Weather and Sky Month: Conclusion and Winners!

Jan 28, 201716 min read

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Published: Jan 28, 2017

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Thank you for joining us at AnimalsPlantsNature for January's Weather and Sky Photography month! Each week we brought you a variety of features, interviews, or tutorials. In case you missed one of the articles, or want to see something again, here is a recap!

APN Features: Weather and Sky"Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way."
- Terry Pratchett, Jingo

Pictures of colourful sunsets and spectacular cloud formations were one of the first things I made when I first got into photography. With a nice contrast and warm colours you don't really have to do much to make them look nice enough. In comparison taking nice photos of the night sky is more complicated as you often need to use long exposure times and a tripod. But with the right technique pictures of the night sky, stars and other celestial bodies look simply stunning! And that's why I present to you a feature of astrophotos and other picture

APN Features: Art Show of The Sky

Buachaille Etive Mor by newcastlemale
Lightning Crashes by Corvidae65 Travelling to Eternity by BenHeine
A Few Magic Moments before Darkness by sapoguapo
Mesocyclonic Minutes II by FramedByNature
Darkest Days 2 by FabulaPhoto

Tornadic supercell by TonyLeBastard
North Sea, Sankt Peter-Ording by Stefan-Becker
Monsoon Cloud, Arizona by MattGranzPhotography
Cathedral Lights by Shadowm00n

Red Storm by Niv24

APN Features: Weather and Sky

A Fall Sunrise by kkart 105: Convective Complements by FramedByNature
When Evening Falls by Pajunen
December Sunrise by scotto Orange by m-eralp
Mesmerizing by Trichardsen

The APN Guide: Temperamental Weather and SkyEvery time you go outside to take a photo, the most important natural aspect you consider is the natural light. This does not simply depend on the time of day you choose to photograph - the weather is the largest factor. It can be cloudy, sunny, foggy, rainy or stormy; each and every one of these weather conditions will influence the kind of sky - and often the light it allows to shine - on your subject.
But what if it you're focusing on weather and sky?
Whether you're shooting Flowers, Trees and Plants, Landscapes or Waterscapes, you'll have to angle your camera just right so as not to get a shot of the sky in. You'll often see sunbursts and clouds - let's say, good weather photos. However, we've all encountered those days when the weather just won't turn in your favor. Or does it?
Here's to taking a look at what you can do, as a photographer, with temperamental weather conditions and a moody sky.
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Weather and Sky Photography: @framedbynature

Hello and welcome to an interview series that will introduce the artists of our monthly themed categories at AnimalsPlantsNature group! January is Weather and Sky Month and so we're excited to be bringing you an interview with a well-known Weather and Sky photographer to get a closer look at his artwork and his thoughts behind the pieces he submits to the DeviantArt community... FramedByNature.
Introducing FramedByNature

First and foremost I want to tell you how wonderful your gallery looks. So many different forms of nature photography, but for this interview I would like us to focus on your APN: Weather and Sky photography. But first please tell us a bit more about yourself, as we would love to get to know you better!

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This may sound like an exaggeration, but I can honestly say that my life would be completely different had it not been for DeviantArt

Artists of Weather/Sky Photography: PaigeBurressHello and welcome to an interview series that will introduce the artists of our monthly themed categories at AnimalsPlantsNature group! January is Weather & Sky Photography month and so we're excited to be bringing you an interview with a talented scenery photographer to get a closer look at their artwork and their thoughts behind the pieces they submits to the DeviantArt community... PaigeBurress!
Introducing PaigeBurress!

Who is PaigeBurress? Tell us a bit about yourself!

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My name is Paige Burress and I'm a 23-year-old storm chaser and amateur photographer living in Norman, Oklahoma. In 2004, I took my first picture with my family's point-and-shoot of a tornado in Florida. I received my own point-and-shoot for Christmas in 2007 and made the leap to my first DSLR (Nikon D3000) in 2010.
All my life, I have been interested in w

Artist of Weather/Sky Photography: turbulentvortexHello and welcome to an interview series that will introduce the artists of our monthly themed categories at AnimalsPlantsNature group! January is Weather & Sky Photography month and so we're excited to be bringing you an interview with a talented astrophotographer to get a closer look at their artwork and their thoughts behind the pieces they submits to the DeviantArt community... turbulentvortex!
Introducing turbulentvortex !

Who is turbulentvortex? Tell us a bit about yourself!

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My real name is Ivan, and I am currently an Engineering undergraduate living in Singapore. I have been into photography for about 8 years, and into weather & sky photography for that same length. I actually started off with a hobby in Astronomy, just looking at the stars, and only picked up photography after that when I got hooked onto trying t

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And of course, we held a contest!

There were a bunch of wonderful entries and the judges had a difficult time narrowing it down to three winners, but we did it! For a reminder about what the contest entailed, you can visit this journal:

Weather and Sky Month: Intro and Contest Details!Hello and welcome to AnimalsPlantsNature's next themed month. During the month of January, we'll be showcasing...
Weather and Sky Photography!
Weather and Sky Photography is an extremely diverse subcategory of APN! Photographs found in this gallery come from around the world and show the beauty, peace, and danger of the world around us whether it be shiny sunsets or ferocious storms. In this subcategory, you'll find any manner of nature photography where the primary subject is the weather or sky, so the focal point should be there! Astrophotography is also included in this spot. The artists who capture photos from this subcategory face obstacles that can be far different from what other photographers face. Colorful aurora borealis, perfectly timed sunrises, or faraway star systems can be difficult to photograph but are well worth the results!

And now let's announce the winners of January's Weather and Sky Photography contest!