Hello WU Friends:
Looks like we're well on out way to reaching a million WU pics this year. And because we probably don't have time to enjoy them all, I'm continuing to find some of the best to share with you.
I started this month by month compilation last December, so if you've missed them, check them out. At this point it's become obvious that I've missed many, so I'm saving the "best of the rest" for a blog at the end of the year.
I'm posting the first 20 today and will add more in the next several days. Thanks for stopping by and comments are always appreciated.
Mitch
My brother-in-law shot these pictures.
~~~~~~~Sooooo colorful !~~~~~~~
I almost washed this little mantis down the drain. It was so small I almost didn't see it. They are so cool. We imported the egg sacks to the garden a couple of years ago so now we have these in our garden to watch and enjoy. Now I get to go eat strawberries for breakfast. Yum.
Strange coloured clouds during thunderstorm over Kuantan on May 4. Photo taken during holiday.
okay, i know it's been photographed a zillion times before, but this is the first time i've had a chance! amazing place...
Normally you would expect temperatures of around 20°C on the first of May. To our surprise we found frost and snow. Look at the frost on the sitting boards of this sunken boat...
Photo of a large tornado near Quinter, Kansas on May 23rd, 2008.
Momma deer dropped out some twins in the front yard.
Best shot of the evening!
Sandhill feeding colt (
markg)
Banská Bystrica downtown (
jaro01)
Your unconditional love continues to brighten my life.
1 Cor. 13:13
Gulf Fritillary variant...:)
Finally! Haven't seen one of these beauties in years, and then she's kind enough to pose for a photo-op, too!
Makes you want to go into the woods to follow the light
This is a picture of a storm that is currently producing a large tornado over Northern Collin County in N. Central Texas.
So far we know that the tornado that this storm produced has taken the lives of 3 people.
SEE my other series of pic from May 10th entitled AFTERMATH for storm damage pictures.
Create your own visitor map!
Along the Alaska Highway, through the Canadian Rockies, lies a beautiful, clear Muncho Lake.
I just can't shake um loose
This is a picture taken from our back deck during severe thunderstorm.
Finaly summer in the Netherlands! (
Havik)
Mom takes her children across the stream
A few lucky shots! This was a lot of fun.
Feeding Frenzy at the saguaro
Sunrise, May 10, 2007 (
JoanMN)
Sunrise on Pokegema Lake, Pine City MN
Fog and trees start the morning with a line dance in the valley... mystical horizontal lines stretch across my canvas.
The storm moves over the landmark Guymon water tower.
This bear is way too bold, he has climbed up about 10 - 12 ft trying to get onto the deck & then the feeder.
Crater Lake in the spring
Taken from Tahneta Pass on the Glenn Highway looking south to the Chugach Range. I think the peak is Mt Thor.
Crater Lake is always an inspiration but this was a most incredible day. Still lots of snow, blue sky, fluffy clouds, and the temperature was in the high 50's. I've never seen better reflections on the surface of the lake.
Dust Storm and Barn in Cheyenne County Kansas
On a calm day...Near Kuummut, East Greenland...
www.kuummiut.com
Three dew drops on a blade of grass, you can see a daisy flower through them.
Lightning strikes close-by Carrollton, VA.
What a scene unfolded before my eyes early this Sunday morning! Beautiful sunrays stretching across the driveway and into the forest.
This fawn is only several hours old. My neighbor witnessed the birth in his pasture this morning.
A huge thunderstorm looms behind the Ruby Mountains, near Deeth, NV.
We had very severe thunderstorms today. Tons of hail, rain, lightning and then our gift. This was such a surreal sight of beauty after the storms went through.
Nice light yesterday afternoon
built for the children of the help at Hearst Castle.
These pictures were taken as a strong (but weakening) cell moved into Hutchinson, KS.
These clouds were formed as the front passed over us. There was no rotation, but it appeared that areas of upper air were pulled down into lower air.
Close-up of a rose outside my condominium.
Good show tonight.Redoubt showing her stuff...
View over Leinster Bay from Annaberg Ruins, St. John.
Flaming Gorge Lake (
Billl)
View from above Flaming Gorge Lake at Sheep Creek Overlook
Young Moon (34h18m after new Moon) and Airplane
Telescope: Astro-Physics Starfire EDFS 155mm F/7
Camera: Canon 20D digital SLR
Exposure Time(s): 1/60 sec., ISO 100
No, it is *not* a digital composite, it is a single frame.
The Sun was 2.8 degree *below*, the moon 11.8 degree *above* the horizon, when I pushed the button. The sunlight still reached the high altitude airplane.
The image wasn´t processed hard later. I only cut the histogramm on the left side to darken the sky.
Mother and child Prairie dogs. This was taken at the San Francisco Zoo. The relationship between mother and child was a very tender thing to watch. The babies would dart off and play for a few seconds, then zoom back to mommy who most times greeted them much like this.
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Have a great day!
Shane
All of them in fact deserve to be printed and published!
Shot with a Sony R1, in bulb and manual mode, which was recently destroyed by my rambunctious child :-(. Now I have a Panasonic G1, and it seems to be impossible to focus at night since it has no focal distance scale on the kit lenses or in the display.
The interesting part of this image is the blue glow near the ground where it hit. The glow was actually present before the strike, and was likely a flare of St. Elmo's fire. Huge blue-green glow, then a strike!
The full-sized images are available at:
http://www.markwyman.com/photos/weather.asp
Thanks again!
Mark
Thanks Mitch!
Silkmoth on white has a bitter sweet story that I would love to share.
It all started in my son's preschool, where "Nature's corner" was most of the time my department. We would watch lizards, frogs, bugs of all sorts, and the kids were so much fun.
The teacher had a tradition of breeding silk moths for teaching purposes, and every April to May we would watch the complete life cycle of the Domesticated Silk Moth. She had eggs on a piece of cardboard kept in the fridge all year, until March came, and the Mulberry trees start leafing, and as soon as the eggs were in room temperature, they would hatch, and the little caterpillars would binge on mulberry leaves, growing at tremendous rate.
Upon reaching a certain size, the caterpillars would start weaving their silk and build cocoons. After a few days, out come the adult moths.
The Domesticated Silk Moths cannot fly, because of selection, and all they do is mate, lay eggs, and after a couple of days, die. They do not even have the anatomical ability to eat.
So I see all these pretty insects flutter and die, and disappear.
One day, before leaving school, I decided to give one of these moths (the one in the picture is a moth), a photo session to create some memories that would last longer than just a couple of days...
He was very cooperative, and he posed on different flowers.
This one on a Bougainvillea is my favorite.
It was requested to be published in a British University's science book on Moths, and I was so happy to see how all the Wunderground fans appreciated it.
I have never seen a bug's picture getting a solid 10.0 with over 200 votes.
Not my merit at all. All the merit to the beautiful Silk Moth that posed a few minutes before it completed its life cycle.
And nature renews itself for our utmost pleasure.
Thanks again.
Andy.
I'll add mine now for Here's to Mom . I saw this rose beginning to bloom last May and I liked the colors. And as I saw it opening up I really liked the symmetry. But I had to wait a couple of days for a morning without fog to capture the color. And it was one of those shots that you see on the LCD and you can't wait to see it on the screen. And this year. I'm still waiting for that rose bush to bloom; but that rose last year was probably one of a kind. But like photoandy said, And nature renews itself for our utmost pleasure. So maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. Have fun shooting,
Mitch
The " My Paridise III" photo was taken in mid morning after some dense fog. I happened to arrive at this location as the fog was burning off.I pass this place quite often and I have taken photos of it at different times of the year.I have posted them as well.
As for lately, we have had quite a drought here in Central Texas and sad to say the river is quite dry. It does not look the same.But as always, there will be rain and it will restore it self to it's natural state. Thanks for stooping by, here at Driftwood,Texas.
Now, we enjoying having them as garden predators to eat aphids and other pests. I usually don't get to see them when they are newly hatched because they hide so well. This time they were hiding in the strawberries and I accidentally brought this one into the house in a giant bowl full of fruit. As I began to wash the berries I noticed this cutie crawling around. The contrast of the bright green mantis on the bright red strawberry made me run for my camera. The sky was a gorgeous blue backdrop and I included my finger for a good size comparison. It is pretty easy to get a mantis to pose for you. If you get its attention it will swivel its head around and stare you down!
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This was taken as the wife (fiance' at the time) and I were heading to Alaska (by motorhome) to get married in Skagway. Two weeks later, heading back from Skagway, AK. we passed Muncho Lake again and it was ice free. The Alaska Highway travels the shores of this beautiful lake and is quite popular to the fly-in crowd of angler's.
Thanks Tim, I'm glad you stopped by the lake to share this with us.
We should see the world more through the eyes of children!
Thanks wwstotx for getting this beauty when the water was high and we hope the rains come.
We agree jaro01 - you captured the Spring beauty for us to enjoy.
Watever, we'll all take some good fortune as we look for those special shots - but you also made the effort to give "luck" a chance!
Your story helps explain why so many enjoyed this shot - I for one have never seen a tiny mantis. A great photo op literally fell into your bowl and you made the most of it.
Thanks all for sharing your stories.
Mitch
Hope you are doing well!
Sunrise, May 10, 2007
I watch for colorful sunrises. We are lucky enough to live on a river, near a lake. On this date, I saw the sky was getting red, so I went to the public access and stood on the end of th dock to take the shot.
Equipment was a Canon Digital Rebel XTi, kit lens, and a Tiffen 812 warming filter.
Graduations, end of school happenings and vacations plans - a fun and face-paced time of year. So it's about time to close out this May blog and move on to June. I heard from another photog in this gallery via email:
RenskeVergeer wrote
This photo was taken in May 2008 In Kuantan, Malaysia during my holiday. It is a thunderstorm during hot humid weather. A second cloud forms above the thunderstorm and the sun is behind it. The second cloud gives the coloured edge. Apparently it was not seen often as it also reached the newspaper of that day in Malaysia.
And thanks to JoanMN for adding some insight into her pic.
I'll be adding the pics from May '09 - again the ones that the raters viewed as the best from those contributors. Please check back in a week or so to view the June selections.
Thanks,
Mitch
Carl in Greenland
When I took this shot, I was driving home after a long day in the field. I noticed the orange glow on the mountains and figured I had maybe 15 minutes before the sun set to find just the right spot for a photograph. I turned off the highway and started hunting. With the sun sitting on the horizion, I was about ready to give up when I happened on this scene that offered the perfect combination of water, sunlight, clouds, and reflection. I balanced the camera on a fence post and started shooting.
While watching the prarie dogs at the San Francisco zoo, I was touched deeply by the tenderness between the mothers and babies. I think I watched them for about a half hour. The babies were characters but it was each time they went back to their mothers that touched me. Prairie dog mothers are very loving towards their young as this photo shows. I was very surprised to read that in some states the prairie dog is a hunted species. I can't imagine the "sport" in that.
This photo was taken May 1, 2009 and will always remain a favorite of mine. The zoo has never failed to give me at least one shot that surprises me.
Lauran
My camera is my first digital, a Nikon Coolpix S550 and I am slowing learning the settings. I love it because it is so slim and I can stick it in my back pocket while I'm hiking, or on a picnic. Thanks again for all of these incredible photos you have collected.
This is a unique area of Northeastern Utah, southwestern Wyoming. We winter in the Deep South Texas, and summer in the Chicago, IL area. When we head north in May, we do some traveling, and this time we traveled the Utah area. A very beautiful state. I feel the Flaming Gorge area is overlooked by the well known National Parks of Utah, yet Flaming Gorge beauty is stunning.
Carl in Greenland has wowed us with many great shots.
Sugarsand reminds us that our pictures don't come with audio so I appreciate the "squealing" comment capturing the waterspouts in Anguilla.
deepwoods reminds us that we can find hope in the beauty of God's creative gifts like the beautiful image she captured. Our prayers are with you and for Dave's healing.
IdahoCameraman - we're glad you didn't give up on the last light to share with us your stunning landscape at sunset.
Lauren (WindandFire) - you've given us a new appreciation for praire dogs!
mscece - you're secret is safe with us and thanks for sharing!
Sharrose - I think I'll take you up on your invitation but I'm not sure we could improve on your beautiful pic.
Bill, you're right about Flaming Gorge. Even when I lived in Salt Lake City I never made it up there- so thanks for taking us with your great pic.
I love all your stories so thanks again. You've added some more color to already wonderful shots.
Mitch
Steve
Thank you Mitch,
Sorry for the delay in responding, I had forgotten to check in for a while. Living in Santa Fe, you get used to the color brown way too much over the winter and early spring. There is a huge aspen grove on the face of the Sangre de Cristo mountains here in Santa Fe that is brown from late October ish until mid to late May. When the aspens finally start to bloom, there is this brilliant light green that fills this large area that contrasts against the native pines that are a much darker and of a more drab color green, it really brings in the felling of new life. Walking through them before the get too dense gives you the great contrast of deep blue againts the green that you see in the photo. By mid summer the aspens get much more dense with leaves and you do not see as much of the sky through the trees, and also have to deal with a lot of cloudiness with summer thunderstorms.
Thanks again,
Perry
Thank you Perry. I'll remember what you said about another great time to shoot aspens.
And thanks Stevespix for the story on your rose shot. Holding the stem of a flower in a breeze is a good tip for helping keep close-ups sharp.
Mitch
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