Hailstorm

[M_J_Helin]

Yesterday evenings thunderstorm in Southern Finland. The cloud dropped nice amount of hail, biggest were about 1,5cm in diameter.
The back of the cloud in picture. You can see the hail pouring down.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Cool!

 

[lionking]

Love the light, but that UW distortion is killing me...

 

[AlanLichty]

Awesome shot. I do have to agree with Andrey about the wide angle distortion - that's not hard to fix.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I really like this, looks like tons of water falling out of the sky here.

 

[Guy Schmickle]

That is one wicked sky. Very cool.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Matti,

What a really sweet shot! Love those storm clouds contrasting with the green of the field, and then that rainbow is the icing on the cake.

There is a slight bit of WA distortion, you can see in in how the building on both edges lean in slightly, but it's not too bad. It is something I would correct though as it's the only thing that stops this from being a totally perfect photo!

 

[M_J_Helin]

Thanks. Yes, I might correct it. I also took many panoramas, but unfortunately most pictures were blurred. Well, you learn something new every day...

 

[JimFox]

Thanks. Yes, I might correct it. I also took many panoramas, but unfortunately most pictures were blurred. Well, you learn something new every day...

It's not quite the killer that Andrey is saying, but it is a small nit. If you have time and can correct it Matti, please add it to this Post.

WA distortion is one of those things that won't bother you until it's pointed out, and then you can't un see it.

 

[Timmeh]

Hi Matti,

I'm too busy wandering in massive cloud formation to notice the wide angle distortion that much. I guess it's there, but you have the perfect amount of sky in it. The precipitation streaks go on for a good long while, and you show the source. Very well done!

Tim

 

[Bob Denton]

Very nice, I like this a lot.

 

[Zeph]

I often wonder just how much a cloud weighs? This really conveys the awesome power that is contained in the atmosphere...
I’m also amazed that a 747 can get off the ground...

 

[Leslie Hunter]

Beautiful and striking image.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

What a great depiction of rainfall out of a storm cloud, Matti. Great job.