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Comments?
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Jeremy
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The first one's nice, but I love the clouds in the second. We have a trees thread and a rocks thread. Maybe we should start a clouds thread?
Mike.
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Come on you guys: "equivalents" "equivalents." Not clouds. Stieglitz would roll over in his grave.
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Come on you guys: "equivalents" "equivalents." Not clouds. Stieglitz would roll over in his grave.
"Tomorrow's forecast: Sunny in the morning with increasing equivalence as the day goes on. Some equivalents may produce scattered showers."
I'm with Mike on these. I like the second, but the first doesn't really move me.
Eric
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I'm with Mike on these. I like the second, but the first doesn't really move me.
I agree completely. I posted the first because it amused me: the white cloud looked to me (and to my five-year-old daughter!) like a face peering out from behind the mountain, with the dark areas bringing to mind eyes, a nose and a mouth.
Let's get the clouds thread going!
Jeremy
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Let's get the clouds thread going!
Jeremy
OK Then, I'll start.
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Ed
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Hey gang ... Here's a cloud shot for you that I've been kicking around lately ...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4471305268_4fa5b7fc71_o.jpg)
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Here are a few:
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Mike.
(see the genie in the 3rd image?)
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Two storms at Wild River.
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Jeremy-
I'm with you and your daughter on the first shot. The first thing that jumped out at me was that creepy face in the bottom cloud.
Nice shots, everybody. I guess clouds were due some respect here.
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Look here, chaps. If I start a thread, it's damn bad manners to post to it shots that are better than mine!
Seriously, this could turn out to be fun. I'm looking forward to it.
Jeremy
PS: Mike, I love the genie. I'll show it to Imogen when she gets back from school.
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Some great work, folks... keep 'em coming!
Here are a few more (love clouds, can you tell?)
The intense colours in these first two images are actually from the smoke from the 2009 forest fires in west Kelowna.
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Love clouds in B&W too. Note the osprey in the left image.
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Mike.
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I wonder would this qualify?
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Well, those fluffy things in the sky look like clouds to me!
Mike.
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OK, here are a couple of mine. One from Utah:
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and one from Death Valley:
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Eric
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Some great work, folks... keep 'em coming!
Here are a few more (love clouds, can you tell?)
The intense colours in these first two images are actually from the smoke from the 2009 forest fires in west Kelowna.
[attachment=22710:DSCF4120.jpg] [attachment=22711:DSCF4452.jpg]
Love clouds in B&W too. Note the osprey in the left image.
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Mike.
Mike, the third with the bird impacted me. Beautifull and powerfull.
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Well, those fluffy things in the sky look like clouds to me!
Mike.
Just testing - glad to see you're wide awake and alert!!! It's not everybody who can spot a stupid question.
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Well, mist is low cloud, so here's my most recent. Taken yesterday just after midsummer dawn, from the top of a local hill with an Iron Age hill fort on it. Looking south towards the sea, over a well-known local landmark, Colmer's Hill - the one with the trees on top.
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I have already removed a cellphone mast that was looming on the skyline, and may remove that rather distracting track bottom right. But I think the electricity pylons stay - they are (sadly) very much a feature of rural England.
Thanks for another promising topic-based thread, Jeremy.
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I've got a mixture of cloudy skies in my web site here:
http://www.tombrown.id.au/eclectic/skies/album/index.html (http://www.tombrown.id.au/eclectic/skies/album/index.html)
Cheers,
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Some great work, folks! And thanks for the compliment, Fred!!
More, anyone?
Mike.
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Well, mist is low cloud, so here's my most recent. Taken yesterday just after midsummer dawn, from the top of a local hill with an Iron Age hill fort on it. Looking south towards the sea, over a well-known local landmark, Colmer's Hill - the one with the trees on top.
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I have already removed a cellphone mast that was looming on the skyline, and may remove that rather distracting track bottom right. But I think the electricity pylons stay - they are (sadly) very much a feature of rural England.
Thanks for another promising topic-based thread, Jeremy.
Beautiful shot, Lois. Very English.
Jeremy
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Here you go. Shot on HP5 a few years back.
John
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Clouds over Ben Bulben Mountain, Co Sligo, Ireland, made famous by the poet W. B. Yeats:
Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!
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A few more...
Lake Okanagan, with smoke from the fires.
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Figure Skater
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Jedi (complete with light sabre)
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Mike.
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What a nice thread this is!
Eric
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Flying Pigs
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Flying Turtles
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Thought I would get in on the fun.
Rich
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A couple from NoDak. (The jpeg conversion looks to have been brutal to the first one.)
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cloud rolling down a hillside in the Smokie's..Matt
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What a nice thread this is!
Eric
Indeed!
Mike.
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Never really thought much about focusing only on the clouds as it didn't really appeal to me. All the great shots here have had enough of an effect to change that, thanks for the inspiration!
Yesterday i saw this halo thing just above the fog layer where it had haw frosted. My knowledge on clouds is limited to type and what some of them mean but could anyone please enlighten me on what this effect is called?
You can see in the second one there is also a second circle under it. It disappeared quickly. Sorry for the small file size but it is hard to see when it is larger.
Edit: I see, thanks for the link Mike. Had never heard of a fogbow before.
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This will answer better than I could: Atmospheric Optics (http://www.atoptics.co.uk/rainbows/notabow.htm)
Mike.
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A few more:
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This one's actually a bit of a cheat. It's a contrail from an airplane turning to land at Kelowna airport.
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Mike.
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Some woderful photos in here. Clouds are one of my landscape favourite subjects, as they increase the inteerst in skies. Here are some of mine, from Oman.
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And here are some from Portugal.
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Some woderful photos in here. Clouds are one of my landscape favourite subjects, as they increase the inteerst in skies. Here are some of mine, from Oman.
I love #1 - a very strong image.
Ed
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Paulo, this just rocks! I see the Sun/corona in the sand/sky.
Matt
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Clouds over Carrowmore in County Sligo, Ireland, the second largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in Europe and among Ireland's oldest. Archaeologists have found over 65 tombs, stone circles, passage graves and standing stones. The site is thought to be over 700 years older than the spectacular Newgrange, which was built in 3200BC.
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Old Town Bay, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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Well, mist is low cloud...
I agree. How about this one (colour and b&w versions):
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Like you, Lois, I haven't removed the cables. They're visible and slightly irritating but I think it would be a lot of work.
Jeremy
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Great work folks!
Mike.
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I'd like to add a couple of older ones to this beautiful thread here:
All taken in France in the summer of 2008:
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200807/PEGA7000242520080731LR/357237420_NuP7a-O.jpg)
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200808/PEGA7000247520080802LR/354304105_wVcEd-O.jpg)
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200808/PEGA7000247620080802/517830061_4ebpu-O.jpg)
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[quote name='seamus finn' date='Jul 1 2010, 02:55 PM' post='373999']
Clouds over Carrowmore in County Sligo, Ireland, the second largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in Europe and among Ireland's oldest. Archaeologists have found over 65 tombs, stone circles, passage graves and standing stones. The site is thought to be over 700 years older than the spectacular Newgrange, which was built in 3200BC.
I like the infra red effect on this one.
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Another one; Three frame stitch, taken from Champagne Ridge, on the eastern edge of the Great Rift Valley. Only 30km or so from downtown Nairobi, amazingly enough.
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Ed
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I agree. How about this one (colour and b&w versions):
[attachment=22888:avoca.jpg] [attachment=22889:avocabw.jpg]
Like you, Lois, I haven't removed the cables. They're visible and slightly irritating but I think it would be a lot of work.
Jeremy
Jeremy,
The colour one is great... love the subtle colours, very English and restrained. I wouldn't worry about the power lines. They are an authentic feature of the English landscape, unfortunately.
Ed
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Clouds over Carrowmore
Thanks pbizarro - actually it is infrared (Kodak IR film now sadly discontinued,I believe)
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Jeremy,
The colour one is great... love the subtle colours, very English and restrained. I wouldn't worry about the power lines. They are an authentic feature of the English landscape, unfortunately.
Ed
Thanks, Ed. I think you're right about the colour being better than the b&w on this occasion (my wife thinks so too!). Actually, it's Ireland but the comment about the power lines holds good!
Jeremy
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From last October, at sunrise.[attachment=22915:mornin.l...4421_lzn.jpg]
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This is a very problematic shot because it was taken through a bus window as the bus was turning around. I bracketed 3 shots in aperture priority mode because the scene was obviously very bright, and I used ISO 200 and F5.6 so all three shots would have a high shutter speed. However, the bus was moving when I took the shots, and Merge to HDR does not produce a satisfactory result.
This is a preliminary result which I'm not entirely satisfied with. Any helpful suggestions would be appreciatred.
The location is St Issac's Cathedral in St Petersburg.
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Here's mine:
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Some low cloud over a snowy Nun's Cross farm, Dartmoor
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I agree. How about this one (colour and b&w versions):
Like you, Lois, I haven't removed the cables. They're visible and slightly irritating but I think it would be a lot of work.
Jeremy
Lovely - I like both versions. I think we have to learn to live with the rash of human interventions in the rural landscape - especially with continuous-tone type subjects where cloning tends to be very obtrusive.
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From last October, at sunrise.[attachment=22915:mornin.l...4421_lzn.jpg]
Beautiful!!!
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This is a very problematic shot because it was taken through a bus window as the bus was turning around. I bracketed 3 shots in aperture priority mode because the scene was obviously very bright, and I used ISO 200 and F5.6 so all three shots would have a high shutter speed. However, the bus was moving when I took the shots, and Merge to HDR does not produce a satisfactory result.
This is a preliminary result which I'm not entirely satisfied with. Any helpful suggestions would be appreciatred.
The location is St Issac's Cathedral in St Petersburg.
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It doesn't need for anything - it is a delight to the eye!
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Here's an "equivalent" of my own. The relative humidity was just high enough to show the sunrays. I don't usually shoot clouds but I couldn't pass this one up.
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Nice one, Russ!
Mike.
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Nice one, Russ!
Mike.
My thoughts exactly. Russ, I thought you'd join in!
Jeremy
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A shot from my bedroom window
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A shot from my bedroom window
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You lucky sod! All I can see past my garden is the next house.
Jeremy
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You lucky sod! All I can see past my garden is the next house.
Jeremy
Is there a 'smug git' emoticon I can use?
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A shot from my bedroom window
Not a bad view at that!
Mike.
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Mike, the third with the bird impacted me. Beautifull and powerfull.
I agree, for me the third shot is the most compelling shot I have seen so far, out of many, many wonderful shots.
I think it's substantially due to the cloud swirl vortex in the right hand side of that image....portending some very dramatic turbulence and likely a cause for the osprey to go soaring....
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Thanks for saying so!
It's getting so that I don't remember what I've put in this thread, but I think these are new:
Mike.
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P.S. The seventh one with the twotters (aircraft) was a series of handheld images of one plane, joined in Autopano Pro. The software took out the 'ghosts' of the overlaps, but left three distinct planes in the combined image. No DOT rules were broken!
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Great shots, Mike. I particularly like the fourth one.
Jeremy
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Great shots, Mike. I particularly like the fourth one.
Jeremy
Me too. And #5.
Eric
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Amboseli, looking the "wrong" way at sunset.
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Amboseli, looking the "wrong" way at sunset.
Doesn't appear to be any 'wrong' way to look around there!
Mike.
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wheat field]
I love this one Bill - it is so evocative of those summer days when harvest is almost upon us and summer clouds start bubbling up. I can just smell the dusty wheat and feel the breeze on my face. Has a nice IR feel to it. (I'm a sucker for "field studies")
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Thanks Lois - glad you liked it
Wispy summer clouds
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Wispy summer clouds
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Another very nice one. I like the wheat fields very much, too.
Eric
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Wispy summer clouds
Very nice!!
Mike.
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Very nice images indeed. Here go a few more of mine:
Fields near the coast, in Southwest Portugal
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Sunset in Abu Dhabi
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First one's nice; really like the clouds in the second one.
Mike.
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First one's nice; really like the clouds in the second one.
Mike.
Thanks Mike. Here are a few more that I have shot while having breakfast. I normally get up very early to go to work (at 6 am); this particularly morning I was opening the windows in the kitchen when I noticed the cloud formations, lit by the rising sun. I went to fetch my little Panasonic GF1 with 20mm lens, and grabed a few shots.
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Is there a 'smug git' emoticon I can use?
Your avatar will do fine
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One more, from a couple of months back...
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Mike.
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One more, from a couple of months back...
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Mike.
This one has a nice, Stieglitian "Equivalent" air to it.
Eric
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Thanks! Alfred did some really intriguing work.
Mike.
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The first is an attempt at doing something 'arty' - shot yesterday at a local spot, Hestercombe House. The following two (both more straightforward B&W land/skyscapes) were both taken on the north Devon coastpath, walking towards the Valley of the Rocks.
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The first one doesn't really work for me - too much just black, I think, and the chapel gets kinda lost. The second one has really nice clouds, but with the path on the bottom my eye thinks that the path should be the dominant subject and yet it's crowded into the bottom of the frame. The third one is really intriguing! Had me rolling my head around and around try to find the 'This Way Up' arrow!!
Mike.
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The first one doesn't really work for me - too much just black, I think, and the chapel gets kinda lost. The second one has really nice clouds, but with the path on the bottom my eye thinks that the path should be the dominant subject and yet it's crowded into the bottom of the frame. The third one is really intriguing! Had me rolling my head around and around try to find the 'This Way Up' arrow!!
Mike.
I agree with Mike on all three. The third is quite disconcerting but nevertheless pleasing. I'm not sure how much I'd enjoy having a huge print of it on my wall, though!
Jeremy
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How I Came to Photograph Clouds (http://www.jnevins.com/steiglitzclouds)
Alfred Steiglitz, The Amateur Photographer & Photography, Vol. 56, No. 1819, p. 255, 1923
Love the ending:
"My aim is increasingly to make my photographs look as much like photographs that unless one has eyes and sees, they won't be seen—and still everyone will never forget them having once looked at them. I wonder if that is clear."
more 'Essential Readings on Photography (http://www.jnevins.com/readings.htm)' (with thanks to Professor Nevins)
Mike.
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How I Came to Photograph Clouds (http://www.jnevins.com/steiglitzclouds)
Alfred Steiglitz, The Amateur Photographer & Photography, Vol. 56, No. 1819, p. 255, 1923
Love the ending:
more 'Essential Readings on Photography (http://www.jnevins.com/readings.htm)' (with thanks to Professor Nevins)
Mike.
Great links, Mike. I'm familiar with most of Nevins' readings, but I haven't reread them in many years.
There's a lot of good stuff there.
Eric
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Clouds over the Black Cuillin, Skye, Scotland
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Evening light on Buttermere, English Lake District
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Nice work, Bill! I really like the rolling clouds in the top image, but overall I prefer the second image. Everyone gets an opinion...
Mike.
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I agree - the Cuillin image was a grab-shot, whereas the one of the lake was planned - I wanted the hill behind in shadow & the low sun hitting the trees to give that contrast. It was just a matter of waiting for nature to catch up with what I wanted. Fortunately she obliged with nice clouds & no rain.
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I agree - the Cuillin image was a grab-shot, whereas the one of the lake was planned - I wanted the hill behind in shadow & the low sun hitting the trees to give that contrast. It was just a matter of waiting for nature to catch up with what I wanted. Fortunately she obliged with nice clouds & no rain.
No rain? Are you quite sure you were in the Lake District?
Jeremy
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I'd just had a week of constant rain, wind & snow in Scotland, called into Buttermere on the way home & the weather was bloody lovely. Typical. Next day was hail & rain, but only on the surrounding hills. Which was nice.
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I'd just had a week of constant rain, wind & snow in Scotland, called into Buttermere on the way home & the weather was bloody lovely. Typical. Next day was hail & rain, but only on the surrounding hills. Which was nice.
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Love the tones of the hills on #2. This looks less about the sky and more about the land
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I'd just had a week of constant rain, wind & snow in Scotland, called into Buttermere on the way home & the weather was bloody lovely. Typical. Next day was hail & rain, but only on the surrounding hills. Which was nice.
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These I can really relate to. Great shots, Bill!
Eric
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Hello,
These are some cloud pictures taken some time ago (slide film) in different places along the Caribbean coast of Venezuela
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Really like the last one!
Mike.
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A Cornish skyscape (with the ubiquitous engine house on the skyline, if you look closely). BTW, I can happily upload a file, but getting it into a post is a @%&**! nightmare. How do you do this with the new system? In the meantime, thank you Flickr, albeit the image is reduced in size.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4931876710_535a434a5e_z.jpg)
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Stunning, Bill. Really nice picture. And living here in Cornwall, I know how very few are the days when we have a sky like that.
John
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These are two of my favorites, as they pertain to clouds ...
(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Photography/suwannee.jpg)
Suwannee River, FL
(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Photography/dpier.jpg)
Horseshoe Beach, FL
Jack
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Love the quality of the light in number two - Horseshoe Beach
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Love the quality of the light in number two - Horseshoe Beach
Thanks Bill. That's my favorite landscape shot I've taken so far.
Funny thing is, I took 6 photos of that pier on that day, just as the sun was setting after the rain, and only that one captured the "warm, red glow" of the fading sun. I have gone back to that same scene 10 more times, and have never once come close again to getting the same effect ...
Jack
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Great clouds, Bill, and an excellent work of the landscape. And Jack, I agree with Bill. The first one has some strange haloes, but the second one is really well done.
Mike.
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Great clouds, Bill, and an excellent work of the landscape. And Jack, I agree with Bill. The first one has some strange haloes, but the second one is really well done.
Mike.
Agreed--and thank you.
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I think what sets that shot apart is that it looks as if the cloud is illuminated from within. Not as though the light is shining on it, but from within it. A wonderful translucent quality. I've seen it before, but never had a camera handy to record it. Right place, right time, plus the technical ability to capture the moment.
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I think what sets that shot apart is that it looks as if the cloud is illuminated from within. Not as though the light is shining on it, but from within it. A wonderful translucent quality. I've seen it before, but never had a camera handy to record it. Right place, right time, plus the technical ability to capture the moment.
Thanks again Bill and a well-said description of the image.
I was definitely at the right place at the right time. I wish I could lay claim to executing "skill" with that shot ... but (hand-to-God) the truth is that photo was taken on only the second effort I ever made to do a landscape shot in my life, about a year ago, right after I had just bought the 10-22 lens. It most definitely a case of proverbial "beginner's luck" ... as I have yet to get that lucky again ... though I will keep trying (http://www.johnkoerner.org/Emoticons/laugh.gif)
Jack
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Winter in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. I took them with my 20D a while ago and came upon them when I was looking for images for my blog. I must admit I was amazed at the amount of dust spots on the images, there must have been over thirty on each image. Mainly a test to see how to attach images on the updated site.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/THc6BD-bIsI/AAAAAAAAARw/LDiWgJRL_g8/s1600/skies_01.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/THc581OHdeI/AAAAAAAAARo/yzNxFUCYcVk/s1600/skies_02.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/THc54ffSBfI/AAAAAAAAARg/9o5ozawhlHo/s1600/skies_03.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/THc5z0XwDQI/AAAAAAAAARY/jYybjOXthrM/s1600/skies_04.jpg)
Cheers,
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That cow is a bit disconcerting. Something definitely not right there ;)
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Moo!
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That cow is a bit disconcerting. Something definitely not right there ;)
Man Ray put it there. :)
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The cow is clearly hovering over the fence, probably in mid-jump over the moon.
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OK, here are some more, all on one day recently. The fourth is a tiny crop from top edge of the third, to show you what that dust speck is.
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Eric, I particularly like the third.
Jeremy
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Them's some nice clouds ya got there! Thanks for sharing them.
Mike.
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Thanks, Jeremy and Mike.
Eric
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Some from yesterday, at Victoria's Inner Harbour:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/4975440557_aae06ea15a_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/4976059888_aa08434ac4_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4975448005_81392287b9_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/4975450865_93c27fca16_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/4976061434_291b442139_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/4976067226_5fa2621a5e_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/4975454625_4c40feeddc_b.jpg)
Mike.
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Very nice, Mike. I particularly like the fourth: would you mind sharing the toning recipe?
Jeremy
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I find the 2nd image very powerful, Mike, especially trying to imagine it at full-size.
The 4th image struck me as well, but I feel it would have been more powerful if you would have composed the shot a couple of notches lower. In other words, 10% less empty sky above clouds and 10% more city & earth.
That's my $0.02.
Jack
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Thanks, folks!
Jack: I agree with your assessment of the fourth one - the clouds there were 'unplanned' as I was just walking by and had a camera with me. Shooting handheld I didn't get as much of the buildings as I could have.
Jeremy, the images were toned in Lightroom using:
Highlights
Hue 41
Saturation 23
Balance
+100
Shadows
Hue 0
Saturation 0
Dale, I like the curl of the highlights in that cloud, but if it was me I'd try lowering the black point and/or increasing the contrast a bit to bring out more tonal separation.
Mike.
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Thanks, Mike. I'll have to look out for a suitable image on which to try it!
Jeremy
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The first one's nice, but I love the clouds in the second. We have a trees thread and a rocks thread. Maybe we should start a clouds thread?
Mike.
Two out of three ain't bad I guess!
No shortage of clouds or trees around these parts but this was taken in the UK, I just love the symmetry between the two major elements here.
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Thanks, Mike. I am reposting taking advantage of your suggestion. A startling improvement. I am also adding a color image for C&C.
Thanks,
Dale
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Dale,
The first one in this bunch is stunning.
Eric
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Thanks. The first one is the second one improved by Mike's critique.
Dale
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/4968722130_1904eddd99_z.jpg)
Southbound car carrier
Leica M8 with 90mm Summicron
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4963676432_250e5a7f45_z.jpg)
Small boat heading out at dawn
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Small boat heading out at dawn
Puts things into perspective, no? One of the reasons I love living beside the ocean.
Mike.
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It's a big ocean!
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This series was taken in the land of the long white cloud.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TJlXasOC3fI/AAAAAAAAAp8/BgYIrnd2UYw/s1600/clouds_01.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TJlXVuvo_bI/AAAAAAAAAp0/XHlN6s_0rNs/s1600/clouds_02.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TJlXQliwiRI/AAAAAAAAAps/OFkMvhUmTac/s1600/clouds_03.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TJlXKtDhqnI/AAAAAAAAApk/igywjBF-j54/s1600/clouds_04.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TJlXF0_h95I/AAAAAAAAApc/u2SJ8kn3B7Y/s1600/clouds_05.jpg)
Cheers,
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Lovely cloud shots.
Dave
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Great clouds, Tom!
Mike.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5017797372_9c1c815b0a_z.jpg)
Southbound ship under building thunderhead, Palm Beach, Florida
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Excellent clouds, Tom and Dave!
@Tom: I'm also quite partial to the first-rate tar pix on your "photographyontherocks" blog. But I may be a bit biased. :)
Eric
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Thank you Eric,
I started shooting so many clouds that I put a separate gallery on my website for Clouds and Atmosphere. It becomes addicting when living in Florida, the landscape is SOOO flat but the clouds go forever.
Dave
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The land of the long white cloud is in some traditional stories, Aotearoa, now known as New Zealand.
I think Eric may be biased because of some photographs of tar, but I'm not sure.
Cheers,
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I think Eric may be biased because of some photographs of tar, but I'm not sure.
Definitely. But i like clouds, too.
Eric
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(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201009/PEGA7001208920100910/1007405991_UVJJf-X2.jpg)
Sig 10-20 on Sony A700
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That's cute!
Eric
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Snowy foothills NSW.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TLTf258eOCI/AAAAAAAAArY/hmf-NmOWXq8/s1600/clouds_02.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TLTf3Am4pCI/AAAAAAAAArk/GE3HoaHNQCs/s1600/clouds_05.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TLTf3DSn1yI/AAAAAAAAArc/x2lBiycwkeA/s1600/clouds_03.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TLTf-LaYKmI/AAAAAAAAAro/BfmNCsJsLJk/s1600/clouds_06.jpg)
Cheers,
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Nice clouds!
Mike.
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Two from my window...
(http://nikojorj.free.fr/gal/fenetre/photos/CRW_4315.jpg)
(http://nikojorj.free.fr/gal/fenetre/photos/CRW_4305.jpg) (http://nikojorj.free.fr/gal/fenetre/)
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Afternoon sun at Clatworthy, Exmoor, yesterday.
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Last year when I was awake with newborn early morning (too early)
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Nice clouds here, I really enjoy all the updates that get posted here. This thread actually makes me look more upwards and try to find interesting formations.
Here's another one, dark clouds forming over the old bastion of Naarden-Vesting in the Netherlands:
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Events/Dyxum-Meet-16Oct2010-Naarden/PEGA8500195520101016/1061651555_Xrcjv-O.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Events/Dyxum-Meet-16Oct2010-Naarden/14250862_xeCYL#1061651555_Xrcjv-A-LB)
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tom b
"Land of the big white cloud"
Beautiful set of pictures you posted; what comes over so obviously too is the amazing clarity of the air. I seldom see anything remotely like that in my part of the Med - it's all heat haze in summer and tons of uncollected weed along the shoreline in winter when the air is a bit cleaner. Guess there's a price to pay for 'progress'...
Beautiful colours.
Rob C
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This continues to be one of my favorite threads on LuLa. Keep 'em coming, folks!
Eric
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what the heck..
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tom b
"Land of the big white cloud"
Beautiful set of pictures you posted; what comes over so obviously too is the amazing clarity of the air. I seldom see anything remotely like that in my part of the Med - it's all heat haze in summer and tons of uncollected weed along the shoreline in winter when the air is a bit cleaner. Guess there's a price to pay for 'progress'...
Beautiful colours.
Rob C
These shots were from near Invercargill in NZ. Beyond the horizon is Antarctica and I'm sure it was sleeting as I drove into Invercargill though being from Sydney I've never experienced sleet before.
Cheers,
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Cute little baby cloud! I think you should throw that one back and let him grow bigger. OTOH, in that climate he might just disappear!
Mike.
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In Australia we have been experiencing la nina weather conditions on the east coast which has resulted in drought breaking rains and lots of cloudy skies. Yesterday the sky to the noth darkened as though we were going to have another storm. I grabbed my camera and tried to get some shots free of power lines buildings etc. As soon as I had finished tking the images the sky had cleared and it was fine again.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TOB4dfu9tRI/AAAAAAAAAxs/yz0catX-Lqc/s1600/clouds_01.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TOB4YCpLLjI/AAAAAAAAAxo/YMy6lQqoVII/s1600/clouds_02.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TOB4TrAQd9I/AAAAAAAAAxk/EuQTkdJGZXM/s1600/clouds_03.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TOB4Pe1UlAI/AAAAAAAAAxg/Is3fSKc27uo/s1600/clouds_04.jpg)
Cheers,
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Tom,
Nice set of clouds. The first is my favorite.
Eric
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I agree. The first is my favourite too.
Mike.
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Here are some recent clouds:
Fire in the Sky
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/5168525734_5b818b1f8d_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/5168524768_6e381d544f_b.jpg)
The first is how I saw the scene, but Marcia felt her eye was bouncing back and forth and she suggested the second...
Storm Clouds
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/5167922879_f0af281837_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/5167922073_28cc6d0356_b.jpg)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1393/5167921225_26bd5aa386_b.jpg)
Emerging
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1345/5168521336_956541f9af_b.jpg)
Split
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5155465914_0708730092_b.jpg)
Pastel Sky
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/5154856203_89e5b081c7_b.jpg)
Red Sky in Morning
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/5143742073_1c56090950_b.jpg)
Mirror (a little playing around with Lightroom: http://bit.ly/b0pl2b)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/5153281860_0f02fa5e9e_b.jpg)
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Tom, Mike, lovely stuff again!
Last Sunday in Knokke (Belgium). A real hole in the clouds:
1:
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/PEGA8500245320101114/1093503262_BXhZr-O.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/14685313_T75cR#1093503262_BXhZr-A-LB)
2:
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/PEGA8500245420101114/1093503260_kg5Wo-O.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/14685313_T75cR#1093503260_kg5Wo-A-LB)
3:
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/PEGA8500245520101114/1093503285_hhdLp-O.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/14685313_T75cR#1093503285_hhdLp-A-LB)
Couldn't decide which one I liked most, so I posted all three :D
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Thanks! I prefer the first of the three, and I'd even go so far as to remove the ship from the bottom right. I don't think it adds anything and adds a distracting element...
Mike.
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Thanks! I prefer the first of the three, and I'd even go so far as to remove the ship from the bottom right. I don't think it adds anything and adds a distracting element...
Mike.
Another vote for #1. The hole was so compelling that I didn't even notice the ship until reading Mike's post. I agree that it is irrelevant.
Eric
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Thanks for the comments Mike and Eric.
I removed the ship in 3 but not in 1. I found it even more distracting there than in 1.
I always struggle with my "ethics" cloning something out that was specifically there and belongs in the scene, but you're probably right.
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Thanks for the comments Mike and Eric.
I removed the ship in 3 but not in 1. I found it even more distracting there than in 1.
I always struggle with my "ethics" cloning something out that was specifically there and belongs in the scene, but you're probably right.
I'll lodge another vote for the first.
The "ethics" of cloning elements out of a photograph is probably an issue which deserves a separate thread but I must confess I've never really seen any problem with doing it if the aim of the photographer is simply to produce a beautiful image. For photojournalists, obviously, it should be taboo but for fine art photographers, why not? It's merely the equivalent, in this case, of waiting until the ship moved out of shot; of course, by then the light would have changed, the hole might have disappeared and so on.
Jeremy
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Thanks Jeremy, it's been debated to death here so let's not go there ;)
You guys have convinced me that if I am going to print, frame and hang this picture (likely, since I start liking it more every time I look at it) the boat will be taken out.
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Not such impressive clouds, but still fitting here I think.
A bronze statue of the belgian sculpter Jan Fabre called "The man who measures the clouds" (there's 4 copies, this one is standing at Zaventem airport near Brussels)
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200907/DSC9971/583657035_4uXXK-O.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200907/8799798_Xweih#583657035_4uXXK-A-LB)
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Thanks for the comments Mike and Eric.
I removed the ship in 3 but not in 1. I found it even more distracting there than in 1.
I always struggle with my "ethics" cloning something out that was specifically there and belongs in the scene, but you're probably right.
In photography, if not in geography, ethics is a place somewhere near wethics and suthics, hidden in deep southern England. It has no other significance.
Rob C
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Looking through my Kangaroo Island images for Vivonne Bay images I was surprised at how moody the skies were there. Perhaps being an island facing the Southern Ocean has something to do with that. Anyway see for yourself…
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPQ7TCxCtKI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/UiYSG-tGB-I/s1600/moody_skies_01.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPQ7O4jv4OI/AAAAAAAAA0M/G0E3wKjCqFc/s1600/moody_skies_02.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPQ7KqZHnpI/AAAAAAAAA0I/1vDO_y0eR20/s1600/moody_skies_03.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPQ7DULZgtI/AAAAAAAAA0E/FVPkw5bICuo/s1600/moody_skies_04.jpg)
Cheers,
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Thought I would contribute as well. This one is from a recent journey into the Simpson desert, which you have to scrape off the green to find the sand at the moment because there has been such nourishing rain in the desert this year. Not a very good happy snap - but I love the clouds.
Julie
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Not my work, but it definitely fits the category: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101130.html
Mike.
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Not my work, but it definitely fits the category: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101130.html
Mike.
Looks like a color version of one of Mitch Dobrowner's storm pix.
Eric
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I was looking for some pictures from Briby Island when these stood out. The Bay of Fires – North-East Tasmania.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPWBI1QOkII/AAAAAAAAA0c/ATbPh5CpWl8/s1600/bay_of_fires_01.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPWBBquxckI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/nD8Eq9vAdUA/s1600/bay_of_fires_02.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPWA7wChqfI/AAAAAAAAA0U/zeG9x8O5yr0/s1600/bay_of_fires_03.jpg)
Cheers,
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One from a couple of days ago, looking at Washington across the Juan de Fuca Strait:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5241/5225017544_ce81fc50eb_b.jpg)
Reflections in a bus window:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5227070700_0c704bd254_b.jpg)
Mike.
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P.S. Nice work, Tom!
Mike.
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And nice work Mike!
The bus window suggests a nautical scene: The window shape is a bit like a sail, and the blue suggests water. Reminds me of a Lyonel Feininger painting called "Blue Marine."
Eric
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This evening I reprocessed this file from a couple of years ago. Bruce
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Reflections in a bus window:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5227070700_0c704bd254_b.jpg)
Mike.
Great shot, Mike! The bird makes it.
Jeremy
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Jeremy, they always do.
;-)
Rob C
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Thanks, folks... And nice clouds, Bruce!
Mike.
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Time to bring the clouds back. These images are from Billy Goat Bay down to the Pinnacles in Western Australia.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TSeDLpapoXI/AAAAAAAAA2M/12iGru4OJ8g/s1600/clouds_01.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TSeDFJMjHsI/AAAAAAAAA2I/DdWpIg6FrWY/s1600/clouds_02.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TSeC8uR69PI/AAAAAAAAA2E/mrCUMky2-Ts/s1600/clouds_03.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TSeC2ghwskI/AAAAAAAAA2A/gsh9ePS_rjo/s1600/clouds_04.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TSeClC1J7MI/AAAAAAAAA18/qJ5mGeIgGCs/s1600/clouds_05.jpg)
Cheers,
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We've had flooding rains here over the past 2 weeks. These were taken during a reprieve in the downpours as another weather front approached.
Julie
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Some great clouds, folks!
Here are a couple more of the Juan de Fuca Strait area.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5335000280_07d9d363e9_o.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5334384019_dbd4bf0543_o.jpg)
Mike.
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Taken this past fall in the Ozarks with the help of a GND. And yes, I know there is some vignyetting. It's on purpose, with the strongest light comming through the middle.
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Nice colours!
This is one of those 'walking down the street, look up and see a really interesting cloud' shots...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5358257450_b86b4d416f_o.jpg)
Mike.
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Seascapes can have nice clouds:
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201101/PEGA8500279420110102/1159714766_n46hL-O.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201101/15300407_MudJh#1159714766_n46hL-A-LB)
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201101/PEGA8500279720110102/1159714778_oYDTH-O.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201101/15300407_MudJh#1159714778_oYDTH-A-LB)
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Two shots of impending storms - one in Glen Coe, the other Dartmoor
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Love that first shot, Bill. For decades, I worshiped early and late light, but as I've gotten into lanscape photography, I wait for approaching bad weather to shoot.
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The first one is really nice bill.
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Here are some recent ones from Southwest Portugal coastal area.
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Some great work, folks... thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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Here's another shot of an approaching storm I captured over a pond.
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I've just come back from having two weeks holidays in the South Coast of NSW. Plenty of clouds, trees and rocks. Just south of Cooma I drove into a storm. It was the talk of the town as the hail was so heavy it stopped traffic.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TT-uv7lE9DI/AAAAAAAAA24/fMLuQcusA48/s1600/storm_01.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TT-upZMG9_I/AAAAAAAAA20/7xf9pHBlL7Y/s1600/storm_02.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TT-uinFRpyI/AAAAAAAAA2w/12-c9juHrx8/s1600/storm_03.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TT-uaV-dU6I/AAAAAAAAA2s/r91p6zItmIE/s1600/storm_04.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TT-uTTTXqQI/AAAAAAAAA2o/lcuJSrjFsLo/s1600/storm_05.jpg)
Cheers,
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Nice clouds. In the first two I'd be tempted to lighten the foreground just a little. It's not a complete silhouette, but too dark to make out much detail. I wouldn't overdo it, just enough to provide a link between ground and sky.
Mike.
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Some more cloud panoramas, pushed around a little differently...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/5413852116_2bbc714877_o.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5413849430_5d276975e9_o.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/5413237727_5d81ffc391_o.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/5413846626_2b5d676e3f_o.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5413235029_1bf9775030_o.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5413234219_cf5387016a_o.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/5413232689_4fb8294c5f_o.jpg)
Mike.
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All are nice, Mike, but the sixth really grabs me.
Eric
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For me, the third is the best. Good work on all, though.
Jeremy
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A few from the land of the long white cloud, Aotearoa.
The first is from my front door. The second from near Hyde in North Otago and the third is on the ferry from Stewart Island heading back to the mainland.
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Thanks, folks! I like the reflections in the third one, John - an interesting geometry to clouds one doesn't often see.
Mike.
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Clouds or trees? Couldn't decide which thread, so here 'tis - clouds 'n' trees
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We should start a thread called "light". i really like how the sunlight focused my eye on the profile of the tree. Both the color difference and the contrast made it work for me.
Frank
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Nice light indeed.
Mike.
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Mike, great panos! I think I like the 1st shot best with what I think is the city buildings at the bottom. John, very interesting images, great job!
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Don't know if this one is acceptable to the group for this "clouds" thread...
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Looks like Chitty Chitt Bang Bang (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062803/) has received some upgrades!
Mike.
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Mike, LOL...I've been trying to figure out what this shot reminded me of when I finished it, just couldn't put my finger on it!
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From the plane, with a Canon S90
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Some recent ones from Southwest Portugal coast. I woke up early to have the lighthouse still "on".
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Some recent ones from Southwest Portugal coast. I woke up early to have the lighthouse still "on".
Cool... each one. Bruce
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Some recent ones from Southwest Portugal coast. I woke up early to have the lighthouse still "on".
All good. The b&w's are much stronger than the colour shots, I think, especially the last one.
Jeremy
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Would love to have tried for a pano of the bottom third of #3 (lighthouse and that portion of clouds) ( not crop/ 4 or 5 images across that area to merge ) Looks like a great locayion for shooting in storms!
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Hi John,
I like 2 the best. Nice double contrast in the colours and the solidity of earth and sky.
Scott
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Cloud panoramas! Great idea. I like Number 3 because it suggests that all my worrying about avoiding overexposure is not always necessary.
Here's a contribution.
Scott
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I know it was posted a while ago, but I love Ed Blagden's cloud shot on the first page. Here's one from Malaysia
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Nice work! Thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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I love panoramics so here is my cloud pano.
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I love panoramics so here is my cloud pano.
Very pretty but a bit small: could you post at least a link to a larger version?
What's caused the lighter circle in the centre?
Jeremy
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Could be wrong, but it looks like the reflection of an airplane window - top center. Nice clouds, though.
Mike.
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Just before the darkness returning home to NZ, somewhere above Hong Kong -
(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/241/abovetheclouds.jpg) (http://img560.imageshack.us/i/abovetheclouds.jpg/)
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Very pretty but a bit small: could you post at least a link to a larger version?
What's caused the lighter circle in the centre?
Jeremy
It's a circular copyright watermark.
Cheers,
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Hi Jeremy
You can see a larger version in the land section of my site www.jfvdenning.com
The lighter circle is a copyright c in the picture.
Jason
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Good and bad clouds over Sydney Harbour Bridge.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vgoT7pibGho/TXfZjLpGWMI/AAAAAAAAA5I/fqX9AvOnBCM/s1600/clouds_11.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gzJxVD4xheY/TXfZcKzm78I/AAAAAAAAA5E/HQ_sKJc2qXo/s1600/clouds_12.jpg)
Cheers,
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I see neither good clouds nor bad clouds stop the ferry from running!
Nice clouds, BTW!
Mike.
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The storm that almost was… I took these images on the way home from work. The storm did not develop thankfully.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zTFbT-9nowA/TYxhs8zgVoI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/KdQ-Tg4Zuso/s1600/storm3.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zSh55Rh9VqQ/TYxhAMc9a1I/AAAAAAAAA6I/d3bakYu4k4Y/s1600/storm2.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GxNHRGLvxjo/TYxghYtn9QI/AAAAAAAAA6E/QmRLjfkIs4k/s1600/storm_1.jpg)
Cheers,
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After a brief time away recuperating after an operation, I came across in my files some cloud images last night. This was a pretty spectacular sunset.
Julie
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Clouds from the back of Bourke.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Oun2n7kFxek/TcTtWpjwf1I/AAAAAAAAA7c/IFlaRw0sFlo/s1600/clouds_03.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L7pD-bAWCfs/TcTtjk7dZiI/AAAAAAAAA7k/RkrUDn_iQcs/s1600/clouds_01.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vPSGUFCYrM4/TcTtZwzbF7I/AAAAAAAAA7g/ybIyK9UxvNc/s1600/clouds_02.jpg)
Cheers,
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Haven't posted any clouds here in a while. Here are a couple more...
Mike.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5091/5475316473_bdbe57877e_o.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5595389959_e1108be0a9_o.jpg)
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Very satisfying, both.
Eric
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Thanks!
Mike.
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Storm Break in the Cuyama Valley that we only had a few seconds to shoot.
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/tanngrisnir4_5/P1000772.jpg)
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/tanngrisnir4_5/Cuyama%20Carrizo/CuyamaStormBreak11of1.jpg)
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An interesting sky this evening
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Very inspiring stuff!
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Attending a web design course for photographers I stepped outside and had a Leunig (http://junior2m.global2.vic.edu.au/files/2010/05/leunig-tv-sunset.jpg) moment. Here I was trying to make a site for my images while nature was putting on a much better show outside.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RoFD79TLlfY/Tii2pRw96uI/AAAAAAAAA-4/a4tWnjb-RH4/s1600/clouds_paddo.jpg)
Cheers,
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No such thing as coincidence... nicely done!
Mike.
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5923310137_0899fa2dba_z.jpg)
/Daniel
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Nice
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Yes!
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Very pretty.
Jeremy
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And welcome to the list, too!
Mike.
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Just got my new GH2 so I took the ferry to Manly. Some thoughts:
It's nice to have a click instead of the clunk of my 5D mkII. It works well in good lighting and the 14–140 is compact compared to its Canon equivalent. The camera fits well under my jacket in the rain.
Cons, the zoom is the opposite direction as my Canon lenses, so I'm zooming when I want to go wide angle. Whilst the zoom is smaller than the Canon equivalent it still isn't that discrete. Quality drops off quite quickly once the light drops off. I'm not so happy with the default 4:3 ratio of the images.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KYWDdvD9bWQ/Tj71onzhOTI/AAAAAAAAA_4/1wfj99tEM1o/s1600/manly_01.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFvSEH3lz7c/Tj71fcVeWxI/AAAAAAAAA_0/0vNCvjY6qk8/s1600/manly_02.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uF2Q1NBP004/Tj71VkDjWfI/AAAAAAAAA_w/4nrve-qXe3Y/s1600/manly_03.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M1gWc27VJ-0/Tj71NcraXMI/AAAAAAAAA_s/sIWe_PXAR3o/s1600/manly_04.jpg)
Cheers,
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Nice ones Tom, no camera is perfect and the one you have with you is the best. Like the first and last especially and they reminded me of what I took the past weekend on the beach in Knokke with my new (to me) Nex 5:
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201108/i-n8XvQZR/0/O/PEGNex0023820110807-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201108/18436425_6RBNn6#1421780858_n8XvQZR-A-LB)
Seems we have the same weather on opposite sides of the globe
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Here's 2 from a week later (the weather still sucks for August Beach fun)
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201108/i-V5sK9qT/0/L/PEGA8500464020110813-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201108/18436425_6RBNn6#1431616124_V5sK9qT-A-LB)
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201108/i-49CCzWr/2/L/PEGA85004648201108132-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201108/18436425_6RBNn6#1431616123_49CCzWr-A-LB)
Both Sony A850 + Minolta 35/2
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Clouds can be very dramatic and interesting, and so easily blown when taking the shot.
Here's one that I took recently from an aircraft window, that I particularly like.
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Thanks for sharing these, folks! Here's one from last spring, that I just got around to playing with.
Mike.
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^^^
That's cool! With a little imagination the varied tones and shapes of the clouds appear to be outlines of lots of objects.
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That they do... thanks for noticing!
Mike.
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Here are some clouds from Japan…
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5961880960_23be4586c4_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawhead/5961880960/)
The Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawhead/5961880960/) by Dr. RawheaD (http://www.flickr.com/people/rawhead/), on Flickr
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/6017178439_5f68838b7b_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawhead/6017178439/)
Kusa Roll (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawhead/6017178439/) by Dr. RawheaD (http://www.flickr.com/people/rawhead/), on Flickr
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6075921750_71f5b3d591_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawhead/6075921750/)
Tokiwa Pond (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawhead/6075921750/) by Dr. RawheaD (http://www.flickr.com/people/rawhead/), on Flickr
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Nice work!
Mike.
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Time for a bump, from the top of my local mall.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k9YEWzxPIhk/TppaeuioFZI/AAAAAAAABCI/_Cg3LEqF5FM/s1600/cloud8.jpg)
Cheers,
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Here are a couple more:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6248474175_9b712790cc_o.jpg)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/6248473851_cf9d8621a8_o.jpg)
Mike.
P.S. Nice sunset, Tom!
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It's nice to see this thread waking up again. Thanks for the new posts, folks!
Eric
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I wonder would this qualify?
[attachment=22720:clouds_l..._1_of_1_.jpg]
It reminds me of "Gone with the wind" photography. Well done! Regards, Theodoros. www.fotometria.gr
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Comments?
[attachment=22683:cloud1.jpg] [attachment=22684:cloud2.jpg]
Jeremy
Before I comment, I would like to know the creators saying on if that's what he was aiming before shooting or if he decided the approach later. That is because in 0 to 10 scale, I would give 10 for the impact that the result could have had (in both images) and 1 for the way it was done..., since the later can be redone... to know, ...is important to me (and some others). I would also like to see the original images if you could Jeremy. Regards,Theodoros. www.fotometria.gr
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A few from the land of the long white cloud, Aotearoa.
The first is from my front door. The second from near Hyde in North Otago and the third is on the ferry from Stewart Island heading back to the mainland.
Third image... it really needs subtraction of color! Can't you see that color is destructive there? It could have been a masterpiece IMO... Regards, Theodoros. www.fotometria.gr
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I agree. How about this one (colour and b&w versions):
[attachment=22888:avoca.jpg] [attachment=22889:avocabw.jpg]
Like you, Lois, I haven't removed the cables. They're visible and slightly irritating but I think it would be a lot of work.
Jeremy
Damn good shot..! If you are good in Jazz, you don't have to prove that you can Rock as well..., you just let it roll and let the others trying to... Rock (while you smile, ...that is). Regards, Theodoros. www.fotometria.gr
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Our Friday afternoon.
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Not a bad Friday afternoon to have! ;D
Mike.
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6162423170_18033eac1b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6162423170/)
Ninety mile beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6162423170/) by Daniel Dahlmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/lexrasta/), on Flickr
/Dahlmann
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Two rather different shots, from the same valley on Exmoor (different days though!)
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Nice work... thanks for sharing them! Bill, I like how the cloud in the first image echoes the shape of the tree below it.
Mike.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4993252226_a7cb05fae2_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
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The high plains of N. America
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Nice one, Bernard!
Mike.
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Two from this morning ...
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An old pano (summer 08)
(http://nikojorj.free.fr/gal/restes/photos/Soir_a_Joux_Plane.jpg)
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6469648157_0564a7fe23_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6469648157/)
#2 San Emgidio Mountains Storm Break, Grapevine, CA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6469648157/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Thanks for continuing to share your clouds, folks!
Mike.
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This continues to be one of my favorite threads. I've enjoyed others' clouds so much that I think I should post one of my own favorite clouds.
Eric
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Wow!
'nuff said.
Mike.
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This isn't my image, but it's got some great clouds, and I think is a fine HDR piece too:
http://500px.com/photo/3838385 (http://500px.com/photo/3838385)
Mike.
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'Tis a beauty. HDR done properly
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This isn't my image, but it's got some great clouds, and I think is a fine HDR piece too:
http://500px.com/photo/3838385 (http://500px.com/photo/3838385)
Mike.
It's nicely done as HDR, I agree, but there's something about the wide-angle distortion which makes me feel uneasy about it.
Jeremy
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6821886429_27c340c537_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6821886429/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6821886429/) by Daniel Dahlmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/lexrasta/), on Flickr
Australia VIC
/D
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This continues to be one of my favorite threads. I've enjoyed others' clouds so much that I think I should post one of my own favorite clouds.
Eric
High drama, Eric; well caught!
Rob C
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Clouds over Africa...
(http://i43.tinypic.com/ao6v77.jpg)
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With La Niña conditions continuing on the east coast of Australia there is plenty of opportunities for cloud images. A view of clouds over Bass Strait.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PjjvgY1odOg/T0LLzpLlWpI/AAAAAAAABDo/FfRg2iT3Fh0/s1600/clouds9769767.jpg)
Cheers,
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Nice clouds, but the sky seems unnaturally dark - almost IR to me.
Mike.
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Some more from last year...
1 while working in the Lot département (southwestern France) in may, 2 and 3 from my window on a summer evening, 4 on a family bivvy near Lac Fourchu, Taillefer (thunderstorm in Oisans - luckily we stayed dry).
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Seen over the Wendonside valley,Southland, New Zealand recently.
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Purdy...
Mike.
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Seen over the Wendonside valley,Southland, New Zealand recently.
Better if she'd left her nightie at home!
;-)
Rob C
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Time for a bump.… clouds over Wilsons Prom.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LaD87nYSmq0/T_uEAOv9MxI/AAAAAAAABFQ/oUUiT7xnWEI/s1600/clouds.jpg)
Cheers,
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Few clouds from last evening
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Not sure if this is the right category for this image.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7130/7588265572_e68202f7fb_o.jpg)
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Not sure if this is the right category for this image.
It'll do. We don't have a lightning thread (yet).
Good shot!
Jeremy
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Thanks, the blooming storm awoke me at midnight, so I thought if awake, I should at least glean something positive from it...so I shot.
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Here are a couple taken in Hangzhou, China last week.
Cheers, Derryck.
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Taken from a window of a plane above the cloud line.
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The jetstream has been pushing south over the UK, leaving us with week after week of rain, rain, rain. Each brief interlude has left us with a mackerel sky. This one was shot yesterday evening. The ragged trailing edge of a weather front
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The jetstream has been pushing south over the UK, leaving us with week after week of rain, rain, rain. Each brief interlude has left us with a mackerel sky. This one was shot yesterday evening. The ragged trailing edge of a weather front.
Excellent image for a weather watcher but also a nice composition for the aesthetically inclined.
Well done.
Regards
Tony Jay
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Nice clouds.
But Bill: Where's the lighthouse? ;D
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Tony - thanks for that
Eric - I know. And it was taken on just a meagre D700, not a D800. There's not much hope for me, is there?
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Eric - I know. And it was taken on just a meagre D700, not a D800. There's not much hope for me, is there?
Oh I think you show definite promise, Bill. That tunnel photo beats most of the lighthouses that have been posted on LuLa, IMHO.
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Oh I think you show definite promise, Bill. That tunnel photo beats most of the lighthouses that have been posted on LuLa, IMHO.
Whoah! Hold on a moment. That was taken on a Coolpix 5000. That's hardly a proper camera at all.
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Whoah! Hold on a moment. That was taken on a Coolpix 5000. That's hardly a proper camera at all.
But 5000 is bigger than 800 so it's obviously the better camera. ;D
(Oh how I wish I still had my fine old Canon 10D instead of my present 5DII. :( )
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Eric, this is the Coopix 5000
(http://nikon.digital-cameras-review.org/images/Nikon%20Coolpix%205000.jpg)
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Eric, this is the Coopix 5000
(http://nikon.digital-cameras-review.org/images/Nikon%20Coolpix%205000.jpg)
Bill, it's got a lens, a shutter button, and it says "Nikon" on it. What more do you need to be a proper photographer?
You could, of course, improve it by placing a "Canon" sticker over the "Nikon" and add a red ring around the lens. Then you'd have the world's only Canon Coolpix!
(Maybe I should stick a Nikon sticker on my Canon S95.) :D
Eric
P.S. I still like your clouds photo even if it was taken with a mere D700.
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At the end of the day, we're all just pointing machinery at the scenery ...
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At the end of the day, we're all just pointing machinery at the scenery ...
Poetically put, and more or less what I have maintained for too long.
Rob C
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Bill, it's got a lens, a shutter button, and it says "Nikon" on it. What more do you need to be a proper photographer?
How good do you want your photographs to look?
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At the end of the day, we're all just pointing machinery at the scenery ...
Amen to that!
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How good do you want your photographs to look?
I want mine to look great and everybody else's to look not so great, by comparison. But some of you are still not playing by my rules. :(
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No such thing as coincidence... nicely done!
Mike.
I agree Mike.... I reckon these situations happen all the time...around each and every one of us. I think that we only call it a coincidence when we've had an awareness of it.
Julie
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/7762081272_f60db61ba9_o.jpg)
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This wasn't shot during the eclipse, was it? Because that's mostly what the eclipse looked like here, and it looks familiar! Nice clouds, BTW.
Mike.
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No. Just weird cloud patterns forming up to drop even more rain. It's rained here for 43 straight days...and it's getting old.
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few days ago
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8434/7805175508_2ae6d97aee_o.jpg)
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A couple of local shots from yesterday afternoon
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Tuesday's sunrise, from my window...
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7156255897_ea6047decc_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/7156255897/)
Rainstorm Over Farmland, San Joaquin Valley (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/7156255897/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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San Francisco's Coit Tower at dusk.
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What an absolute gem of a sky Doug,
Well captured and well presented.
W
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What an absolute gem of a sky Doug,
Well captured and well presented.
W
Thank you, Walter. I've lived in the Bay Area for 30 years and I've never seen a sky quite like it before or since.
I was very fortunate to have my DSLR with me at the time.
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few weeks back
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From a walk yesterday afternoon. After the rain had stopped.
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And one today, when the rain was threatening to return
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Excellent, Bill!
In the first, the reflection in the pool just makes the shot, as does the rain to the left of the trees in the second.
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Great work Bill! (plus what Eric said...)
Mike.
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Here is one
(http://i.imgur.com/JhsWX.jpg)
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liking it Tom. The oranges against the blues balance a lot better than I expected.
One thing I would consider in the future is how to compose the shot differently - the cloud line descends to the right, leading the viewers eye that way, but it doesn't feel like it leads the eye to a concise point, leaving the viewer wanting to see what is off shot to the right...
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Two I took last week: simplicity and chaos.
Jeremy
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Never ceases to amaze me what that little LX-5 was capable of, and sort of has me thinking about an LX-7 now, since I've heard nothing but good things about it's RAW files.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8099881889_e15fc882cf_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/8099881889/)
Pre-sunset, Alabama Hills NIK (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/8099881889/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Two I took last week: simplicity and chaos.
Jeremy
That first one KILLS.
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Sunrise from this morning, from my balcony. I wish I had a wide gamut screen to process this!
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks!
Mike.
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From Saturday's bimble on the local hills
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First shot with my RX-100, from my bedroom window.
Jeremy
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And how did it feel?
Mike.
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And how did it feel?
Mike.
Tiny!
Jeremy
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few more
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8239410945_73dd440f8e_o.jpg)
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Pre sunset Alabama from Mjol and II-4 from you Jeremy, are both outstanding.
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That first one KILLS.
+1.
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One from the Wendon Valley New Zealand
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One more from my front door.
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elegant simplicity !
Frank
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One from the Wendon Valley New Zealand
Very nice!
Jeremy
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Recumbant lands watching heavens...very nice.
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Thanks for sharing, folks!
Mike.
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interesting thread...
i love clouds - all sorts of clouds
here are 3 images that are among my favs...
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Moody Milford Sound, South Island New Zealand.
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High, dotted clouds. Can't say I remember seeing clouds like these around here...
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8263582641_3becb82606_o.jpg)
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Somewhere off the coast of Cuba, Monday, December 17th, Sunrise
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8351/8304872451_d6e47c7c80_o.jpg)
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I love this one (Milford Sound, I mean). Elegant.
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From the balcony, looking east.
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Baltic Bees
(http://jjuntunen.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Baltic_Bees/Baltic_Bees-2853.jpg/_img1280.jpg)
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This thread needed a bump.
Not my images but spectacular nonetheless, dust storm off the Western Australia coastline (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=dust+storm+off+WA+coast&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=tRfzULqnBsOHmQXZyICACA&biw=1119&bih=1228&sei=uRfzUJSFFsnJmQXu9ICwAg).
Cheers,
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Moody Milford Sound, South Island New Zealand.
Sorry I missed this...hope you''ll be showing us more. I like this.
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Yulara sunrise and the only clouds I saw in two weeks in Central Australia.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e5fJeSmjOUM/UPw6Fq8qwLI/AAAAAAAABKw/Z7iAtMpaQh8/s1600/uluru_01.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-53kTCX9PQMM/UPw6t3zh7SI/AAAAAAAABK4/AHgXaA31VUE/s1600/uluru_02.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kb30gG9WG10/UPw64nPK9DI/AAAAAAAABLA/g-96iM0FG24/s1600/uluru_03.jpg)
Cheers,
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Bump day, clouds Kangaroo Island.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KEtFxwsPS4/URHoWJnpUMI/AAAAAAAABNE/ZMNrHsV4KPQ/s1600/clouds.jpg)
Cheers,
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Clouds and Masts
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Clouds late in the day in Trièves, french Alps, summer 2011
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Niko,
I really like the first one. Subtle, elegant, minimalist.
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Thanks Eric!
One more for the road : evening on the Obiou, last summer.
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The clouds are so subtle it could almost be noise.
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The clouds are so subtle it could almost be noise.
Nothing subtle about this one, though!
Jeremy
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Two of the early pictures I took with my D800E from the back yard overlooking the Great Salt Lake.
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Heck of a view, Dave! By the way, nice house, too.
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in the evening
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A Touch of Pink
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/8738716738_7ef2b2d326_o.jpg)
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Heck of a view, Dave! By the way, nice house, too.
You're welcome any time!
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A couple from this afternoon's bimble
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Thanks, all, for sharing your work!
Don't think I've put this one in here:
(http://www.wolfnowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/20130407-49-PAP.jpg)
Mike.
A 6-image stitch from my cell phone 'cause I was out walking and that's what I had in my pocket. Joined up with Autopano and pushed around a bit in LR
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Sunrise.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/8975283149_aec7933f85_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanggay/8975283149/)
Sunrise at Legend Resort Cherating beach. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanggay/8975283149/) by Erithacus2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sanggay/), on Flickr
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A large bird prepares to take flight over a mountain range behind the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
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Well seen! And captured!
Mike.
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In Kalgoorlie
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This is an old one (2009) but it's one of my favourite cloud shots. No manipulation, just a little contrast and sharpening.
Mike.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/9326627222_644f79bb23_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/9326627222/)
Wizard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/9326627222/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
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(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3756/9398433317_b2783b9071_c.jpg)
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A couple from France.
Jeremy
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cloudy
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(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Other/Pictorials/i-76B7FBZ/0/L/July%2019-%202013%20Father%20Redmond%20field%20071%20smugcopy-L.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Other/Pictorials/6157147_wZQ4vV#!i=2669980088&k=76B7FBZ&lb=1&s=A)
Taken with a Pentax MX-1, small compact camera with 1.7 sensor, a really fine camera, as far as compacts go. Regretfully I took it back because it did not have an optical finder and had a slight lag, which I found hindered my In-camera motion photography.
JMR (John R)
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From a few years ago(2005)
Happy Face
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/Travel/Bodega-Bay-4-06/i-p6qWRpK/0/L/doranclouds-L.jpg)
More recently
They went that way.
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/Nature/Yolo-Wildlife-Reserve/i-QGNvG3b/0/L/_DSC5461-L.jpg)
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The first here is of cloud over a Dorset landmark, Golden Cap (highest point on the south coast of England). The light is of course all that is golden in this shot, the yellow sandstone all in shadow.
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These next two are taken a bit further along the Dorset coast, on Chesil Beach - an 18-mile barrier beach, with ten miles of freshwater lagoon (The Fleet) behind it
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks! Took me a minute to find your happy face, Rich, but I did. :)
Mike.
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Taken from the car at over 65 mph (not driving though)
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I like #2.
Rich
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These next two are taken a bit further along the Dorset coast, on Chesil Beach - an 18-mile barrier beach, with ten miles of freshwater lagoon (The Fleet) behind it
I like the photographs far more than I liked the book.
Jeremy
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Which book?
BTW, how bad is the book? (Trying to gauge how much your preference for my photos is a more or less good thing)
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Which book?
BTW, how bad is the book? (Trying to gauge how much your preference for my photos is a more or less good thing)
On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan: http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Chesil-Beach-ebook/dp/B00354YA4U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375900833&sr=8-1&keywords=chesil+beach.
It's ghastly. Reasonably well written, as you'd expect, but both the characters are irritating ciphers.
My preference for your photos is wholly complimentary.
Jeremy
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I'll avoid that book then. Thanks for the warning :)
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(http://steveducharme.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v67/p1278320156-4.jpg) (http://steveducharme.zenfolio.com/p67394933/e4c319e1c)
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by my house
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A real sense of texture in that sky
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I'll avoid that book then. Thanks for the warning :)
There's a book club where I used to work, which I still attend. My role from the outset, nearly a decade ago now, seems to have been the curmudgeon who dislikes whatever anyone else has chosen. I'm not sure how the role was assigned, but I'm a little worried at how easily I've come to fit into it.
Jeremy
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Woke up to this on my way down the drive to get the paper.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/9516863741_9a2e321047_o.jpg)
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There's a book club where I used to work, which I still attend. My role from the outset, nearly a decade ago now, seems to have been the curmudgeon who dislikes whatever anyone else has chosen. I'm not sure how the role was assigned, but I'm a little worried at how easily I've come to fit into it.
Jeremy
Just wait until you're older!
It only gets better, in the sense of more marked. And becomes the 'expected of you', which is a bit of a trap.
Did I mention you might actually have superior taste?
;-)
Rob C
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Did I mention you might actually have superior taste?
All of us surly curmudgeons have superior taste!
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My favorite pool with some nice clouds, last year. (Malghera Valley, West Grosina Valley, Valtelline Valley)
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Just wait until you're older!
It only gets better, in the sense of more marked. And becomes the 'expected of you', which is a bit of a trap.
Did I mention you might actually have superior taste?
;-)
Thanks, Rob. As old age creeps up on me, I'll cling to that thought.
Jeremy
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My favorite pool with some nice clouds, last year. (Malghera Valley, West Grosina Valley, Valtelline Valley)
Some really nice reflections.
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All of us surly curmudgeons have superior taste!
This, Eric, is self-evident to all of us SCs; like fine wines, we get better and better until the moment when we really, really should be sold off for charity. I'd like to sell everything off as a great gift to charity: my own.
Imagine having everything one has gathered through life converted back into real money again. Wow, the new choices one would have available!
;-(
Rob C
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This, Eric, is self-evident to all of us SCs; like fine wines, we get better and better until the moment when...
... we turn vinegary?
Jeremy
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... we turn vinegary?
Jeremy
:D
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Great Clouds, Not So Great Ground.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/9543694738_153488421a_o.jpg)
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Great Clouds, Not So Great Ground.
Oh, I don't know. Get rid of the masts and that blue thing to their right and it will be OK.
Jeremy
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White on blue
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Basking sharks perhaps?
Mike.
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Don't remember seeing clouds like this before. 'Course, at my age, there's a lot I don't remember.
Lifted the shadows a lot.
Regards,
Dale
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Nice sky! Are you familiar with the Clouds Appreciation Society? - http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/
Mike.
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I appreciate the link, and bookmarked it.
Thanks,
Dale
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You're most welcome!
Mike.
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Few recent, mostly ooc jpegs (X-E1, Velvia)
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few more
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Nice clouds you got there! Thanks for sharing!!
Mike.
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From last Saturday evening in Baltimore...
Cheers,
Bob
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This thread hasn't seen much activity recently, but I've checked & there're still clouds up there. Here's some evidence for my claim
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Found out about Roll Clouds (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=roll+clouds&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=XByAU7q4GMemkQW03IGwBg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1310&bih=709) on Huffington Post site, quite amazing.
Cheers,
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Found out about Roll Clouds (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=roll+clouds&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=XByAU7q4GMemkQW03IGwBg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1310&bih=709) on Huffington Post site, quite amazing.
Cheers,
Not yet seen one, but they do look really intriguing!
Haven't had any good clouds here in weeks. Last weekend's kite festival showed only blue sky.
Mike.
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Old (Malghera Valley) and recent (Bellano, Lake Como) clouds.
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Old (Malghera Valley) and recent (Bellano, Lake Como) clouds.
I really like the second one
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Afterglow
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I also really like the second one - a real beaut - but the first one is good too; I like the way the sweep of the snow complements the similar sweep of the clouds.
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Here's one.
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That's a treat, Bob! Really "majestic." :D
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Arches NP.
Jeremy
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I really like the second one
Me too.
Mike.
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Sky Dog
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Peaks (to me unknown) and clouds as seen from Schiazzera, Saiento Valley, Valtelline, May.
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One of my first digital images.
Peter
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My kinda scene, Peter. Lovely.
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My kinda scene, Peter. Lovely.
My thoughts exactly.
Mike.
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In the clouds! ;)
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Another couple of local shots
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Feathered rain cloud
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Does no one else post anything here any more? I'm feeling like Billy No-mates.
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Does no one else post anything here any more? I'm feeling like Billy No-mates.
Funny, I get the same feeling in Without prejudice (and I didn't even start that thread)
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Not shooting clouds as much as I used to, but maybe this will revive things...
Mike.
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On the plane back home
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Could have posted this image in love those trees as well, but I'm more focused on the clouds.
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Fluffy white things in the sky, and fluffy white things in the field
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I like it, it has a surreal feeling (maybe because the lightened background)
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There's something strange going on with the sheep - they seem to have some sort of dark halo around them. Not sure what's happened there.
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There's something strange going on with the sheep - they seem to have some sort of dark halo around them. Not sure what's happened there.
Did you use a lot of "local contrast enhancement" or "clarity" to boost the pop in the shot? That can cause effects like this.
But I still like it a lot, very vibrant B&W!
Something a little softer from me:
Clouds and moon
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201505/i-BvZFPTH/0/O/PEG_A850_2_09964_20150530-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201505/i-BvZFPTH/A)
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Yes, I think I've overcooked it with the local contrast.
Nice clouds & moon BTW
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Fluffy white things in the sky, and fluffy white things in the field
I like the picture--nice connection between the fluffy sheep and the fluffy clouds. I do think the "hi-contrast red filter" effect is a bit extreme.
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I've made some adjustments, and lost the strange dark halo effect around the sheep. BTW, no red filter, it was green, but I did use a polariser. Here's the re-jigged version, and another from yesterday evening. I've also left in the previously cloned out barn. Not sure it made much difference to be honest.
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I've made some adjustments, and lost the strange dark halo effect around the sheep. BTW, no red filter, it was green, but I did use a polariser. Here's the re-jigged version, and another from yesterday evening. I've also left in the previously cloned out barn. Not sure it made much difference to be honest.
Much better on the ground but I rather liked the high contrast drama in the clouds of the first, some of which you've lost in the reworking. I agree about the barn.
Jeremy
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OK, so there's a prominent tree, but there's clouds as well
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OK, so there's a prominent tree, but there's clouds as well
I like it. The tree seems to be simulating a lightning strike from those clouds.
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An oldie from 2011, dredging in front of the Belgian coast
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/i-hW6JwK6/0/O/PEG_A850_02439_20101114-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/i-hW6JwK6/A)
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The Temperance Hotel, Land's End, Cornwall, with some (IMHO) wonderful clouds framing it. YMMV
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YMMV
I don't see why it should. Great clouds!
Jeremy
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Clouds, but 'god beams'* too.
* properly known as crepuscular rays
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Bill,
The Temperance Hotel is a great image. You ought to have posted it in a separate thread.
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Thanks Rajan. Off to start a new thread :)
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Hi,
Clouds over the big plains in northern Mexico shot with the new Canon EF 11-24mm through the bus window @18mm focal length
Look at the grey bar on the lower part and there you can see the good correction of this lens. Original image size.
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Fleeting fisheye sunset clouds from last fall
Pentax K-3 & Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 fisheye (cheap but fun lens!)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3944/14932538604_2195fc142b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oKxau9)IMGP2742-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/oKxau9) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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I have to get used to my new web address. Lord Howe Island.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IOvxW9dLBtg/VZ6-ZEmcJsI/AAAAAAAAABA/GHRG-LpuQI8/s1600/Lord_Howe_2.jpg)
Cheers,
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Fleeting fisheye sunset clouds from last fall
Pentax K-3 & Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 fisheye (cheap but fun lens!)
Very nice clouds. Good shot generally.
Jeremy
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Very nice clouds. Good shot generally.
Jeremy
Thank you.
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Very nice clouds. Good shot generally.
Jeremy
Thanks! I almost missed this light after driving to this spot like a maniac as I saw the sky developing.
I probably had about one minute between turning off the car and the sky turning grey so I was pretty pleased with the end result after that mad dash!
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I was looking for some images from my trip to the Great Barrier Reef when I came upon a folder of cloud images. I think the image comes from near Monkey Mia in Western Australia.
I think that he most interesting thing is that when I looked back through this thread to see if I had posted this image was how easily I identified my own images and how distinctive Australian skies are.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XoIzMNfzHsg/Vax-pDf3IVI/AAAAAAAAACQ/xpdiSY22EY4/s1600/big_skies_04.jpg)
Cheers,
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OK, so there's a prominent tree, but there's clouds as well
Hi,
The image of your clouds an that tree is just great.
When I just saw it the tree resembles a Lightning ;D
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The sunset over the sea in Knokke last weekend was spectacular. I pulled back the red saturation on this one, since some of the reds in the sky were outside the sRGB gamut, so it was really like this, no exaggeration (to the contrary)
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201507/i-j39hsR8/0/O/PEG_NEX6_2_02495_20150718-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201507/i-j39hsR8/A)
NEX6 + OM Zuiko 200/4
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Somewhere in Arizona.
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from above
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A nice one from France,
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Some more clouds, over Monument Valley: https://500px.com/photo/120918473/clouds-over-monument-valley-by-patrice-t (https://500px.com/photo/120918473/clouds-over-monument-valley-by-patrice-t)
Sorry for posting external links, but I'm trying to follow the forum rule and not embed images larger than 800px.
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A brewing storm in Knokke (Belgium)
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/i-h8TqhsT/0/O/PEG_A850_02447_20101114-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201011/i-h8TqhsT/A)
Sony A850 + Tamron 28-200
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Wow. Nicely dramatic. And the first Belgian Dutch landscape I've ever seen :)
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Incredible sky tonight - and no, I've not touched the saturation, that's just how it was :)
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(http://i.imgur.com/FNfxCTB.jpg)
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Nice one, Bill.
Jeremy
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Thanks. Here's another one
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Nice clouds over L'Abbaye Royale de Fontevraux
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201507/i-v3Q6JLc/0/O/PEG_NEX6_2_02853_20150730-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201507/i-v3Q6JLc/A)
NEX6 + E10-18/4
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A lovely sense of depth to that one
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Cloud action over the creek
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8760/17921944849_d38f1756ae_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tiGDP8)IMGP5046-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/tiGDP8) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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A lovely sense of depth to that one
Thanks Bill, I also tried B&W (like your excellent cloudscapes above) but liked the colour version better, depth is a good way to describe what actually looked better in colour vs. B&W. When I took the picture I had B&W in mind, but it didn't work out like I thought.
@MattBurt, nice cloudscape as well, guessing by the cloud movement it's a longer exposure? (exif didn't reveal that)
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Thanks Bill, I also tried B&W (like your excellent cloudscapes above) but liked the colour version better, depth is a good way to describe what actually looked better in colour vs. B&W. When I took the picture I had B&W in mind, but it didn't work out like I thought.
@MattBurt, nice cloudscape as well, guessing by the cloud movement it's a longer exposure? (exif didn't reveal that)
Thank you and yes, not sure why exif didn't tell you but it was 105s using a 10 stop filter.
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I like the "Cloud" jpg, Chairman Bill. The vertical picture with the one dominant cloud is dramatic and engaging.
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From the top of Sears Tower:
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/25/9cea88dcf41eba376184f79dabfe7157.jpg)
And some gloomy sunset clouds over the bay from Cape Hatteras:
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/25/12e64e428a2a0fbd65a6f46df4c9689d.jpg)
Some fantastic images in this thread!
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Cloud action over the creek
, on Flickr
Love this shot, Matt!
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@ mikefike, nice shooting, especially like the second.
Something less dramatic, clouds and reflected clouds (in the Loire near Saumur)
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Cliché in black and white.
Rob C
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/1446725_orig.jpg)
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Whilst shopping one day.
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I created this collage to show how variable the early morning sky can be. The three photos were all taken from the same vantage point (on the NC Outer Banks) at approximately the same time (6-6:30 AM) during one week in September of last year. I used a Nikon D600 with a Sigma 24-105mm lens.
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Skies can certainly change ridiculously quickly.
BTW - That would be a triptych and not a diptych Peter, as you have three and not two images used together.
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Whilst shopping one day.
That building seems to be moving almost as fast as the clouds.
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Skies can certainly change ridiculously quickly.
BTW - That would be a triptych and not a diptych Peter, as you have three and not two images used together.
Yes, of course. It started as a diptych and I added a third image without changing the file name.
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(http://i.imgur.com/CT4bYLc.jpg)
from 2011
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(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/04/041dccc6673f4cb0c12345125f20d396.jpg)
One of the most amazing skies I've witnessed.
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Reminds me of what it might look like shooting the underside of an iceberg through a coloured filter.
As I have never seen an iceberg, and would most certainly not think of going under one if I ever do, I suppose I shall never know for sure.
;-)
Rob C
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Haha. I agree with all of that, Rob! Though I would like to go to Iceland for some glacier shots!
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That building seems to be moving almost as fast as the clouds.
Had to use a high shutter speed to keep it sharp. ;)
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Lake Calosso and Sasso Maurigno (Maurigno peak) in the clouds
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(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/04/041dccc6673f4cb0c12345125f20d396.jpg)
One of the most amazing skies I've witnessed.
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was that shot within the last week in Northern CA by any chance?
I ask as your photo matched the sunset here a very short time ago.
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Lake Calosso and Sasso Maurigno (Maurigno peak) in the clouds
Wow. Fantastic Muntanela.
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was that shot within the last week in Northern CA by any chance?
I ask as your photo matched the sunset here a very short time ago.
No, this is North of Detroit in May 2012. Though I'd love to have seen something similar. Did you get any pics if it, Michael?
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No, this is North of Detroit in May 2012. Though I'd love to have seen something similar. Did you get any pics if it, Michael?
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a few that were not exactly exposed properly.
the cloud shapes were the same..and the color of the sky a very close match.
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No, this is North of Detroit in May 2012. Though I'd love to have seen something similar. Did you get any pics if it, Michael?
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a few that were not exactly exposed properly.
the cloud shapes were the same..and the color of the sky a very close match.
A pretty amazing sight to behold, nevertheless.
A couple from another amazing evening a month or so before:
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/05/f0bdd0bf51d8cc2211c2c286196459a2.jpg)
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10/05/99f31fdbaa552734e3659ef8ab2ff0a7.jpg)
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A pretty amazing sight to behold, nevertheless.
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I found one thats satisfactory
(http://i.imgur.com/Yc3DkvL.jpg)
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Good clouds tonight
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5737/21822572248_218d8c8d03_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zfoorE)IMGP1555-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/zfoorE) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Snapseeded cloud on Garda's lake.
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D200; one day sitting on the terrace having a little drink before lunch. Or, from the cockpit of my private F16... who knows? No, it was a little drink; it wasn't in anybody's F16, not even Uncle Sam's.
;-)
Rob C
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D200; one day sitting on the terrace having a little drink before lunch. Or, from the cockpit of my private F16... who knows? No, it was a little drink; it wasn't in anybody's F16, not even Uncle Sam's.
Quite cool.
I'm not sure about the black border but that's my taste.
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Quite cool.
I'm not sure about the black border but that's my taste.
For better or worse, it also turned into my house-style over the years, and not about to change anything much.
;-)
Rob C
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D200; one day sitting on the terrace having a little drink before lunch. Or, from the cockpit of my private F16... who knows? No, it was a little drink; it wasn't in anybody's F16, not even Uncle Sam's.
;-)
Rob C
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/3471462_orig.jpg)
That is a fantastic image!
Tony Jay
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Thank you Tony, it's nice to feel that instinct still makes or breaks shots.
At the risk of boring, it's the reason why I hated having client people around when I worked: they interrupt your flow of consciousness, without which latter, nothing much happens.
Rob C
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Tony is absolutely right, Rob.
One nice thing about clouds is they don't natter at you when you're concentrating.
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Another brewing storm at the coast of Knokke (Belgium)
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201101/i-ZKTFCbW/0/O/PEG_A850_02797_20110102-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201101/i-ZKTFCbW/A)
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(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/628/20940246478_6edede0a0e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xUqeJo)IMGP2217-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/xUqeJo) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Shot while in hospital some time ago.
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Clouds and and their reflexions in Läch de la Basa, Valley of Pedruna, Valtelline, last Sunday.
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Clouds and and their reflexions in Läch de la Basa, Valley of Pedruna, Valtelline, last Sunday.
Really cool.
(I must admit: I thought to myself "those three rocks should be cloned away" ;D)
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D200; one day sitting on the terrace having a little drink before lunch. Or, from the cockpit of my private F16... who knows? No, it was a little drink; it wasn't in anybody's F16, not even Uncle Sam's.
;-)
Rob C
I missed this one when it first passed by, but I think it's worth adding one more voice of approbation. Well done.
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I missed this one when it first passed by, but I think it's worth adding one more voice of approbation. Well done.
Thanks, Arlen.
Rob C
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One from this evening
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Interesting cloud and rainbow today on a bike ride.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/719/22262838186_108a4fe4a7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zVhSaG)IMGP2173-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/zVhSaG) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Interesting cloud and rainbow today on a bike ride.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/719/22262838186_108a4fe4a7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zVhSaG)IMGP2173-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/zVhSaG) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
You are busy Matt!
Really like this one.
I am a bit of a sucker for good weather-related shots though.
Tony Jay
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You are busy Matt!
Really like this one.
I am a bit of a sucker for good weather-related shots though.
Tony Jay
Thanks Tony! I do like to get out and shoot and/or ride/hike/ski as often as I can. It offsets all the desk time I have to spend during the weekdays.
I love these kinds of storms that come through here in the fall so I'm always on the lookout for them. The rainbow was a bonus on this one!
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Very nice work on the clouds Michael. Abstract and artistic qualities in both images.
JR
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Very nice work on the clouds Michael. Abstract and artistic qualities in both images.
JR
Thank you.
I think I will switch back to using my old 50mm lens for a few days. I sense the need for the simple approach that allowed me to see the images in these photos.
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That last one is superb
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I also love the last one. The shape of the cloud and the wooded top of the hill are very similar.
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I also love the last one. The shape of the cloud and the wooded top of the hill are very similar.
Thank you very much!
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That last one is superb
Thank you.
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They may not look much like clouds, but they are.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5717/21999020424_75c6672522_c.jpg)
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They may not look much like clouds, but they are.
Fine!
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Interesting cloud and rainbow today on a bike ride.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/719/22262838186_108a4fe4a7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zVhSaG)IMGP2173-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/zVhSaG) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Looks rather less arid over yonder. Not seen a rainbow effect quite like that one before other than at a waterfall. Which come to think of it, underlines my first sentence I guess. ;D
What the biking like there Matt? Looks very different to what I'm used to, as trails are often in wooded areas or with more vegetation.
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Looks rather less arid over yonder. Not seen a rainbow effect quite like that one before other than at a waterfall. Which come to think of it, underlines my first sentence I guess. ;D
What the biking like there Matt? Looks very different to what I'm used to, as trails are often in wooded areas or with more vegetation.
I live in the Gunnison at 7700 Ft at the valley floor. It's pretty dry down here but we are surrounded by much higher peaks and high alpine terrain (it's behind that storm in my photo). The town of Crested Butte is 28 Miles away and it is a full high alpine environment and 1000 Ft. higher up that end of the valley and goes up to 12-14,000 Ft peaks.
So here at this end it's high desert style riding, kind of like Fruita if you have ever ridden there. The trail system is called Hartman Rocks and there's close to 100 Mi of singletrack in short named and graded sections that can be linked for almost limitless combinations with another 100+ Miles of jeep trails for additional options. It's considered to be a world class trail system. Crested Butte is better known and has 100's of miles of high alpine riding so it's nice to have the variety. I moved here for the skiing and stayed for the cycling! I ride these trails from my house after work on summer evenings and it's great. Road biking isn't bad here either but but there are a lot more options and variety for MTB.
A few Hartman Rocks scenes for context (with clouds to stay somewhat on topic).
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7734/17330350842_fe15062cd5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/spqzws)IMGP9187-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/spqzws) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
We climb that big cone shaped mountain and ski that chute down the front when conditions are favorable.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8700/17004561712_a31ab9d579_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rUCPLu)IMGP7029-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/rUCPLu) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Lots of little technical granite sections. Great traction on that stuff but it tears you up if you fall on it.
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Edit to add:
Crested Butte riding is more like this:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/14590072744_e361f877b0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oegWjm)IMGP3127 (https://flic.kr/p/oegWjm) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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They may not look much like clouds, but they are.
And very pretty ones, at that.
Jeremy
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And very pretty ones, at that.
Jeremy
the thrill of capturing an image of something I have never seen before has yet to fade.
Thank you very much.
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I live in the Gunnison at 7700 Ft at the valley floor. It's pretty dry down here but we are surrounded by much higher peaks and high alpine terrain (it's behind that storm in my photo). The town of Crested Butte is 28 Miles away and it is a full high alpine environment and 1000 Ft. higher up that end of the valley and goes up to 12-14,000 Ft peaks.
So here at this end it's high desert style riding, kind of like Fruita if you have ever ridden there. The trail system is called Hartman Rocks and there's close to 100 Mi of singletrack in short named and graded sections that can be linked for almost limitless combinations with another 100+ Miles of jeep trails for additional options. It's considered to be a world class trail system. Crested Butte is better known and has 100's of miles of high alpine riding so it's nice to have the variety. I moved here for the skiing and stayed for the cycling! I ride these trails from my house after work on summer evenings and it's great. Road biking isn't bad here either but but there are a lot more options and variety for MTB.
When can I visit? ;)
I'm recall reading lots about Crested Butte when reading US bike magazine and I've seen the trails at Fruita from when folk first started posting trail rides online.
I moved to Sheffield for University and stayed for the cycling, nightlife + culture. I live 5-8 minute ride from about 7 woods [it's a very green city] which then lead out into the Peak District. Not quite as high as anything you have, but lots of climbing wherever you go. The Tour De France came through here last year and the route completely blew the peloton apart and Peak District did the same thing to the Tour Of Britain in August this year. We have the odd World Champion too as Steve Peat is a local lad and trained on one of the DH trails I built for a national race, Tracey Mosley who is now doing the Enduro circuit came here for Uni and the riding.
The main rock around here is also quite abrasive as it's gritstone, Millstone Grit in fact, so called as millstones for grinding flour were made from it as it was well....gritty. You often come across mill stones that never quite made it to a mill out on the Edges, which is where they were carved out of the rock face in situ. See shot below
This shot may not seem like your usual cloud pic. It was however taken inside one. We had some really odd weather last week, blue skies and warm sunshine in city centre and then clouds about a kilometer from centre just sitting at ground level and turning day into almost night.
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Some dramatic clouds shortly before getting rained on whilst out on a ride on Burbage Edge.
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When can I visit? ;)
I'm recall reading lots about Crested Butte when reading US bike magazine and I've seen the trails at Fruita from when folk first started posting trail rides online.
I moved to Sheffield for University and stayed for the cycling, nightlife + culture. I live 5-8 minute ride from about 7 woods [it's a very green city] which then lead out into the Peak District. Not quite as high as anything you have, but lots of climbing wherever you go. The Tour De France came through here last year and the route completely blew the peloton apart and Peak District did the same thing to the Tour Of Britain in August this year. We have the odd World Champion too as Steve Peat is a local lad and trained on one of the DH trails I built for a national race, Tracey Mosley who is now doing the Enduro circuit came here for Uni and the riding.
The main rock around here is also quite abrasive as it's gritstone, Millstone Grit in fact, so called as millstones for grinding flour were made from it as it was well....gritty. You often come across mill stones that never quite made it to a mill out on the Edges, which is where they were carved out of the rock face in situ. See shot below
This shot may not seem like your usual cloud pic. It was however taken inside one. We had some really odd weather last week, blue skies and warm sunshine in city centre and then clouds about a kilometer from centre just sitting at ground level and turning day into almost night.
Sounds like some good riding there too! Lovely photos, and the millstone one is extra nice!
We get the USA Pro Challenge pro road race through here every couple of years. I got to be an embedded photographer on the back of a motorcycle in the last one which was a real thrill (and hard!). I've also been in team and press cars for that race which are a little less intense but still pretty exciting.
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Oh, and come visit any time but it will soon be ski season as it's been snowing this week.
Mountain bike season usually gets going in April/May in Gunnison and June/July up higher around CB.
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The big benefit of our climate and very unpredictable weather is that it's nearly always MTB season. As long as you dress right, that is and have the right tyres on. ;)
I have two sets of wheels for my MTBs one with 'Summer' tyres and one with 'Winter' tyres, so I can put them on according to the conditions that day.
Intend doing similar with my cross bike when I can afford to get a couple of extra wheels pairs built. 28c road tyres, 33c gravel tyres and 40c 'monster' cross tyres.
Been a bit dry here this year though, so not needed 'winter' tyres much. Reservoirs nearby are at 60% capacity which is what you expect at height of a very dry summer!
The old submerged village has made one of its rare appearances.
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We get the USA Pro Challenge pro road race through here every couple of years. I got to be an embedded photographer on the back of a motorcycle in the last one which was a real thrill (and hard!).
Always looked like really hard work. But then compared to filming from back of a motorbike with a broadcast camera for 5-6 hours.....
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Always looked like really hard work. But then compared to filming from back of a motorbike with a broadcast camera for 5-6 hours.....
Right, those guys have it harder, but at least they face backward and don't have to twist like the still photo guys do.
People here ride all year round, but it takes some special gear!
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7470/16005261809_8675186966_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qok9HP)IMGP0650-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/qok9HP) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
But I'd rather ski!
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People here ride all year round, but it takes some special gear!
But I'd rather ski!
Combine the two and ride a Ski Bob, they are great fun.
(http://www.regionews.at/data/news/2012/03/11/31065/pic_600/1331422980OJOU6.jpg)
A friend of mine did the Iditabike race some years back which is where Fat Bikes originated from and it was unseasonably warm and the snow melted. Not much fun trying to ride slush.
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...I want to play with that eye Bill,
been watching the same here...always good to lift our gaze and get out of our own way!
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Moody fall sunset
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5757/21689421448_feb7eb39bf_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/z3BXmd)IMGP3645-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/z3BXmd) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Yoweee Matt!!! I covet the upper left... yes, yes!!...can't take my eyes from it enough yet to appreciate the rest...but hey you posted in clouds right?! ;)
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Yoweee Matt!!! I covet the upper left... yes, yes!!...can't take my eyes from it enough yet to appreciate the rest...but hey you posted in clouds right?! ;)
Yeah, that virga is like the creamy center of an Oreo. But don't forget to enjoy the delicious wafers too! ;)
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Moody fall sunset
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5757/21689421448_feb7eb39bf_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/z3BXmd)IMGP3645-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/z3BXmd) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Stunningly beautiful in all respects - a real winner!
Tony Jay
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Clouds - yep, they cloud and cloak history, too; the passage of civilizations, wars and temporary peace sees many.
Rob C
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/2994783_orig.jpg)
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Pier, surf and clouds. The joys of a beach walk.
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201502/i-kMk2LKB/0/O/PEG_NEX6_1_09737_20150227.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201502/i-kMk2LKB/A)
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Pier, surf and clouds. The joys of a beach walk.
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201502/i-kMk2LKB/0/O/PEG_NEX6_1_09737_20150227.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201502/i-kMk2LKB/A)
A deceptively simple composition that works really well.
This is a very good image!
Tony Jay
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A deceptively simple composition that works really well.
This is a very good image!
Tony Jay
Thanks Tony, I also like it, but the thing that keeps nagging me (and preventing me to make a big print) is my own shadow on the pier :-\
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'French Clouds With Wires'
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Thanks Tony, I also like it, but the thing that keeps nagging me (and preventing me to make a big print) is my own shadow on the pier :-\
I confess to missing that detail!
Nonetheless, on review I wonder if it doesn't still really work in this case.
Tony Jay
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Thanks Tony, I also like it, but the thing that keeps nagging me (and preventing me to make a big print) is my own shadow on the pier :-\
I really wouldn't let that detail spoil enjoyment of the image.
Jeremy
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Moody fall sunset
That's a cracking shot, Matt.
Jeremy
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One from this evening
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One from this evening
You have captured a lot more than some clouds and a field here.
This is an example of an image that needs no title and no explanation.
It just needs to be viewed and enjoyed.
This image just evokes it own story - it is almost alive.
The B&W treatment is absolutely something that elevates this images from something good into an altogether very special image.
Just trying to describe all the emotions and sensations this image brings to mind is a book in the making.
Better to just sit back and experience this.
Congratulations Bill
Tony Jay
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Wow. I didn't expect that sort of reaction. Thanks, Tony. Much appreciated.
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Wow. I didn't expect that sort of reaction. Thanks, Tony. Much appreciated.
It is a very good image Bill and it hit me right in the midriff!
Tony Jay
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It is a very good image Bill and it hit me right in the midriff!
Tony Jay
Even better: it looks filmic!
;-)
Rob C
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Bill, with this countryside and these skies in your backyard, really you don't need to desire other, more mountainous backyards...
P.S. Rain coming? Here it hasn't rained since october (perhaps... after Christmas... something will happen...)
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Storm at Sea...
Peter
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Superb.
Edit to add: Something I'd like to see printed. Big.
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Superb.
Edit to add: Something I'd like to see printed. Big.
Your image is wonderful...Made me remember this shot. I have made a series of paintings based on the storm.
Peter
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Thanks Tony, I also like it, but the thing that keeps nagging me (and preventing me to make a big print) is my own shadow on the pier :-\
I think your shadow blends pretty well and could just be a wet spot from a splash. Nice image!
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From the porch this morning. A location I can manage without help even with this broken shoulder! :)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5665/23521239899_bb7c114dd2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BQuv9X)IMGP0740-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/BQuv9X) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Storm at Sea...
Peter
* Storm at Sea
Missed this...see it as tempest clearing...paintings moving to magenta/violet? Wow, just wow what a sky! and those renaissance painters couldn't tuck them away for reference as we are so fortunate to be able. I wonder about their eyesight and intensity of recall unaffected by Edison. Again, Wow!
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Storm at Sea...
Peter
Another glorious shot!
Tony Jay
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Taken a few months ago on the bank of the Hudson River, Tarrytown, NY.
(http://www.jackandbeans.com/pbd/NY_Hudsoncloud4.jpg)
Nikon D800e w/70-200mm
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Storm at Sea...
Peter
Powerful, man, powerful!
Rob C
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Storm at Sea...
Wow.
Jeremy
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Storm at Sea...
Peter
Ominous picture--great tonality.
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Storm at Sea...
Peter
Stunning..
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Here's a couple clouds I waited forever to get with the foreground. T
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Beautiful B&Ws, all three of them
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Beautiful B&Ws, all three of them
Very different landscapes but all equally breathtaking.
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Very different landscapes but all equally breathtaking.
Breathtaking is the word!
Mere adjectives cannot do justice to these captures.
Congratulations
Tony Jay
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Here's a couple clouds I waited forever to get with the foreground. T
Those are great! I especially love the first.
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Here's a couple clouds I waited forever to get with the foreground. T
Tim~
I remember a conversation we had over the phone in the middle of the night one time (over the water near JPC's), while I was making a series of half hour exposures. You kept my mind off being chewed alive by a billion mosquitoes by discussing the way you would walk round and round and round your subject to drag the luminosity out in all the right places. Somehow I'm pretty sure you did not walk round and round these, but the "wait forever" for these confluences I absolutely believe! Fantastic, Fantastic! B&W, yet holds up beautifully to the rock in stream print you included with my book of your gorgeous work.
All the best, Merry Christmas and Lumine!
Patricia
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Here is a couple more from my trip with some great clouds. As always find your locations mark them then when the gods speak and hand you the right clouds, its perfect. Tim
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Here is a couple more from my trip with some great clouds. As always find your locations mark them then when the gods speak and hand you the right clouds, its perfect. Tim
The first in particular is stunning, Tim.
Jeremy
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Here is a couple more from my trip with some great clouds. As always find your locations mark them then when the gods speak and hand you the right clouds, its perfect. Tim
Those certainly look like the right clouds! Nice.
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Les Landes, France. An oldie from 2008, woken up for the first time today. Sometimes you find something interesting when browsing through older folders on your computer
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200808/i-z6StBnb/0/O/PEG_A700_02493_20080802.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200808/i-z6StBnb/A)
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Les Landes, France. An oldie from 2008, woken up for the first time today. Sometimes you find something interesting when browsing through older folders on your computer
I really like this!
Very simple and clean composition.
Almost abstract qualities and the surreal B&W look, apart from the yellow in the clouds, elevates this image to something very special.
Congratulations
Tony Jay
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What looks like mammatus clouds. I had to be quick - by the time I got to a better vantage point, they'd gone - hence the less than inspiring foreground
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Reminds me of some Colin Baxter stuff from his book on France. Nice.
Rob C
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I'm not au fait with his work - I'll have to look it up. Glad you like it though
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Another one from Knokke, december 29 last year ;)
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201512/i-z9vhp63/0/O/PEG_A6000_1_4805_20151229.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201512/i-z9vhp63/A)
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It's been damp & gloomy for so bloody long, but whilst I really would like some sun & some snow, there's something in the dark & brooding clouds I do like
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Nice one Bill, you can "feel" the chilly dampness in that shot
Here's another one from the Atlantic coast in Les Landes (France)
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200808/i-bMW98xN/0/L/PEG_A700_02485_20080802-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200808/i-bMW98xN/A)
(click for larger)
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Morning light on the clouds above a field of old maize stalks
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Nice ones, Bill and Pieter.
Bill: It amuses me to note thst your last two have almost the same composition. The light clouds above the maizw stalks closely mimic the mountains in the previous one.
Eric
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mountains?
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Another from this morning
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Eric
mountains?
Sorry, Bill! I did a quick comparisons of the thumbnails only, on my lousy antique laptop.
So of course it's "mountains." Did I misspell it? I'll try again" "T_R_E_E_S." ;D
Eric
P.S. I'd better not say anything about the swarm of large airplanes in your latest image, except to say I like it. ;)
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Clouds, hills and the Pitino castle. "Pitì bruttu se vede dapertuttu" ("You can see the ugly Pitino from anywhere"), goes a popular Marche saying. Here it is seen from La Roccaccia (bad/ugly fortress) of Treia. (Both fortresses are said ugly because they lie in ruins)
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The most dramatic clouds I've ever seen. August 2006, Moscow; the city was melting...
Shot from the height of about 70m, towards city center:
(http://www.aolib.com/images/Molten_Sky.jpg)
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A local vista
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A local vista
What a sky!
Jeremy
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A local vista
Wow, nice.
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Really nice sky Bill!
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How have I only just spotted this thread :)
Clouds are a guilty pleasure of mine (I'm sure that is true for many photographers). Once of the few subjects that are in a state of perpetual change.
Edge of a Storm.
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A stunning sky Bill. Full of turmoil and threat.
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How have I only just spotted this thread :)
Clouds are a guilty pleasure of mine (I'm sure that is true for many photographers). Once of the few subjects that are in a state of perpetual change.
Edge of a Storm.
Fantastic
Graeme
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Thanks Graeme
I've just notice I'm suffering some horrendous compression artifacts in the export of that image. Sorry about that.
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Clouds and rain from last night.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1559/25775875074_7b07249490_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FgJ6Dd)IMGP2804-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/FgJ6Dd) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Thanks all for the positive comments.
Matt - love that one
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Thanksgiving day 2012, Manhattan.
(http://www.jclarkgallery.com/photos/fallsquall.jpg)
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An amazing skyline
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Clouds and rain from last night.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1559/25775875074_7b07249490_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FgJ6Dd)IMGP2804-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/FgJ6Dd) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Moses would have appreciated this one.
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How have I only just spotted this thread :)
Clouds are a guilty pleasure of mine (I'm sure that is true for many photographers). Once of the few subjects that are in a state of perpetual change.
Edge of a Storm.
I like this picture. Don't feel guilty.
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Clouds and rain from last night.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1559/25775875074_7b07249490_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FgJ6Dd)IMGP2804-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/FgJ6Dd) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Stunning Matt
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I like this picture. Don't feel guilty.
Thanks, I'll let my guilt wane 😀
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Thanks for the comments! Here's another from the same evening a little later. Might even be the same cloud after it passed.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1478/25795172803_9d147e60f2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Fir1bF)IMGP2758-Edit-2 (https://flic.kr/p/Fir1bF) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Both quite fine.
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Anoth beauty Matt
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From this evening
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Both quite fine.
Anoth beauty Matt
Thanks!
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From this evening
Nice and soft, nice. What is that blooming?
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Matt, it's oil seed rape - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed
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I've not posted anything here for a while.
Jeremy
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Wow what colours.
I love the small but important reflection of shape between the cloud and tiny peak.
The upright rock on the left keeps drawing my eye to it, I think it's because it looks like a person standing in shot.
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Nice one, Jeremy
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Nice one, Jeremy
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Wow what colours.
I love the small but important reflection of shape between the cloud and tiny peak.
The upright rock on the left keeps drawing my eye to it, I think it's because it looks like a person standing in shot.
Thanks: the reflection of shape is what drew me to take it.
I think the "rock" is in fact one of our party, standing at a rather uncomfortable-looking angle. Here are screenshots of that area at 100% zoom, the first from the image above and the second from another taken from the same place a few seconds earlier.
Jeremy
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So even a rock has to change its battery or memory card from time to time. ;)
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Absolutely stunning Jeremy :)
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Very beautiful, indeed...
Peter
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Yes, didn't notice the moon at first in the thumbnail but that really takes it up a notch. Nice.
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Very beautiful, indeed...
Peter
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Stormy skies today
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Nice clouds, Bill. I bet they would both look good in large prints.
I especially like the first, with the sun hitting the white house.
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Thanks, Eric
Here's another - sunbeams/crepuscular rays
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Nice clouds, Bill. I bet they would both look good in large prints.
I especially like the first, with the sun hitting the white house.
I agree. Curiously, I find the thumbnail of the second to be more interesting, but viewed full-size, I very much prefer the first.
Jeremy
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I like a good black and white conversion, of a scene including fluffy white clouds. My contribution:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1555/26607019832_8195d4974c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GxaW2f)
Playing with free Nik Tools (https://flic.kr/p/GxaW2f) by Jason Hindle (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jason_hindle/), on Flickr
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Beautiful, Patricia!
I suspect Minor would see this as spirit clouds emanating from the dark figure in the lower right.
-Eric
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Edge of a storm that just passed.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1535/26396721670_5f6a89a954_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GdA6GS)IMGP3421-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/GdA6GS) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Amazing, Pat.
Jeremy
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Pat,
Now this is a great landscape...albeit via the sky!
Peter
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Is that the hole in the stratosphere folks were all talking about some years back?
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Rob
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Edge of a storm that just passed.
Matt, I bet you could get a lot more drama out of that sky with (or perhaps even without) a good b&w conversion.
Jeremy
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~somewhat dangerous gestures from the space between, bits of its secret alphabet of line, tone and texture flowing from beyond the surface of the scene-seen, the artists mysterious spirit place, the negative space inhabited by brush’s sweep~
Interestingly, referring to the mysterious Einstein wrote that “to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”
Thanks Eric, Peter, Jeremy and Rob. Receptivity opens dimensions for light.
P
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Matt, I bet you could get a lot more drama out of that sky with (or perhaps even without) a good b&w conversion.
Jeremy
I bet you are right. I'll have to give it a whirl.
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A couple more. One from Monument valley and other from colorado.
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Both good, but the second one is truly superb. Print it big.
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Both good, but the second one is truly superb. Print it big.
I agree.
Tim, since your color work is so fine, it is a treat to see magnificent black and white work as well.
Eric
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A couple more. One from Monument valley and other from colorado.
Agree that the second is really nice.
What made you use B&W for the first?
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Both good, but the second one is truly superb. Print it big.
Absolutely!
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In fact, it might just be the best photo I've seen all year
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Sublime!
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I am not sure there are any other superlatives not previously mentioned so i will just off a simple, BRAVO!
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Certain degree of insanity to Follow Tim Wolcott's B&W's but I've always been fascinated by Crepuscular Rays and never pass up on the chance to shoot them.
The Day Breaks, Color and B&W
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Thanks for the compliments. I do print big, very big. I print the image usually around 32x40 or as large as 60x80. Here are a couple more.
Finally got my new website finished, missing a few things but I like it. Tim
TimothyWolcott.com
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Clouds are a major part of the scenery on the prairies.
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Sedona from last March.
(http://theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/Dramatic%20Sedona.jpg)
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Sedona looks good :-)
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Sedona looks good :-)
Sedona certainly does. Nice shot, Stephen.
Jeremy
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At midnight. Almost.
Jeremy
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Sedona from last March.
Good quality of light and tones here. Nice!
Here are some building clouds I shot last weekend.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7465/26313494463_0d17174b49_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/G6exa2)IMGP1634-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/G6exa2) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Good quality of light and tones here. Nice!
Here are some building clouds I shot last weekend.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7465/26313494463_0d17174b49_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/G6exa2)IMGP1634-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/G6exa2) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
I don't know if it's my eyesight or what but that's the strangest water surface that I've seen in a long time.
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I don't know if it's my eyesight or what but that's the strangest water surface that I've seen in a long time.
I thought it was interesting. It's boat wakes coming from different directions and crossing to make that matrix pattern.
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Sunshine & showers
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Sunshine & showers
lovely
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Wonderful light today. Winter clarity, on a summer's day, and a patchwork landscape, and those clouds
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Love your last two cloud images. Moody and dynamic. Patchwork deserves that beautiful patchwork light!
JR
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Love your last two cloud images. Moody and dynamic. Patchwork deserves that beautiful patchwork light!
JR
Me too.
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We get lots of weather here in the UK, so we do quite well with varied cloudscapes :-)
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We get lots of weather here in the UK, so we do quite well with varied cloudscapes :-)
But the rumor has it that you almost never get those patches blue sky between the clouds. Your latest shot is beautiful, but it doesn't fit my imagined image of the UK. ;)
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We do get odd spots of blueness in the sky. And some years the summer lasts more than 2 or 3 days.
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We do get odd spots of blueness in the sky. And some years the summer lasts more than 2 or 3 days.
Sounds like my kind of place...
Peter
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From yesterday evening
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From yesterday evening
Rich pallette and some drama. I like it!
This was from Wednesday night. They reminded me of cotton candy.
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7152/27256583415_2814ed06c7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Hwz7Dn)IMGP3739-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/Hwz7Dn) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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From New Zealand
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Wow. I think that counts as 'dramatic'
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One from this afternoon - we've had thunderstorms, so some interesting skies
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Bill
Very dramatic.
Steven
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Another crazy sunrise from New Zealand. Very fortunate to get the clouds reflecting off the beach.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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I think that counts as 'dramatic' too
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I think that counts as 'dramatic' too
Definitely.
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Thanks Bill and Eric. Incredible light and clouds in New Zealand. Here is another one.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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That's a beautiful composition. Love it.
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Thanks Bill. I usually don't include skies in my compositions. I prefer the intimate landscape and that is typically what sells.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Another killer sunset lit clouds. This one is in Tasmania using a Horseman 617 with velvia 50 film. A 2 minute exposure. Tasmania is an amazing place to shoot landscapes and one of my favouite places to shoot and not over run like other locations around the world.
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Wow. That's it. Nothing more to say about it. Just, wow.
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Thanks Bill. Here is the other image from the same shoot. It was just an amazing sunset and fortunate to get a rainbow in this one.
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Another crazy sunrise from New Zealand. Very fortunate to get the clouds reflecting off the beach.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
A beauty!
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I really like this.
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I declare Bill "Master of Clouds"...
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The Mothership
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7649/26884497903_665536603f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GXG5zV)IMGP3971-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/GXG5zV) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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As Sunrises go, this was one of the better ones I've seen in a long time because of the cloud layering. Absolutely NO color enhancement.
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And ten minutes later when the sun broke the tree line, only the colors changed whilst the structure stayed the same
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The Mothership
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7649/26884497903_665536603f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GXG5zV)IMGP3971-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/GXG5zV) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
You should sell prints of that image at Star Trek conventions. That is an awesome cloud. Now, if your name was Peter Lik . . .
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You should sell prints of that image at Star Trek conventions. That is an awesome cloud. Now, if your name was Peter Lik . . .
+1.
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Here are two from the same spot.
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You should sell prints of that image at Star Trek conventions. That is an awesome cloud. Now, if your name was Peter Lik . . .
Maybe I should change my name...
I agree about the cloud. I had decided not to chase weather or light and was planning on staying home. But the cloud called to me. I was late getting to this location and thought I had missed the light but then it hit and for a few moments it was glorious. I was happy I persevered.
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Thunderheads near Capulin, Colorado.
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7396/26985159173_e25b02f3b9_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/H7zZF4)IMGP5227-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/H7zZF4) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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(https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7181/6943960557_2bd7ffed75_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/bzBBxT)Storm Approaches, Night Approaches (https://flic.kr/p/bzBBxT) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Unfortunately taken with an iPad. Didn't have my camara when it happened.
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Tuscany, from the hills of Pienza just before sunrise
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Events/Kruse-Tuscany-2016-05/i-8ZDCgpV/0/O/PEG_A6000_1_6131_20160509.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Events/Kruse-Tuscany-2016-05/i-8ZDCgpV/A)
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(https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7181/6943960557_2bd7ffed75_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/bzBBxT)Storm Approaches, Night Approaches (https://flic.kr/p/bzBBxT) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
I Love this one.
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Me too
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Knokke (Belgium)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/201409/i-ZxFsxLx/0/O/PEG_NEX6_1_05579_20140921.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201409/i-ZxFsxLx/A)
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I remember going to Knokke when I was a kid. Probably 40 years ago. I think maybe Belgium is due another visit.
This one from yesterday evening
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Around sunset in the Austrian Alps
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/201110/i-xV8kczm/0/O/PEG_A850_04944_20111007.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201110/i-xV8kczm/A)
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Santa Fe, NM
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de Havilland Dragon
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That's superb
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A brewing storm in Iceland
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de Havilland Dragon
Beautiful, Doug.
Jeremy
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Rain returning Home.
5 Image portrait panorama (Hand held, Lightroom really does a great job at times!))
(Ps Sorry about the watermark the copy is from my website images folder)
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Rain returning Home.
5 Image portrait panorama (Hand held, Lightroom really does a great job at times!))
(Ps Sorry about the watermark the copy is from my website images folder)
Dramatic. No need to apologise: it's pretty unobtrusive, as watermarks go.
Jeremy
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As cloud photos go, that's pretty sublime. Love it.
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Dramatic. No need to apologise: it's pretty unobtrusive, as watermarks go.
Jeremy
Thank you Jeremy
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As cloud photos go, that's pretty sublime. Love it.
Thank you Bill, high praise 😀
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To the Chairman & Jeremy: thank you for your kind comments. It does look remarkably good when printed on 11 X 17 and even better on 13 X19.
Ciao, Doug
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Maybe not 50 shades, but ...
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Clouds hanging over Nordkette.
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Nice
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Some mammatus clouds from my driveway last night.
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7390/27360819804_2264dc0097_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HFMmuu)IMGP0091-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/HFMmuu) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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They are fascinating formations
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Good Morning America
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That's rather beautiful
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A Little Rain, a Little Sun
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Mixed Emotions
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Nice Bill great leading lines :)
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A Little Rain, a Little Sun
That's lovely Chris. Super Colours.
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Walking along the river with my guitar last night to session some folk music in the Sage (the building in the picture)
It was a great night for clouds but I only had my phone in my pocket. This was taken with Hipstamtaic on Iphone.
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That's lovely Chris. Super Colours.
Thanks, and they are pretty much as they came out of the camera.
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This one is from Tasmania. Shot with a Horseman 617 using Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Death Valley
Jeremy
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This one is from Tasmania. Shot with a Horseman 617 using Velvia 50 film.
This is very nice. The clouds are great but so are the rocks!
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Thanks Matt. Here is a new image
Rolling Hills Clouds and Oak Trees - Phase One XF IQ3 100 MP Back. Coastal oaks and clouds from a shoot last spring in California. This is definitely a location that I plan to revisit. Just love the rolling hills and little oak trees that spot the hillsides. of course the amazing back drop of billowing clouds makes this shot.
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That reminds me: a phone pic taken riding home on Wednesday night. I made it by about 2 mins...
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This one is from Tasmania. Shot with a Horseman 617 using Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Nice. This image could be in the 'Remarkable Rocks' thread.
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Thanks Graeme. Tasmania is an amazing place for landscape photography.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Reflected Glory
Sipping a glass of wine and watching the sun go down as it reflects off the residual monsoon clouds over the Verde Valley.
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This morning's dawn
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This morning's dawn
Lovely!
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Thanks, David. Here's another
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Thanks, David. Here's another
You get much better skies in Somerset than we do in Manchester, Bill. Or maybe you're just better at seeing them...
Jeremy
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Very nice Bill!
Here's a less friendly looking sky shot I took from my porch yesterday evening.
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8853/28440012186_98ec30a6eb_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Kk9uMG)IMGP3507-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/Kk9uMG) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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I spent one week in northern Brittany. What a beautiful coast!
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I spent one week in northern Brittany. What a beautiful coast!
Wonderful clouds, Mike. Perhaps a little over-saturated in the blues?
Jeremy
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Wonderful clouds, Mike. Perhaps a little over-saturated in the blues?
Everyone in France knows there is no point taking colour film to Brittany ;)
It does remind me of a book of Australian landscapes I bought 30 years back, where the photographer vigorously asserted in the preface that no, he had not used a polariser or otherwise artificially increased saturation... those were the real colours...
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I admit to using a polarizing filter for the Brittany photo. I could have backed it off a bit or reduced the blue saturation in LR, the though even crossed my mind. Though I usually prefer less saturated colors, this image does depict the sky (at least my impression) for the day. That was my first trip to Brittany but it won't be my last. Love the land, the colors, but need to learn French.
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May I send a copy to my Bretonne colleague? I think she'll enjoy it :-)
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Peculiar dusk.
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May I send a copy to my Bretonne colleague? I think she'll enjoy it :-)
Carry on, sir! 8)
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Everyone in France knows there is no point taking colour film to Brittany ;)
Graham, having not used color slide film for so many years, I today wonder how I was once able to expose properly in such situations. By comparison, digital is so simple.
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Just another spectacular sunrise over the Econfina Watershed...
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I think I've been pretty lucky when it comes to being there with my camera at the right time capturing cloud oddities and dramatics living in Texas. It's just that they show up in the most aesthetically sterile of urban surroundings instead of the preferred serene rural countryside.
A cloud formation shown below appears rarely with that kind of light but I'll take it anyway even it's over an Albertson's grocery store parking lot.
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A couple from this evening
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Brewing storm (that soaked us 15 minutes later)
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Brewing storm (that soaked us 15 minutes later)
I like this picture.
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Me too.
But I wouldn't want to be out on one of those sailboats during it.
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Nice one Bill. I'm starting to see those rolls around here. Time to get out for some nice light with them!
Here are some clouds from thursday night as the moon was setting. The light on the clouds in the upper right is from the town of Gunnison, Co which is maybe three miles away.
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8727/28956059666_42a8945626_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/L7KnJ3)IMGP1499-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/L7KnJ3) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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~incoming across the Reach.
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Early morning mist. The first shot is a three image stitch, the second simply cropped to remove a pretty bland, featureless upper sky
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sunset
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Simple three-frame stitch from this morning
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Interesting clouds here lately have contributed to some nice sunsets!
This was last night.
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8303/28909555004_3de60a9103_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/L3D2vw)IMGP2877-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/L3D2vw) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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~incoming across the Reach.
Love the drama, Patricia!
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Sky at North Rim of GC
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1) Helicopter in front of clouds.
2) While we were walking along these mountains, the clouds looked like an avalanche of snow engulfing the peaks.
(Both were taken during hiking the Kungsleden in Lapland, Sweden)
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Yesterday's sunset was marked by a rather unusual cloud pattern. It was unlike anything I've seen and only lasted for a few minutes.
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from a thicket near a school
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Outside Zion, NP Utah
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Gotten onto a sunset phase and not sure why....but it is an awesome sky for the subtlety of color and layering of clouds.
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In the mountains
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Sun and clouds
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I captured this image with a Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera. This is a stitched imge of a cloud inversion.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Some clouds from this evening
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i like the echo of the sun in the clouds and the flaming tree leaves in the third one.
The first one - the cloud above the flaming tree reminds me of a swan, a swan with warm feet ;)
Both quite good imho.
Frank
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No swans this time - a cold front moving in at sunset
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Nice, Bill.
I especially like the way the clouds in the first seem to be trying to echo the shapes of the trees below.
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Nice. (And with your trademark single tree. ;) )
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Ah, but a different tree this time :-)
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Bill,
I enjoyed looking at your photographs. Reminds me of the time I volunteered in a tall grass praire preserve in Northern IL.
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One from yesterday
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Another gentle beauty.
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(http://i.imgur.com/BjjLLgY.jpg)
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Small clouds at the seaside
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Lots of weather recently. One of the most foreboding skies I can remember
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That's a fine one, Bill.
Thanks for reviving this thread.
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They look like flying saucers.
Nice shots, both.
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Lenticular clouds - love 'em
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Lenticulars are my favs. Hardly ever see 'em here in southeast Michigan, though…
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Also a lenticular fan. Nice.
No lenticulars last night but pretty interesting clouds despite that.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4182/34416667481_85b6565de5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UrhqbD)IMGP1294-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/UrhqbD) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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An evening sky in Les Landes
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We've been having some weather ...
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We've been having some weather ...
You certainly have, and lucky you. Here in Manchester, we've had a little sun and have then reverted to our usual dull, featureless grey sky.
Jeremy
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Nice!
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A brief family getaway to Point Prim, PEI. Lots of wonderful skies.
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Handheld, 1600 ISO, f/2.0, 1/100, substantially cropped in on a 16mp Micro-4/3, shadows pushed hard. Just a grab shot, but I did like the moon and clouds last night.
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Nicely grabbed and processed.
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Nicely grabbed and processed.
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Icelandic cloud
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Icelandic cloud
How do you know it's native and not just visiting from somewhere else? ;)
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How do you know it's native and not just visiting from somewhere else? ;)
I think you can tell. It looks very much at home.
Jeremy
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Resurrecting an old topic with some old clouds
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By golly; there they are! Clouds.
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By golly; there they are! Clouds.
Shocking, I know! In the clouds topic you find photos of clouds.
PS. white ones even
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I shot these while out on a failed lunar eclipse mission. At least the clouds that prevented my planned shot were pretty. :)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4615/28226036309_05a295a21e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/K1ePdr)IMGP9459-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/K1ePdr) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Nice consolation prize, Matt. You've got the Galen Rowell style blues happening on the ground too. :)
Here are a few cloudy pics of my own, from late last summer through late fall.
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some time ago
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Such a friendly face...
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What a great variety of moods these recently posted clouds evoke!
Nice, folks!
Eric
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It's ages since there was a post in this thread, and I do feel some affection for it. So...
Jeremy
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I forgot about this thread too. I just took this Friday night. I was in this very crowded dispersed camping area near Crested Butte.
I've been the only one here a number of times in the past but I guess word got out. At least the moonlit clouds were cool.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1827/29688815498_13471da923_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MeuWvh)IMGP5535-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/MeuWvh) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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It's ages since there was a post in this thread, and I do feel some affection for it. So...
Jeremy
That's one of the strangest icebergs yet! ;)
As a cloud, it's very nice, though.
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I forgot about this thread too. I just took this Friday night. I was in this very crowded dispersed camping area near Crested Butte.
I've been the only one here a number of times in the past but I guess word got out. At least the moonlit clouds were cool.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1827/29688815498_13471da923_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MeuWvh)IMGP5535-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/MeuWvh) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
That's nice, too.
I might be tempted to clone out the tents, but I think it's better leaving them in.
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That's nice, too.
I might be tempted to clone out the tents, but I think it's better leaving them in.
Thanks, I'd rather just take one somewhere without all the tents!
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Thanks, I'd rather just take one somewhere without all the tents!
The tents are interesting to look at...at least in the photo.
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Beautiful Matt. Sometimes there is potential in seeing the manmade mixed with natural landscape. And this is it.
JR
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I forgot about this thread too. I just took this Friday night. I was in this very crowded dispersed camping area near Crested Butte.
I've been the only one here a number of times in the past but I guess word got out. At least the moonlit clouds were cool.
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Superb nice shot. Night must have been quiet under this sky!
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Superb nice shot. Night must have been quiet under this sky!
It should have been but the other campers were all together in a big group having a birthday party until 2am. :o
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It should have been but the other campers were all together in a big group having a birthday party until 2am. :o
Well, nothing is ever perfect… :(
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Well, nothing is ever perfect… :(
Maybe, but my camping experiences are usually a lot closer!
Crested Butte and even Gunnison County has become very popular in the past few years and we are having some growing pains. I usually put more effort into picking my camp sites but I was meeting friends who had already established the site. The party showed up after we had set up camp.
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Spotted this cloud because of the beautiful rim light. This image taken with cell phone does not do it justice. But what I noticed is the shadow in the sky of a cloud formation just before the storm. I have never seen this before except in pictures.
JR
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A rain storm cloud over Miami:
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Cellphone snapshot, Rockville, Maryland. Made last night during an after-dinner walk while I was patiently (?) waiting for my wife to emerge from a local retail store.
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Monsoon season here in Arizona. From last night.
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A heart-shaped cloud over Hollywood, Florida (Miami in the distance), lit by the last rays of sunshine. An iPhone 7 snap, using Lightroom Mobile in the DNG mode:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1873/43420912294_60a6c3eb08_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/299XwsS)
Twilight Cloud (https://flic.kr/p/299XwsS) by Slobodan Blagojevic (https://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/), on Flickr
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A heart-shaped cloud over Hollywood, Florida (Miami in the distance), lit by the last rays of sunshine. An iPhone 7 snap, using Lightroom Mobile in the DNG mode:
I was going to say damn good for a cell phone until I realized it is simply damn good, period.
JR
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I was going to say damn good for a cell phone until I realized it is simply damn good, period.
JR
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St Cyprien, France, August 2018
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Clouds at sunset over the North Atlantic, Newfoundland.
Peter
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Oooh, I like these recent pics. Here's one I took last evening in the midst of being bummed out that my intended planet and Moon viewing was toast. :)
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Baltic Coast
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Cummington, MA.
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Red Rock Canyon
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In the northwest region of New Zealand's south island. Nikon DF-80 with Nikkor 18-135mm lens.
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i thought for certain that i had previously posted these clouds but I can not find the posting.
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Gathering storm.
Jeremy
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Gathering storm.
Jeremy
Classy. Semi-minimalist, but each element contributes a lot.
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Gathering storm.
Jeremy
Excellent! The streak of sunlight on the water is the finishing touch.
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Storm Over Miami:
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Sunrise, North Carolina Outer Banks. Nikon D600 with 24-105mm Sigma.
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Storm Over Denver International Airport
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Nothing for more than two months! Here's a prod.
Jeremy
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Nothing for more than two months! Here's a prod.
Jeremy
Very nice clouds, well processed.
Is that your same "levitating" rock in the foreground?
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Very nice clouds, well processed.
Is that your same "levitating" rock in the foreground?
Thanks, Eric. No, it's a different rock. There are quite a few around there.
Jeremy
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This cloud kept me out a little late last night but it was really impressive. Constant lightning for several hours!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48347505396_ffccdd7af7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gEiAXf)IMGP6393-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/2gEiAXf) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Wow!
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dusk
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I am most jealous of Matt's lightning and stars shot...really impressive show!
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First the Clouds Were Afire, Now it's the Whole Sky
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First the Clouds Were Afire, Now it's the Whole Sky
This is quite impressive!
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If it hadn't of been raining, I would have shot a full pano...as it was, this was about all I could fit into the frame from my covered back porch.
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Well done.
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Waiting for the bike race I was shooting, I got this tourist shot of Dillon Pinnacles from where the camera sign is next to the road.
I usually go for a different angle if I can but the clouds made this low hanging fruit irresistible. :)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48662945918_9d9600ca65_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2h9bjqW)
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Waiting for the bike race I was shooting, I got this tourist shot of Dillon Pinnacles from where the camera sign is next to the road.
I usually go for a different angle if I can but the clouds made this low hanging fruit irresistible. :)
Would be quite funny if you could include the camera-sign somehow...!
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Would be quite funny if you could include the camera-sign somehow...!
I know, I thought of that later. I was focused on my mission for the day which was the race.
I'm not far from there so I'll keep it in mind for the future.
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Those clouds look like they are racing.
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Those clouds look like they are racing.
now that youve mention it i see that they do indeed.
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First cloudy morning in weeks a few days ago. Back to clear now.
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Just discovered this thread. Clouds have always been a fascination of mine.
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Another one. Idaho sky.
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Another one. Idaho sky.
Love it!
Jeremy
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This morning's clouds over the creek
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fog cloud over black mountain
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Gentlemen - Michael, Matt and Fritz, really fine photography.
JR
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Gentlemen - Michael, Matt and Fritz, really fine photography.
JR
+1.
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Gentlemen - Michael, Matt and Fritz, really fine photography.
JR
Thanks John!
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Rockport, MA
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+1.
Thank you
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Reviving an old topic
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Taken last month while skating.
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IMGP9070-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/2iaP1SQ) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Nice alpine clouds, I love it!
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Nice alpine clouds, I love it!
Me too.
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Me too.
Me three. When the clouds stick to the mountains like that it's magical!
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Thank you!
It was a perfect hike, the clouds kept coming and going in various shapes and amounts. On the other hand, next day when we came back they stayed steady and the freezing rain was nothing to be happy about.
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Just one of those nice cloud formations as the sun seems to explode behind the clouds and seven minutes later when it settled down.
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Chaotic storm cell last night
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Chaotic storm cell last night
Good one, Matt. Nicely-judged processing, too.
Jeremy
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Chaotic storm cell last night
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(https://flic.kr/p/2iTpWBa)
Superb! Could have been Pompeii… a very long time ago.
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Chaotic storm cell last night
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Thats a great image Matt, nicely seen and processed. It reminds me of this image by the great Edward Weston,
Rain over the Modoc Lava beds
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/120957/rain-over-modoc-lava-beds
I have a print of this from the original Weston negative printed by his son, Cole Weston in my bedroom and I view it every day :)
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I like the cloud theme, here is a storm cloud from a few years ago.
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Thanks for the kind words!
I had to dash to get to a high spot for that perspective and I'm glad I made the effort.
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Clouds rolling in to fill the valley. Trail Ridge Road RMNP
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Another nice storm cloud here this evening. Smaller than the last one but still big on personality.
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Good one. The B&W one too.
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Thunderstorm from a different vantage. 40,000' over Kolkata. A little shaky, but not easy at 950+ Km/hr and 3cm of wavy glass.
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Nice. Glowing from within.
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Nice. Glowing from within.
A glow best experienced from a distance :)
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Afternoon clouds
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New Jersey Farm (https://flic.kr/p/ivav5F) by Alan Klein (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/), on Flickr
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Clouds and sunsets
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We have been getting some nice Monsoon-ish clouds lately. I love it when they have lots of structure and virga with some good light. Hard to resist a shot!
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Nice shot Matt.
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Nice shot Matt.
thanks Alan
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Straight up -Blue Hour
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This thread hasn't had much love recently, which I think is a shame. Here's something to get the ball rolling again.
S
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Nice one.
I think I have a couple that may be worth posting (not too recent, however.)
I'll look for them.
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Nice one.
I think I have a couple that may be worth posting (not too recent, however.)
I'll look for them.
Now you've done it. The sky is the limit. Pun intended 8)
JR
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So many things I could have done, but the clouds got in my way... from Joni Mitchel song
JR
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Joni Mitchell was right. But only metaphorically. Now clouds distract me from my daily business, and I have to look up most of the time, just to see the newest formations. But I think most people do that even if they don't look at clouds the same way as us enthusiast photographers.
JR
Would have taken a wider view but I didn't have wider focal view on my point and shoot.
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Nice.
Of course, you could have taken a dozen snaps and then spent the next three months attempting to stitch them into a classy panorama.
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Nice.
Of course, you could have taken a dozen snaps and then spent the next three months attempting to stitch them into a classy panorama.
Yes, I could have. Thanks. I seldom think of that cause I is an old slide shooter 8)
JR
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Yeah, I shoot old slides, too. ;)
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Excellent, Michael!
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Early morning near Denali in Alaska.
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Nice one, Peter.
The juxtaposition of gray clouds up high and white ones at ground level is quite striking.
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Thanks Eric
a lenticular sandwich..
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Nice set.
My favorite is the Lenticular Sandwich (delicious!)
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Nice set.
My favorite is the Lenticular Sandwich (delicious!)
"ive looked at clouds"...etc..etc..etc. they still enthrall me
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These shapes do not look much like any clouds id seen before or since
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They do look quite bizarre.
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They do look quite bizarre.
"failed experiments..." Ive never seen anything like them
they have the look of a box of kleenex just previously caught in a tornado.
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another large "bird like cloud
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Love those "birds"!
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This latest is my favorite so far.
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Love those "birds"!
thank you Gentleman.
I gasped in public.... when I saw that formation.
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They have been good around here lately.
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That's a beauty, Matt!
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Yes, beautiful and the shape of the land (like a bowl) is also perfect.
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A couple from a recent outing. Nice clouds that evening.
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Both are extraordinary and my favorite is #2. It may not look immediately as spectacular as #1 but I like the subtle play with the swirling clouds.
Anyway, bravo for both shots.
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Both are extraordinary and my favorite is #2. It may not look immediately as spectacular as #1 but I like the subtle play with the swirling clouds.
Anyway, bravo for both shots.
Thank you francois!