.. cos it looks a little like the wool on a New Zealand sheeps back...LOL. dont ya think ?..lol...

Fantastic capture... and the frame really sets it off...
TFS
Kia Ora.... Dawn.
p.s. broken elbow... OUCH !!! hope all mended now...

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  • WIN Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 133 W: 12 N: 64] (1510)
  • [2005-08-29 6:00]
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Wow,thats amazing shot.
Very impressive.Clouds look great,good composition with frames. Well done.
Regards,
Lukas.

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  • law Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 509 W: 75 N: 80] (1764)
  • [2005-08-29 7:15]
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Hi Tom Pelle,
Wow!! What an awesome capture of the Cumulonimbus. When I look at this picture, I thought it was a very close-up shot of volcanic explosion. The frame also completes the picture. TFS.
Lawrence

Hi Tom
I am so glad your mood has changed! Because even the thunderclouds clear up... so did the pain...
Fantastic mood shot.
The clouds from the bottom is apparently flat...

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  • pathy Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 417 W: 38 N: 70] (1734)
  • [2005-08-29 15:14]
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cela ressemble a une explosion atomique ! tres jolie prise de vue ! bravo

Simply meteorologic and excellent.
Yoiu have there magnificent shapes from this good work of contrast and sharpness
Very artistic and great
jean Michel

Very cool picture- great choice of a sepia tone. I like the font you chose for your title on the frame- very nice.

Whenever I take a plane ride, I always try to get the window seat. The first time I ever flew, I was probably 8, I was stuck in the middle seat. I spent half the time stretched out over the poor old man next to me with my face pressed up to the window. I had never seen the tops of clouds before. The old man was very gracious and offered his seat to me half way through the trip and I just wordlessly slid over. There is nothing better than the view from a plane. This shot just kind of reminded me of that one trip. Thanks for sharing the picture!

Rosalie

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1792 W: 128 N: 3006] (16617)
  • [2005-09-03 19:28]
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Amazing shot Tom, great details, well captured, great to see the cloud up closed like this. Oh dear, I hope your elbow is getting better? Take care my friend... thanks for sharing. :)

Oh no! What did you do with your elbow ToM? And has it healed up well by now? I hope so.
Awesome shot of the cumulonimbus clouds. (What a mouthful to say!). With the colours they look more like fire-smoke. It is a fantastic shot, well done.

Nice picture ! Very well shot ! Well done !

Simply incredible! They look so angry and boiling. Great contrast and nice, simple composition (no distracting plane wing or other elements). Superb!

Tom,
Excellent shot! I like the border and text, too!!! WOW! I love strange storm clouds like this. We get these supercells often in the late spring-early summer due to the front range of mountains to the west and the plains to the east. Awesome to watch.
Keep shooting,
Aaron

Wonderful shot ToM! What to say? Great work...
Tomasz

Well, at university I study the clouds...at home I see them on Tl...not bad!

Hey Tom,
Great clouds you have captured here. Nice and fluffy. Did you take this photo from a plane?
Great photo!!

Erim

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