Hailing

I could have probably taken this with a longer speed but that lets more light in to my camera and I can't reduce the f-stop! One of these days I might start saving for a DSLR! This is in the middle of our summer!

Three good things:
1. Before this happened, we spread a net over our new lettuce so they wouldn't get damaged.
2. I love thunderstorms!
3. "Twitter" is going mad with comments about the thunder!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

No hail for us for a while! But we might get some sleet. Cool shot- it almost looks like snow. Well, I've been watching snow fall all day, so I guess everything looks like snow right now!

[Terry]

still a good catch

[Rick Schies]

Very nice Maggiemae, I like the crisp colors

[cheryl]

you covered that garden just in time. love the crispness.

[Kerri]

Beautiful shot

[Anatoly]

Interesting structure with warm colours. And fine framing here, too!

[Yao RL]

Great to know that you love thunderstorm. That is a character!

[Michelle]

Wow that looks like a good storm.. Loving the new profile picture x

[Beryl Lloyd]

Looks a real belter of a storm !! Great shot .

[Claire]

Wow, they look huge, the size of goofballs! Great shot

[Mickey Anderson]

Hail is crazy! great capture of it! hope the lettuce made it!

[tony gig]

A great shot Maggie.

[Rohini Gupta]

Never seen a shot of hail. Beautifully taken - it has the feel of the storm.

[KWind]

Wow… that's crazy!! Great capture!

[Pat Knowles]

Hail stones in the summer, amazing but nothing surprises me these days with the weather...Ant & Jo had really hot sun yesterday on North Island!

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

Blimey you have caught that well. Looks painful!

[Bev]

Nice shot. The detail is excellent.

[Tremerryn]

Well done - must have been painful! Great shot.

[Stephanie Swift]

Love the detail in this, also your processing. Glad you were able to protect your lettuce; hope the hail didn't damage anything else too much.

[Kathryn Marshall]

Great capture! I am glad that your lettuce was saved from the hail. I hope all the other plants you liked came through the hail storm O.K.

[Bill Ososki]

Nice horizonals...seems like an abstract, like it

[Yvonne]

That is some hail. Cool capture.