PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK - 1 August 2006 Thought we'd try something a little different this week. It was prompted by the fact that we have recently received a number of letterbox format photographs. Rather than squeeze them down for our usual half page photo display, we thought we'd use the width of the full page to show off these beautiful photographs in their full glory. We think you'll agree they are worth it. Micky Waby What a magnificent photograph. James saw beautiful cloud iridescence when he worked in Nigeria in West Africa in the late 1970's but nothing to surpass what is shown in Micky's fine photograph. Micky wrote 'I took this shot of clouds yesterday afternoon about 14:00 24 July 2006. I live in Dunedin and this is looking north over Flagstaff, the display lasted for a few hours and was really amazing. I have been told it is an iridescent lenticular cloud formation' wrote Micky. Yes it is Micky and a beautiful example of such. Care has to be taken when photographing iridescent clouds - it is so easy to overexpose and the beautiful colours can turn out as a disappointing washed out white in the photograph - always deliberately underexpose by a stop or two. To play really safe it is best to bracket exposures - taking several shots 1/3 of a stop apart - not normally a problem in this digital age. For an explanation check here and for more photographs check here. Eric Tang 'A friend of mine gave me a link to your site today suggesting that I should share my photo with you. I call it "City in the Clouds". It was taken on the 3 July 2006 from Mt. Victoria, Devonport looking at the CBD. As you can see, I could not see the sea surrounding the city but only mist' wrote Eric. Well done! Eric's friend for suggesting that he sent this superb photograph to MetVUW. Bruce Lauder We cheated a bit with this one - we cropped this photograph ourselves to a letterbox format - Bruce we hope you agree that the cropping enhances this fine photo of a waterspout. Bruce wrote 'thought you may like to see this taken on a recent trip to Rarotonga. The waterspout lasted about 10 minutes, on 29 June 2006. Colin Duncan Colin wrote 'Smokefree?? Taken from Nelson looking NW over the bay towards Motueka 30 June 2006. I wonder if the perpetrator is a subscriber (- or if he's interested??)' Noel Munford Noel wrote 'Some mornings you wake up and wonder just what kind of day it's going to be. Then nature comes along and quantifies it for you. 31 July 2006 was a great day! Here I have digitally stitched two images together to better visualise a magnificent display that rivaled an Aurora Australis.' Ian Cooper 'I guess sometimes it can be not so much about the weather but what it leaves behind. The picture of the Tararuas was taken on the morning of 20 June 2006, from Koputaroa Rd between Levin & Foxton. The recent weather not only left a splendid dumping of snow on the northern Tararuas but also some flooded paddocks beside the road to give us a temporary "Lake Matheson," in the North Island' wrote Ian.

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