July Contest - Seasonal Rain

Thanks for the votes on my Iris photo!

“Summer Rain” was my first thought for a July theme. I then thought about our widely dispersed membership. “Seasonal Rain” covers both hemispheres and it still floats my boat.

Your “Seasonal Rain” photo needs to show falling rain, raindrops, a deluge, mist, puddles, an obvious rainy day, etc... A photo with any of these features or combinations of these features qualifies. Frozen water, sleet, snow, slush, etc… are not qualifiers. Those of us living under drought conditions may use a sprinkler or a watering can as needed. Liquid precipitation does not need to be the photo’s focal point. Color or monochrome images are welcome.

The iris picture chosen for June would qualify. Those raindrops were natural. But, they could have been added with a sprinkling can and that would have counted too.

Rainbow pictures without raindrops, puddles, etc… do not qualify. Rainbow pictures with falling rain, mist, puddles, drenched foliage, bedraggled significant others, wet dogs, wet children, wet cats, etc… do qualify.

Pick your best picture. Shots from a season or two back are perfectly OK.

Very nice Subject and the monsoon starting here is perfect timing, thanks!

Very nice subject. This should bring about some very stunning images.

Here is my submission. Cold and Hot Rain.

Do storm clouds without obvious rain qualify?

MarkM10431 said:

Do storm clouds without obvious rain qualify?

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Pure cloud shots, nothing but sky, do not qualify. That said, storm clouds in a photo would add great drama.

The picture should have evidence of precipitation. The vertical dark haze band that one sees when looking at storm clouds from a distance is rain. That would qualify. When well framed, this effect almost always shows the horizon line. This type of shot qualifies...


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The two vertical bands are not water spouts. Those are heavy downpours. This effect is most often seen across prairies and large bodies of water. Mountain tops with steep valleys on either side are also good spots for this.

Two great pictures and it's not even July yet!

I can tell this is going to be a good month.

Bob L. said:

Two great pictures and it's not even July yet!

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Oops, are we too early?

Here's my entry.

Crepe Myrtle

Bob L. said:

Pure cloud shots, nothing but sky, do not qualify. That said, storm clouds in a photo would add great drama.

The picture should have evidence of precipitation. The vertical dark haze band that one sees when looking at storm clouds from a distance is rain. That would qualify. When well framed, this effect almost always shows the horizon line. This type of shot qualifies...

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not my shot

The two vertical bands are not water spouts. Those are heavy downpours. This effect is most often seen across prairies and large bodies of water. Mountain tops with steep valleys on either side are also good spots for this.

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I'll PM you to judge the photo i'm thinking of.

Sweet shot, Wullie.

There be rain in those clouds Wullie. Great shot!

Nice shots as always.

Figures was going for a monsoon shot, and the rain stops for two days, LOL hopeful today

Birdbath Raindrop

Thanks for the great idea. Here's a bird for that great bird bath.

Dancin' in the Rain!

Bob L. said:

There be rain in those clouds Wullie. Great shot!

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Classic micro burst. Took that shot out the pick up window whilst running about 70 mph. Got lucky.

thanks,
W

Here's a rain storm moving across the Shenandoah Valley taken from Skyline drive in Virginia.