Travel & Humanitarian Photos
Bizarre though it may seem, I’ve actually been looking forward to seeing some of the Monsoon weather in Thailand. Holidaymakers generally visit in the dryer, cooler months of December and January. April is the hottest month of all but in June the monsoon season begins.
Most mornings begin bright and clear but some days the clouds build up overhead until they grow grey and then almost black. The wind builds and the air is charged with that pre-storm static that sets dogs across the neighbourhood barking like crazy.
I get a pretty good view of the storms from my apartment balcony and I’ve tried a number of times to catch a shot of a lightning bolt striking the city. Long exposures are required and I’ve mostly been using the Canon G9, which has a handy ND filter built-in. However, after a long exposure, the camera takes a few seconds to write the image to the SD card and it’s invariably during this time that the best strikes occur. However, I managed to catch just one this afternoon before the rain hit my part of town and I had to retreat indoors.