Jim Hickey is perhaps New Zealand's most loved Meteorologist and television Weather Man. He's a bit of a personality in his own right and has been presenting the weather on Television for nigh on 20 years now. He is always enthusiastic, cheerful and takes the time to mention the smaller, less often noted towns of the country. He is also a bastard.
I had a carefully planned weekend of industrious garden work planned (the Big Spring Clean Up), but instead Jim has seen fit to send us gale force winds, big seas, squally rain and plummeting temperatures.
This was taken at Back Beach, which is a West Coast beach (hence the black sand) and to get this shot I had to kneel on the sand to avoid being blown over to the East Coast, in which case you would have been looking at a shot of golden sands and vineyards.
This evening, as I sup on my hard "earned" wine I will be taking the time to write a strongly worded letter to Mr. Hickey to voice my displeasure.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
fav! dang this is just so cool and atmospheric... give mr. Hickey what-for from me... frankly, it pisses the heckouta me to see so many folks who are only expected to be accurate 30% of the time... ;p
@kt8ird Thanks very much - I narrowly avoided getting a wet tail doing this as well, and the salt spray was something else...so I hear I sit, sand blasted and confined to the great indoors! @northy Thanks very much indeed - they obviously don't strive for excellence in their work!
Jim Hickey....I knew I had heard that name somewhere! He's the chap doing the weather that always pulls his jacket together at the end....a habit that always makes me laugh when I see It!
Our weather people can't be relied on much either but would forgive them if I could get a picture like this! Stunningly dramatic!
Stunning, Graeme. I just love that one wave crashing on the one rock out there. I love weather, to an extreme. Bucket list item is storm chasing a tornado. If I could do it over, I would be a meteorologist. I mean, come on my dog's name is Doppler.
@happypat That's the very man! And thank you very much :) @bigugly Thanks very much - I would have got closer to that island but down that end of the beach the waves were really crashing in. And I'd love to go storm chasing as well... @bill_fe Thank you kindly good sir, and yes, it does look quite spiffing against the black ;) @livvy Thanks very much indeed :)
Fantastic shot, love the framing with the rocks and the crashing wave. You should know by now that meteorologists rarely get it right when we need them to.
@harbie Thanks very much :) Subdued colours seems to be what we're in for here today! @ukandie1 I do know that, but they could at least make an effort! And thank you very much, always appreciated :) @epcello Thanks very much - if it wasn't for the salt and sand spray and the clouds it would be quite bright....
Hickey - nigh on - squally ( which I have just learned is a word as no red squiggly line ) - plummeting - oh what a wonderful word fest to accompany an equally wonderful image
NB - the West coast does bring you closer to us hahahahahahaha
@mzzhope Thank you very much, always appreciated :) @julzmaioro Thanks very much - it's still being forceful out there as I type...and yes, poor Jim :( @juliedduncan Thank you very much :) @annied I'm pleased you're enjoying the word-fest...and yes, it does bring me closer. Are you worried yet?
The gateway..the shine...many things of nature's beauty...glad you braved it...beautiful pic..probably a magical place when it's nice....mr hickey!:) fav
Really gorgeous shot! The foreground is amazing! You may want to address your note to Mother Nature... I'm pretty sure she's to blame! I'm also sure she could kick your weather man's A$$ any day ;)
I feel for you on the nattering weatherman, but this is a gorgeous photo.... did you shoot in RAW??? If so, what a difference! What great details and color shadings - amazing. Now, I am nattering on, but inquiring minds are asking. :)
Hysterical commentary! That Hickey weatherman guy sending you bad weather is just so thoughtless! Maybe he'll be contrite and send you beautiful weather to make up for it. Beautiful shot of back beach -- dramatic with the boulders.
@nanderson It's a nice place in any weather to be honest, I'm just bitter and cynical...and thank you very much :) @lisatown I'm pretty sure she could too...and thank you very much @annied I have no doubt of that - someone mincing in wearing a corset should be no problem for you. @shawnasays Thank you very much indeed :) @888rachel Yes, we usually just look out the window too, it's so much more reliable...and thanks very much @angeliekevl Thank you very much, appreciated :) @hermann Thanks very much - I'm reasonably certain that the garden will still be there next weekend, just more over grown. I'm sure I saw a zebra in there last week... @olivetreeann Thanks very much, but I've made my mind up...I shall complain again! ;) @eyeamlisa Thanks very much indeed :) @rosiekerr Thanks very much - I did shoot in RAW. It's made an incredible difference over the last few days. @dide Don't feel sorry for him, he did it on purpose. Thanks very much as well. @kali66 There is always next weekend and it's been nice to just sit around...and thanks very much @aecasey Thank you very much indeed @taffy Thank you very much, very much appreciated.
@annied why am I not surprised that you're not super prised that I'm not surprised. This could go on all night. @voiceprintz Thanks very much :) @dibzgreasley Thanks very much - I'm slowly getting better at the photography lark @777margo Thanks very much, just a typical day! ;) @eilert Thank you very much @adayinmallacoota I pretty much like the beach any time, but I agree with you, particularly when it's wild and windy, and thank you very much :)
@graemestevens I think rampant commas are appropriate when you mention the human centipede - have not seen it as the trailer and synopsis were enough to make me throw up while having nightmares
Bet you are hoping Jim was flying his plane around in the cloud somewhere getting terribly air sick. Fab photo, much better to have your feet or is it knees in the sand than being in the air....
What an absolute bastard. It was very inconsiderate of him to send you this weather. As well as a letter, if he does any outdoor weather crosses maybe you could drive past yelling obscenities as revenge.
Lol you leave Jim out of this. He's the only reason I watch TV1 if he is doing the weather. Would have loved him as a teacher when I was at school.☔️☁️❄️☀️⛅️⚡️
@deliad Thanks very much. Quite frankly Jim can go and land his plane elsewhere, I'm done. @karlow75 That sounds like the perfect plan to me. @andreajoy He is a bit of a legend :) Thanks very much.
@annied I detest reality TV. Drives me up the wall and makes me want to continuously vomit.
I agree with @happypat the BBC news is rarely ever right. Given up ever listening or looking and am v old fashioned and open the curtains or front door and go from there. Can tell you are shooting RAW this is even better than the usual load of old fantastic skilled wonderful tosh you somehow amazingly daily deliver. I like it.
@annied Depends entirely on the subject of course...I once watched one about the Aga. Bloody fascinating, which worried me immensely. @leestevo Thanks very much @cocobella Thanks very much - I had to go for that perspective because the wind had driven me to my knees... @ounooi Thank you kindly :) @newbank Thank you most kindly nice lady, much appreciated @blueberry1222 Thanks very much, glad you like it @pools82 Thanks very much. :) @lynnilou Never feel sorry for a weather man! And thank you very much :) @wearing0 Thank you very much :) @maggiemae Thank you very much, and for the follow :) @tonygig Thank you very much kind sir, much appreciated @joemuli Thanks very much :)
what a beautiful shot. just love this. looks so calm at the front of the pic and so stormy further away. after reading your commentary i guess thats not the case atall. lovely anyway
@dh Thanks very much @shannejw Thank you kindly @tellefella Thanks very much, appreciated @jess1204 Thank you very much indeed @annied I just ducking don't ducking get it - just as well I'm not bothered! :)
Is the weather ever forecast correctly anywhere in the world? Just the other night they forecast flood warnings and terrible thunderstorms for that evening and I thought oh my I won't get any sleep tonight. I slept like a baby if it rained I didn't hear it and it certainly didn't Thonda because I most certainly would've heard that. If you want a correct weather report just look outside your window. In the meantime I absolutely love this dock and stormy photograph you have produced. Definite fav!
@northy Thanks very much indeed - they obviously don't strive for excellence in their work!
Our weather people can't be relied on much either but would forgive them if I could get a picture like this! Stunningly dramatic!
@bigugly Thanks very much - I would have got closer to that island but down that end of the beach the waves were really crashing in. And I'd love to go storm chasing as well...
@bill_fe Thank you kindly good sir, and yes, it does look quite spiffing against the black ;)
@livvy Thanks very much indeed :)
@ukandie1 I do know that, but they could at least make an effort! And thank you very much, always appreciated :)
@epcello Thanks very much - if it wasn't for the salt and sand spray and the clouds it would be quite bright....
NB - the West coast does bring you closer to us hahahahahahaha
@julzmaioro Thanks very much - it's still being forceful out there as I type...and yes, poor Jim :(
@juliedduncan Thank you very much :)
@annied I'm pleased you're enjoying the word-fest...and yes, it does bring me closer. Are you worried yet?
@lisatown I'm pretty sure she could too...and thank you very much
@annied I have no doubt of that - someone mincing in wearing a corset should be no problem for you.
@shawnasays Thank you very much indeed :)
@888rachel Yes, we usually just look out the window too, it's so much more reliable...and thanks very much
@angeliekevl Thank you very much, appreciated :)
@hermann Thanks very much - I'm reasonably certain that the garden will still be there next weekend, just more over grown. I'm sure I saw a zebra in there last week...
@olivetreeann Thanks very much, but I've made my mind up...I shall complain again! ;)
@eyeamlisa Thanks very much indeed :)
@rosiekerr Thanks very much - I did shoot in RAW. It's made an incredible difference over the last few days.
@dide Don't feel sorry for him, he did it on purpose. Thanks very much as well.
@kali66 There is always next weekend and it's been nice to just sit around...and thanks very much
@aecasey Thank you very much indeed
@taffy Thank you very much, very much appreciated.
@voiceprintz Thanks very much :)
@dibzgreasley Thanks very much - I'm slowly getting better at the photography lark
@777margo Thanks very much, just a typical day! ;)
@eilert Thank you very much
@adayinmallacoota I pretty much like the beach any time, but I agree with you, particularly when it's wild and windy, and thank you very much :)
Also, much appreciated ;)
@karlow75 That sounds like the perfect plan to me.
@andreajoy He is a bit of a legend :) Thanks very much.
@annied I detest reality TV. Drives me up the wall and makes me want to continuously vomit.
@leestevo Thanks very much
@cocobella Thanks very much - I had to go for that perspective because the wind had driven me to my knees...
@ounooi Thank you kindly :)
@newbank Thank you most kindly nice lady, much appreciated
@blueberry1222 Thanks very much, glad you like it
@pools82 Thanks very much. :)
@lynnilou Never feel sorry for a weather man! And thank you very much :)
@wearing0 Thank you very much :)
@maggiemae Thank you very much, and for the follow :)
@tonygig Thank you very much kind sir, much appreciated
@joemuli Thanks very much :)
@redpants Thanks very much :)
Also glad to know you blame the weather people too, I certainly hold them responsible for the dire weather we get!
@anne_k Thanks very much :)
@shannejw Thank you kindly
@tellefella Thanks very much, appreciated
@jess1204 Thank you very much indeed
@annied I just ducking don't ducking get it - just as well I'm not bothered! :)
Great composition.