Color Thread XII
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January 18, 2022 at 4:00 am #519296Michael LerchParticipant
After hitting the 101 mark on Vol11 with Keelin’s wintry blanket and Han’s Virga allow me to begin Vol12 with , what else, more Pileus. All these Pileus shots were taken from my backyard from July thru August. The first hills rising out of the desert are a few short miles north, and North Mountain is just east . So yea the clouds created trying to get over those hills, visually aren’t far away. A zoom telephoto lens helps a lot also.
Arizona Color#121
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January 18, 2022 at 8:24 pm #519429Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, may I join you and your fantastic pileus.
Cloud Dance
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January 19, 2022 at 4:06 am #519481Michael LerchParticipant
Ahh the wind blows joyous cloud,Ruth
Arizona Color#122
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January 22, 2022 at 4:01 am #519856Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#123
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January 25, 2022 at 3:24 am #520265Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#124
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January 25, 2022 at 10:34 am #520287Hans StockerParticipant
Thanks for your great start of this volume XII with lots of your marvelous pileus shots, Michael. Your last oen (#124) is like looking through a dotted glass screen. Love it.
Rippling Sheet
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January 26, 2022 at 1:02 am #520439Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Michael, your pileus offerings are a splendid start for Volume XII, and #124 is like a soft murmuration. Lovely!
Ruth, your Cloud Dance has joyful feel. (And might that be a mermaid with glowing head swimming her way through it?)
And Hans, I love the contrast of smooth and rippled textures and the movement in your image above. I’d like to hear the dream that was dreamt upon it.
An Undecided Wind
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January 28, 2022 at 12:00 am #520708Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color #125
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January 29, 2022 at 4:29 am #520886Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#126
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February 2, 2022 at 3:13 am #521788Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#127
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February 3, 2022 at 4:34 pm #522025Hans StockerParticipant
I love an Undecided Wind, Keelin. It seems that winds high up there can’t make up their minds.
Michael, your last three are wonderful soft dotted fluffy images. All examples of your favorite duplicatus I suppose?
No Decision Made Yet And Far Too Ripply To Sleep Upon
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February 4, 2022 at 5:49 am #522083Michael LerchParticipant
Thanks Hans and Keelin. Swirling Altcum gives plenty opportunity to produce duplicatus. My favorite is the last duplicatus photo session I had, no matter which kind of cloud i photographed. But they allow for a fun shoot. Here is more.
Arizona Color #128
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February 6, 2022 at 3:29 am #522274Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color #129
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February 8, 2022 at 1:19 am #522602Patricia L KeelinParticipant
No question about it, I love the latest additions here from you both, Hans and Michael. A few days ago, we had similar skies here, and it looked as if a bird had dropped right through the large patch of cirrocumulus.
Off To Explore The Great Blue Beyond
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February 8, 2022 at 10:15 am #522665Hans StockerParticipant
Thanks Keelin, I love your latest composition. It surely leads the eye into the Great Blue Beyond. Marvelous.
The bird that dropped through the layer of clouds seems to have caused a small fallstreak hole, don’t you think?
Sticky
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February 9, 2022 at 4:19 am #522766Michael LerchParticipant
I like that shot Keelin. If it were mine, and it isn’t, i’d crop off 80% of the bottom blue. Just a narrow blue strip sends the eye rite to the bird, making the trees a new and necessary part of the photo. Well Done!
Your lacunosus has neat depth to it Hans. The colors are wild too!
Arizona Color#130
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February 10, 2022 at 1:24 am #522898Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ah, Michael, I clearly see what you mean! Thank you for the excellent re-cropping suggestion.
And Hans, I think you may also be right about that fallstreak hole—a bird-created portal to who-knows-where. I only hope your Sticky cloud wasn’t waiting on the other side! It has a seductively soft appeal.
If you’ve ever sneezed into a bowl of powered sugar, this next image might look familiar.
Achoooo!
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February 10, 2022 at 6:40 am #522915Michael LerchParticipant
Very nice shadow work Keelin. I like the depth of that shot.
Arizona Color#131
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February 12, 2022 at 6:38 pm #523327Ruth QuistParticipant
Hans, your Sticky photo makes me want to run out for a cinnamon roll. Cool shot.
Keelin, the sneeze could too be ocean foam.
Michael, I especially like the subtle colors in #129.
Barely There
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February 15, 2022 at 2:08 am #523655Patricia L KeelinParticipant
You’ve a keen eye, Ruth, to see be aware of beauty that’s Barely There. And I see you caught some splendid Asperitas too as featured recently on the Gallery. Congratulations!
Thanks for kind words, Michael! And talk about shadow work. Love what you’ve captured in #131.
Blown Away
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February 16, 2022 at 6:11 am #523789Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#132
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February 17, 2022 at 2:43 am #523882Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color #133
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February 19, 2022 at 12:35 pm #524103Hans StockerParticipant
I had a laugh about Achooo! Keelin. Is it that the nose still was tickled some more giving Blown Away? Love it.
Quite delicate pileus you captured in #133 Michael.
Calm And Wavy
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February 22, 2022 at 1:09 am #524395Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Love the whispering pileus in #133, Michael.
Calm And Wavy is just what’s needed now, Hans. But once things settle down, here’s a little feather to give another tickle.
The Tickler
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February 22, 2022 at 6:27 am #524412Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color# 134
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February 25, 2022 at 6:10 pm #524838Hans StockerParticipant
Your Tickler is also on the gallery, Keelin. I love the version here evenly with its wooly cloudlets.
And another marvelous and delicate pileus in #134, Michael.
Wrinkled
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February 26, 2022 at 2:52 am #524867Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#135
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February 27, 2022 at 4:26 pm #524945Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Great contrast in the light touch of pileus in #134 vs. the grand sweep of shadow in 135, Michael. Both images are beauties.
And I love the Wrinkled look, Hans. So much more interesting than a smooth blue, cloud-free, age-defying sky.
Wings of Desire
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March 1, 2022 at 3:19 am #525127Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#136
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March 6, 2022 at 12:27 am #525604Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#137
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March 9, 2022 at 9:19 am #525967Hans StockerParticipant
I love your Wings Of Desire, Keelin. Great composition too.
Lots of beauties by you Michael, but your last one with #137 really takes the cake. Great play of different kind of blues.
Looking Up In Wonder
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March 11, 2022 at 5:04 am #526256Michael LerchParticipant
Thanks Hans!..that shadow made all the blues possible.
Arizona Color#138
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March 12, 2022 at 6:08 pm #526513Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, I am liking #136 and #138. Nice formations.
Keelin and Hans, delicate clouds are looking Cirrus like.
Need a cloud read, thoughts on if this could be Pileus. Sneaky clouds.
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March 17, 2022 at 3:28 am #527045Michael LerchParticipant
I do not believe you have Pileus there Ruth. Velum is what you have, the give away is in the clouds surrounding. Pileus is formed out of thin air. Some Velum below
Arizona#139
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March 18, 2022 at 5:58 pm #527271Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, thanks for looking at my photo. I will take Velum. That is a first for me. It is nice to know what you are seeing. More awareness helps.
Back To Earth
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March 21, 2022 at 4:05 am #527504Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color #140
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March 23, 2022 at 2:59 am #527722Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#141
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March 27, 2022 at 5:35 am #528121Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#142
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March 30, 2022 at 7:05 am #528568Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#143
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March 31, 2022 at 5:22 pm #528707Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Hans, I’m with you on the Wonder. Looking Up captures the state well.
It’s also well caught in your Back to Earth, Ruth.
And Michael, what a wild wow collection your recent posts are. #140 absolutely blew me away with its beauty.
Inspirations
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April 2, 2022 at 4:11 am #528973Michael LerchParticipant
Thanks Keelin. Yes, to get lost in the clouds of inspiration..
Arizona Color#143
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April 3, 2022 at 10:06 am #529066Hans StockerParticipant
Lots of inspiration or lost in inspiration that’s the question for me when I see what is posted recently by you all.
Honeycomb
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April 7, 2022 at 5:46 am #529538Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#144
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April 11, 2022 at 1:28 am #529936Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#145
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April 12, 2022 at 5:16 am #530111Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#146
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April 15, 2022 at 6:07 am #530425Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#147
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April 15, 2022 at 2:54 pm #530447Hans StockerParticipant
Lovely puffy ones above Michael.
Meeting Waves
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April 19, 2022 at 7:22 am #530729Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#148
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April 21, 2022 at 11:23 pm #531028Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, there they are. Lenticulars are one of my favorites. Asking once again your thoughts on a Pileus. I am seeing some interesting clouds when I least expect them. Exciting though for me to look at clouds with a better eye for picking out formations, etc.
Want To Be
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April 22, 2022 at 4:53 am #531044Michael LerchParticipant
Ruth, Yes ,looks to me like you caught a pileus. Remember the physics involved: Quick rising columns of warm congestus compressing the water out of the atmosphere overhead..making cloud. So, yes all the ingredients are there in the shot. A fun part of pileus spotting is ..how faint is the earliest call that a pileus is forming. That one is the other side, a well developed pileus evolving in to possible velum.
Arizona Color#149
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April 23, 2022 at 10:10 am #531177Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#150
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April 24, 2022 at 5:33 pm #531244Patricia L KeelinParticipant
What a collection of blue and white beauties above! Each one has a story all its own. I’d especially like to hear the one call Honeycomb. I just bet it’s a sweet one.
Waving Back
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April 26, 2022 at 5:49 am #531396Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#151
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April 26, 2022 at 9:30 am #531408Hans StockerParticipant
I agree with you Keelin. It are all beauties above and many thanks for Waving Back:)
Catch As Catch Can
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April 27, 2022 at 8:09 pm #531730Ruth QuistParticipant
Another fabulous collection from all. Michael, I think #149 those clouds are chasing each other. Beauties too Hans and Kellin.
Anyone Have a Light
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April 28, 2022 at 7:06 am #531762Michael LerchParticipant
Increase in size of digital pictures lends light to the picture. I like this.
Arizona Color#152 (a shot up thru lacunosus )
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May 6, 2022 at 1:19 am #532565Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#153
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May 10, 2022 at 4:05 am #533144Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#154
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May 12, 2022 at 4:41 am #533356Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#155
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May 15, 2022 at 6:09 am #533608Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color #156
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May 15, 2022 at 11:32 pm #533683Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Oh those blues! Love the sweep in Catch…, Hans, and the bubbly feeling of #156, Michael.
And Ruth, you caught the spot light just right in Anyone Have a Light — a lovely scene. And congrats on your misty morning on the Gallery! I imagine the fairies, those quiet, early risers, were already up to mischief in the woods there.
More blues anyone?
Blue Suds
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May 18, 2022 at 5:51 am #534093Michael LerchParticipant
Cool composition Keelin!
Arizona Color#157
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May 24, 2022 at 6:33 am #534737Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#158
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May 26, 2022 at 7:48 pm #534998Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, nice collection of clouds you have going. #156 has got a bunch of exciting things in layers.
More Rays To Help Us Find Our Way Home
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May 27, 2022 at 6:27 am #535047Michael LerchParticipant
Cool crepuscular Ruth! and thanks!
Arizona Color#159
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May 29, 2022 at 8:46 pm #535316Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, oh my on #159. Someone’s nice foot. Need a cloud read on this entry. I am thinking a possible Velum.
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May 30, 2022 at 1:43 am #535339Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thanks, Michael I love the wild look of #158 and feather forms in #159.
And Ruth, those are some serious rays! Just what’s needed these days.
Some Cirrus To Cheer Us
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May 30, 2022 at 10:35 pm #535445Hans StockerParticipant
So many beauties above. Especially More Rays To Help Us Find Our Way Home by Ruth, #159 by Michael, and Some Cirrus To Cheer US by Keelin.
A Herd Of Sheep
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May 31, 2022 at 7:05 am #535485Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#160
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June 5, 2022 at 4:59 am #536063Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#161
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June 6, 2022 at 4:52 pm #536222Hans StockerParticipant
Down
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June 10, 2022 at 6:52 am #536600Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#162
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June 15, 2022 at 6:10 am #537022Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#163
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June 15, 2022 at 10:51 pm #537142Hans StockerParticipant
You managed to make the separate layers of clouds visible in #163, Michael. Must have been fun to do.
Grainy, Wrinkly and Fluffy
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June 16, 2022 at 5:59 am #537161Michael LerchParticipant
Hans , Yes ,i focused on the lower darker floccus turning the higher altocum into a soft space filler. One of those shots where I always see something new when I look at It. In processing, Lightroom has a Clarity tool. That can really pop clouds out as well. I use it religiously. Clarity was used on the photo. I generally shot color in added contrast to start with. The end result has me trained to actively seek these duplicatus opportunities when weather scurries across Arizona.
Really !, nice textures there on the cirrus(?) Looks Oriental
Arizona Color#164
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June 19, 2022 at 5:53 am #537454Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color# 165
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June 21, 2022 at 6:25 am #537673Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#166
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June 26, 2022 at 5:12 am #538143Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#167
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June 26, 2022 at 11:22 pm #538194Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Wow, Michael, your last three are simply fabulous!
Looks like the clouds were up to some mischief in this bit of sky from last springtime…
Feeling Feisty
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June 26, 2022 at 11:22 pm #538195Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Wow, Michael, your last three are simply fabulous!
Looks like the clouds were up to some mischief in this bit of sky from last springtime…
Feeling Feisty
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June 27, 2022 at 4:32 am #538206Michael LerchParticipant
Talk about Oriental, nice shot Keelin! and thanks!
Arizona Color #168
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July 1, 2022 at 6:37 am #538715Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color #169
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July 1, 2022 at 10:21 pm #538820Hans StockerParticipant
Feeling Feisty is great fun, Keelin. A sky that makes one happy.
Michael, you have a marvelous series above and #167 is absolutely fabulous. Love it.
Not Yet A Hole
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July 3, 2022 at 7:17 pm #538981Gregory VenarskyParticipant
All of your photos are absolutely fantastic!! I especially love the chaos of Feeling Feisty.
Fluff
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July 6, 2022 at 5:24 am #539274Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#170
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July 8, 2022 at 6:17 am #539468Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#171
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July 8, 2022 at 8:39 pm #539529Ruth QuistParticipant
Compliments to everyone.
Michael, looking like a sweet pileus in #170. They are sneaky. I can’t find a good word yet for #170. Guess no words, makes it special.
A Mamma with Teeth
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July 10, 2022 at 4:06 am #539630Michael LerchParticipant
Ruth, Its just foraging ..and yes , pileus develop and dissipate in about a minute or two. The physics make them sneaky.
Speaking of mammatus, here is the first in a series I took a while ago:
Arizona Color# 172
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July 11, 2022 at 6:23 am #539745Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#173
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July 11, 2022 at 6:05 pm #539791Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, love the mamma theme. #173 is my favorite. Now I understand these guys don’t last very long up there.
I Will Be Quick
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July 12, 2022 at 5:24 am #539833Michael LerchParticipant
a couple more
Arizona Color #174
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July 12, 2022 at 11:49 am #539860Hans StockerParticipant
Mamma mia, that is some marvelous mamma above from you both, Ruth and Michael. Very special.
Here fallstreaks make a upside down insect.
Crawling The Ceiling
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July 14, 2022 at 5:49 am #540169Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#175
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July 16, 2022 at 3:21 am #540413Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#176
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July 19, 2022 at 5:33 am #540815Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#177
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July 21, 2022 at 5:03 am #541149Michael LerchParticipant
ArizonaColor#178
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July 21, 2022 at 10:19 am #541189Hans StockerParticipant
Great images above Michael.
Patterns
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July 24, 2022 at 7:50 am #541621Michael LerchParticipant
Thats fun Hans!
Arizona Color#179
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July 24, 2022 at 6:28 pm #541797Ruth QuistParticipant
Hans and Michael, wow guys. I can’t keep up. Hans, may be even a crawling termite. Michael. #178 is a fabulous picture, not finding the right words except a lovely splash!
Got Pretzels
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July 28, 2022 at 3:25 am #542181Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color #180
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