storm clouds

Lots of fun with this coming in... Barely landed in time were I believe there would of been hard enough rain to knock me out of the sky.... the nice thing about flying a drone in a storm is with a wet suit @Phantomrain.org you can be pretty safe.... but with your eye... you can see the WALL OF...

What an amazing evening this was! There was a vibrant sunset but also a lightning storm. I grabbed my DJI Mini 2 drone and flew! I wasn't sure how the footage would turn out but was pleasantly surprised when I viewed it. I've added sound effects to help highlight the contrast between the sunset...

Too far away so it's a bit blow out... I really want to be able to get more light in a bigger sensor camera in the future... I love the air2 but it sucks at night in most cases for this. Shot in 4k 60 fs and ripped still.

Massive arching bolts of electricity explode across the heavens and illuminate the boiling clouds like giant atmospheric jelly fish. Thunder splits the sky and reverberates across the cowering landscape below as the storm surges overhead. Such weather is hardly commonplace here in the calm...

Storms race across the wide fields and low forested hills of the Cowlitz Prairies on a wild day in March, their shadows swirling over the landscape like living inkblots. This wild sky is reflected in marshes, lakes, and distant rivers that cut through the wide plain on their way from snow capped...

I've tried to capture a few of the storm backdrops around Sandton in South Africa. Got splashed a few times, but not too bad. What do you think? This link for all photos files: Sandton by Francois van der Merwe