Posted on January 28, 2024
I took this photo in Australia’s Hunter Valley as storm clouds gathered. It wasn’t shot in black & white and nor have I converted it to monochrome.
It was actually mid-afternoon, but as those menacing clouds rolled in, they had the effect of turning day into night.

Lens-Artists Challenge: Day and night
Category: Black & White, Landscape Tagged: Australia, Clouds, cloudscape, Hunter Valley, Lens-Artists, Storm clouds
Posted on April 17, 2018
Answering Frank’s call for posts on the theme of ‘Rain’ for this week was a bit of a challenge. I’m something of a fair-weather photographer, so if it does happen to be raining then the chances are that I’ll be inside and not out getting wet and taking pictures.
Here’s an acceptable compromise, though. I captured this image in the Hunter Valley wine-growing region of Australia a few years ago. It wasn’t actually raining at the time, but it was just about to.
And how.

Category: Black & White, Landscape Tagged: Australia, Black & White, fpj-photo-challenge, Hunter Valley, Rain, Rain Clouds, Tuesday Photo Challenge, Weather
Posted on February 18, 2016
Weather has come around again for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge. Last time I put up a picture of freezing fog close to home, but on this occasion here is an image taken on the other side of the world, in the Hunter Valley in Australia.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Weather
Category: Black & White Tagged: Australia, Black & White, Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge, Clouds, Hunter Valley, Rain Clouds, Storm clouds