Walk on the wild side…

This spectacular gustfront was surging across Westernport bay and engulfing all before it, including French Island. I had very little time to set up and compose this image, in fact this was the only set of images I got of it before lashing gale force winds and heavy rain sent me scurrying for my vehicle.

‘ Walk on the wild side ‘

~ by Tony Middleton on July 17, 2011.

Posted in australia, Australian coast, Gippsland, panorama, photography, victoria
Tags: French Island, gust front, guster, guster panorama, meteorology, shelf cloud, storm, storm picture, thunderstorm, thunderstorm panorama, Tony Middleton, weather, westernport bay

19 Responses to “Walk on the wild side…”

Very dramatic scene Tone, scary but exciting I bet.

hodgy1 said this on July 17, 2011 at 9:52 am | Reply
- Thanks Hodgy !
  
  Tony Middleton said this on July 17, 2011 at 7:35 pm | Reply
Cool shot mate! That storm front looks a bit like my Bigge island shot!

True North Mark said this on July 17, 2011 at 12:46 pm | Reply
- Thanks Mark, I see what you mean as both have become what is known as ‘outflow dominant’.
  
  Tony Middleton said this on July 17, 2011 at 7:39 pm | Reply
storms can be so scary
did you feel the mini earth quake last week? – my desk shook

Chloe [Photographer] said this on July 18, 2011 at 9:35 am | Reply
- hi Chloe, Some certainly can have some bite to them. That is a pretty active fault line down this way so the odd tremor has happened a bit over the last few years 🙂
  
  cheers,
  
  Tony Middleton said this on July 18, 2011 at 6:18 pm | Reply
Mean looking mutha of a front! Good shot Tony!

islandimages said this on July 18, 2011 at 10:10 am | Reply
- Thanks Tim – a sweet little gustfront indeed !
  
  Tony Middleton said this on July 18, 2011 at 6:19 pm | Reply
This is awesome, Tony!

Eden said this on July 19, 2011 at 9:27 am | Reply
- Thanks Eden 🙂
  
  Tony Middleton said this on July 19, 2011 at 9:47 pm | Reply
That is just so cool Tony, the storm front looks amazing.

andreagreenphotography said this on July 29, 2011 at 12:55 pm | Reply
- HI Andrea – You gotta love it when your efforts are rewarded with something as photogenic as this 🙂
  cheers,
  
  Tony Middleton said this on July 31, 2011 at 9:09 pm | Reply
Wonderful image. You can really see the tension in the air from the storm

Maria said this on July 29, 2011 at 9:40 pm | Reply
- Hi Maria,
  Welcome to my blog – great analogy and thanks for taking the time to stop by with this comment 🙂
  
  Tony Middleton said this on July 31, 2011 at 9:10 pm | Reply
hey man, that is a spectacular image. Love it! 😀

Stephen Williams said this on August 2, 2011 at 9:08 pm | Reply
- hey Stephen – great to see you out from hibernation…. I thought this one may also appeal to you 🙂
  
  Tony Middleton said this on August 3, 2011 at 6:29 pm | Reply
  - yeah it’s been a while hey. been a very hectic year so far, hopefully will start to settle down a bit soon lol. got some shots I’ve got to try and get up on my own blog, hard enough just to view the blogs of others lately haha. i tried 3 times to get stuck into yours but there were too many great pics I needed to have more time to go over them haha
    
    Stephen Williams said this on August 3, 2011 at 8:18 pm
love that cloud, just need a nice foreground now mate!

christianfletcher said this on August 8, 2011 at 11:01 pm | Reply
- Cheers Fletch – If only we could put storms where we wanted and when we wanted hey 🙂
  
  Tony Middleton said this on August 9, 2011 at 11:41 pm | Reply