David Post Photography

11/30/2025

12 miles (20 km) from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia rises the Meehan Range, where David Jamrozik (Member 65,969) saw what looks like Cupid’s bow, caught by the last of the Sun’s rays over the mountains.

The cloud’s smooth edges, and the fact that it formed over mountainous terrain, indicate this is the lenticularis species – in this case, appearing as a mid-level cloud, making it Altocumulus lenticularis. Such formations develop as moist, stable air flows over mountains or hills to create standing waves of rising and dipping wind beyond. Though often like discs or lozenges, the particular shapes of lenticularis clouds depends on the complex interplay between wind and terrain.

While the curves of David’s Altocumulus lenticularis might look like a bow that is pointing downwards, they are actually horizontally aligned, waving towards and away from him. In other words, Cupid’s arrow is aimed not down towards Earth but off into the Tasmanian sunset.

Prescribed to David Post by the Cloud Appreciation Society

11/29/2025

Peterborough Lift Lock, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada – October 7, 2022.

I captured this in the morning when the light, shadow and colour all lined up just right. When I first shared it here, it got a lot of love from this community, and a few people asked about prints, puzzles and other items.

For anyone still interested, I’ve now made this photo available as a wall print, high-res digital download and a few other formats through my shop. If you’d rather chat about sizes or options, feel free to message me.

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11/29/2025

11/29/2025

That little sliver of moonlight before it slips away for the night 🌙✨
Waxing crescent over Peterborough, Ontario — November 26, 2022.

11/28/2025

The autumn sky over the Mendip Hills of Somerset, England looked tortured as roiling clouds stretched and arched their way across the landscape. Helen Crawley (Member 50,003) had spotted an expanse of Stratocumulus lacunosus asperitas and remarked that ‘It was one of the most unusual skies I have ever seen.’

The holelike details in the layer of cloud are the lacunosus elements, caused by sinking parcels of denser, cooler air. The dramatic wavelike undulations are the asperitas elements, sculpted by turbulent winds. When such buckled formations appear together, there’s usually a storm cloud at work in the vicinity. Sure enough, Helen’s clouds were accompanied by a Cumulonimbus. Though the towering height of the storm cloud was hidden from view, you can see its showers darkening the horizon to the left, where Helen recalls it was producing heavy rain and dramatic flashes of lightning.

Prescribed to David Post by the Cloud Appreciation Society

11/28/2025

Jeff Runciman (Member 51,688) was driving near Belleville, Ontario, Canada when he spotted a rainbow ramp ascending to a Cumulonimbus spaceship up ahead. It looked like an invitation to come onboard for an intergalactic vacation. We’ll let you know if Jeff sends a postcard.

Prescribed to David Post by the Cloud Appreciation Society

11/26/2025

An Altocumulus castellanus cloud batted its lashes at Ernesto Astiazaran (Member 59,557) as he gazed at this cyclops of the sky over San Carlos Bay, Sonora, Mexico. The luscious lashes are known as crepuscular rays. They were styled by the turretlike cloud tops, characteristic of the castellanus species, casting their shadows onto the atmospheric haze. A scar of aircraft condensation trail above stretched across the sky’s brow.

Prescribed to David Post by the Cloud Appreciation Society

11/26/2025

Pastel sunset on Little Lake, Peterborough, Ontario — April 14, 2021, around 7:55 pm.

The water went almost perfectly still and the sky turned into soft blues and pinks, the kind of calm where it feels like the whole world slows down for a minute. Grateful I had my camera with me for this one. 🌅💙💗📷

11/25/2025

In late September, a pair of tropical cyclones danced across the Atlantic Basin. To the left is Tropical Storm Imelda, which at the time was moving northward above the islands of The Bahamas. To the right is Hurricane Humberto, which was moving northwest approximately 700 miles (1,100 kilometres) east of them. Imelda brought hazardous tropical storm conditions to Puerto Rico, Cuba, the northern Caribbean, and Bermuda; and there were severe weather warnings issued across the US East Coast. Its floodwaters resulted in four deaths in the Dominican Republic. However, the relative proximity of Humberto may have saved lives.

When two cyclones pass close to each other, spinning in the same direction, they can start to ‘dance’ around their common centre, with the smaller and weaker cyclone orbiting around the larger one. Eventually, the two cyclones will either merge into a single larger cyclone, or else they will continue on their own paths. This interaction between two cyclones is known as the Fujiwhara effect.

Cyclones subjected to the Fujiwhara effect can be unpredictable, which makes forecasting them particularly difficult. But the dance can sometimes work in our favour. In this instance, Humberto pulled Imelda away from the land and out onto the dancefloor of the sea. This likely spared the US East Coast from widespread and dangerous flooding.

Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto above the Bahamas spotted by the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the Suomi NPP satellite on September 28, 2025.

Prescribed to David Post by the Cloud Appreciation Society

11/22/2025

Spiral pink cirrus clouds over Peterborough, Ontario — same sky, two different moods. 🌅

First frame: wide-open sunset brushstroke.
Second frame: the same cloud, framed through a chain link fence like a little “caged sky” experiment. ⛓️☁️

I took these on a stroller walk with my son — we both stopped and said how beautiful the sky looked. Moments like this make me wish we could see skies like this every day. 🧡

📍 Peterborough, ON, 🇨🇦
⏰ July 22, 2025 • 8:02PM
☁️ Cirrus (cirrus fibratus) at sunset

Which version do you like more — open sky or fenced-in sky?

11/19/2025

Hog’s Back Falls, Rideau River – Ottawa, Ontario 🇨🇦

I took this picture on a trip to Ottawa back in October 2022, using a long exposure in the middle of the day. It was bright and I didn’t have an ND filter, so I cranked the f-stop higher, kept the ISO as low as possible, and stretched the shutter as long as I could without blowing out the highlights and whites. Spent a few hours here just listening to the falls and chasing angles — I’ve got a few more shots from this spot I’ll share soon.