January: Bucolic serenity captured in central Victoria

Educational consultant Ross Kimber has been a keen photographer for 30 years and takes his camera everywhere. He was returning to Melbourne on the Hume Freeway in November 2007 when he spotted a storm near Clonbinane as the sun was setting. “I loved the light on the paddocks; the impending drama,” he recalls. The Bureau had forecast the risk of a shower or thunderstorm about the hills near Melbourne. Ross says he was worried the light might have faded before he could stop the car and take a photo, but fortunately he caught “a beautiful moment in time”. Ross says digital photography has made a huge difference to his pastime. “No more prohibitive film costs, no more lab work; I’m in complete control,” he says.

The cumulus clouds formed in the afternoon when moist air in the lower atmosphere was warmed by the earth, and ascended. As the thermal current rose, it cooled, and the water vapour in the air condensed as tiny liquid droplets forming the fluffy convective clouds.

Note: The photograph in the printed calendar is NOT watermarked with a copyright symbol and name.

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