A stormy day on the Dee estuary

These photos are true to colour, I took them, because I was bewildered by the colour of the cloud coming in from the northwest. It was almost pitch black.. I had to run, to avoid being hit by a wall of violent winds and torrential hail.

 

WOW !! What an amazing collection Stephen. I could feel the atmosphere and the hairs on my arm stood up! What time of the day was that?
Jenny

 

Thanks Jenny :-) it was around 2pm. It was a gust front, as soon as it hit the wind buffeted everything the hail came down in dense sheets, and it was almost like night.

 

Double Wow!!! I'm only a few miles away and we didn't get anything like that over here! Thanks for sharing!

 

Im surprised you didn't see anything.. it looked like a spanned most of Merseyside it was a massive shower.

 

Great pictures Stephen!

 

Fantastic!

 

Cor

Member on another forum said the Honey Buzzard was battered to death by golf ball sized hailstones a few days ago

 

This is the one I like (but would it have been better with some more of the foreground (+RH side) cropped? (sorry, just being a bit picky)

 

Scrungee, A well constructed photograph should have the scenery in thirds from top to bottom. I think Stephen has achieved that and if he'd had any more foreground it would have swallowed up the rest of the picture.

 

Last August we were at Park Gate, it was hot and sunny and sat there with an ice cream, doesn't quite look the same!!! Superb shots Stephen.

 

Is he sure Zigs? Honey Buzzards are in Sub Sahara Africa now, perhaps he meant a Common Buzzard that likes honey!