The phenomenal beauty of thunderclouds: pictures more like paintings

Before we had time to admire the “creatures of sand in zero gravity” created by the Dutch landscape photographer Claire Dropert, a number of her unforgettable works appeared on the net. She continues to work on a wonderful collection of works devoted to the study of the simplest but most vivid elements of nature. Among the phenomena that attracted her attention are the shades of flowers, the contours of the mountains and the changing shape of thunderclouds from the Cloudscapes series.

The cloud-based collection consists of ten photographs taken on a warm but humid summer day. Dropert says that when she saw the emergence of clouds, she immediately took her camera and began to take pictures. She admits that she cannot stop admiring nature and the endless change of her appearance.

As the clouds billow and explode, Dropert used the zoom to capture details "that were most interesting and appealing to the eye." Given the unique appearance of each cloud, one would think that a series of shots were taken over time. In fact, all the shots were taken in ten minutes. And this proves how quickly a severe storm can develop.