Funnel Cloud.

Spring is often a time of unsettled weather. This was definitely the case on the evening of October 3rd, 2006 in Hastings, New Zealand. As I drove home from work I saw two funnel clouds and a tornado over farmland, but had no camera to catch the action. Once home, and with camera in hand, I went hunting for more, and bagged a beauty! This funnel came from a wall cloud over town and lasted just long enough for this shot. All that action in just 45 minutes! Photo details: Canon 350D, 1/80th second exposure with an EF-S 18-55mm lens, ISO 400 @ f-6.3.

Image taken October 3rd 2006