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Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/04/2005 09:13:46 PM · #1

I just got these images via email from Western Australia of a storm front that went through a few weeks ago.
These are not my image (wish they were) I don't know who took them but they are awesome.
What makes these images amazing is that we traditionaly don't get twisters/tornadoes in the Southwest of West Australia where this storm hit. Thought I would share them, enjoy.

ClubJuggle

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

06/04/2005 09:15:12 PM · #2

Wow... impressive photos.

Did those ever touch down?

-Terry

Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX

06/04/2005 09:18:52 PM · #3

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Wow... impressive photos.

Did those ever touch down?

-Terry

No I don't think so but I will do a bit more research, Western Australia is about 20 years behind of the rest of the country so we don't get much info on what goes on over there.

Beagleboy

Canon EOS-30D

06/04/2005 09:20:07 PM · #4

Very badass. Great work!

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

06/04/2005 09:20:42 PM · #5

Those look like they could be sci-fi special effects, reminiscent of ID4 or Armageddon or some other end-of-the-world movie! Awesome shots; thanks for sharing!! :o)

aznym

Fujifilm X-T3

Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR

06/04/2005 09:21:30 PM · #6

Don't know what to say! That's unbelieavable stuff. Thanks for sharing.

twm122

Olympus E-3

Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED Zuiko Digital

06/04/2005 09:50:46 PM · #7

Great job. Love teh coloring and what clarity and sharpness. The last one is my favorite.

coolhar

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

06/04/2005 10:04:59 PM · #8

Amazing! The photographer should get credited for photos like that.

dockode

06/04/2005 10:37:11 PM · #9

Beautiful storms... I'd die happy if I could take photos of a storm like that.

moodville

Nikon D100

06/04/2005 10:40:08 PM · #10

I've been trying for the last two years to get shots like this :( You'd think in Kansas I would be able to get them, but no, even though we had several tornadoes yesterday and today.

Wonderful images!

Ozzie

Nikon D90

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR

06/04/2005 10:45:01 PM · #11

Incredible!! Love those shots. It does look like something out of an alien/sci-fi movie.

Message edited by author 2005-06-05 00:35:20.

Donaldo

Nikon D1H

Sigma 14mm f/3.5 for Nikon

06/04/2005 10:45:57 PM · #12

Sorry folks but this set of images turned out to be a hoax (shot in USA not WA). Note that in one of them the trafic is observing the keep right rule, maybe 20 years behind the rest of OZ but we do drive to the left like the rest of the country.

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

06/04/2005 11:21:31 PM · #13

All I can says is WOW

Sigma 14mm f/3.5 for Nikon

06/04/2005 11:25:50 PM · #14

Originally posted by Donaldo:

It does look like that they are driving on the right-hand side on one image??
I have tried to get confirmation on these but no luck. Don't be offended about the 20 years behind it's just a standard joke I we have with our west aussie mates, after spending 10 years living in Perth I know what is really like.

Donaldo

Nikon D1H

06/04/2005 11:30:41 PM · #15

No offence taken I'm originally from Melbourne. They are great images.

coolhar

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

06/04/2005 11:36:24 PM · #16

Well, that explains why there was no photog credited. Do you think they are pictures of a storm in the USA, or just total photoshop creations? My vote says they are fakes.

Mary Ann Melton

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6 EX APO IF HSM for Canon

06/05/2005 12:00:06 AM · #17

I grew up in tornado country (the Texas Panhandle) and even in Central Texas we get some massive storms. These look pretty authentic to me.

moodville

Nikon D100

06/05/2005 12:03:56 AM · #18

Originally posted by coolhar:

Well, that explains why there was no photog credited. Do you think they are pictures of a storm in the USA, or just total photoshop creations? My vote says they are fakes.

There is nothing to say they were created in photoshop. I've seen many images like this and even more that look unbelievable and yet are completely true. Mother nature can be an amazingly wonderful and scary thing.

Donaldo

Nikon D1H

Sigma 14mm f/3.5 for Nikon

06/05/2005 12:04:39 AM · #19

I think the photos are real just where they claim to have been taken is bogus. We did have some nasty storms come through here a couple of weeks ago, thank god they were nothing like what is in those images.

lemondster

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/05/2005 12:09:34 AM · #20

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Wow... impressive photos.

Did those ever touch down?

-Terry

that IS a touchdown because you can see the debris that is being tossed around on the horizon

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

06/05/2005 12:14:45 AM · #21

Yep Don is right the photos are real but not taken in Australia they have been on quite a few storm sites, found this forum when i did a google search...

The same set of images can be seen in:-

verticalsmurf's QLD Photobucket:-
//photobucket.com/albums/v669/verticalsmurf/storm/

From Bindi7 via Kiko WA, Photobucket:-
//photobucket.com/albums/v451/Bindi7/Storm

From supposedly Romanian site, but with a .nl suffix, meaning Nederlands, ie Holland:-
//rovilla.nl/index.php?name=coppermine

From the following site, ending with .cx (don't know), apparently located in Perth, WA, but the link goes via the USA, according to my tracing. Fascinating that it is in Perth, where this purports to be from:-
//www.waawa.cx/files/storm/

From the "Rumanian" site is a big version of one of the images, and if you look in the lower right, you can see what appear to be white houses with thatched (?) roofs!!:-
//rovilla.nl/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10009/i000771_big.jpg

If that's in Bunbury, I'm a monkey's uncle. It doesn't even look like the USA.

Message edited by author 2005-06-05 00:15:02.

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

06/05/2005 12:20:06 AM · #22

Photoshoped or real, USA or Southwest of West Australia it doesn't matter. Theres are very good pictures. Would love to capture some clouds like that but then again would not want to be that close.
I like them all but really like #4,6,and 7...