Warwick countryside showcased on new BoM calendar
Photo: Chris McFerran
CHRIS McFerran’s passion for weather photography began in the 1990s after he moved to the Southern Downs region.
“I remember taking photos of cloud formations along the range and while I didn’t understand much about what was actually going on in the atmosphere, I knew the clouds were different,” Mr McFerran said.
“They were immense, towering, cumulonimbus thunderstorms and when I developed the first roll of storm-cloud photos, I was instantly hooked.”
Chris began honing the craft of photography to capture amazing cloud formations and severe weather phenomena across the Darling Downs.
Now, one of the photographer’s most iconic pictures from 2018 will appear in the Bureau of Meteorology’s 2019 calendar, out this week.
On the day the photo was taken Chris said he watched the clouds build up over Leslie Dam and followed them for most of the afternoon before the storm crossed the ranges and a stunning rainbow appeared.
He said that image was the pot of gold he’d been waiting for.
BoM CEO Dr Andrew Johnson said hundreds of photographs were submitted for inclusion in the calendar.
“The 2019 edition features images from every state and the Northern Territory, plus one from Davis Station in the frozen Antarctic, so it’s geographically as well as visually diverse,” he said.