Black & White Cloud Photos Vol XIV

Black & White Cloud Photos Vol XIV

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    • #360331
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Lets Continue!

      Arizona B&W #141

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    • #360472
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      After a lovely image to wrap up series XIII by Michael, YES, let’s!

      IMG_4803_BW_Onward!Onward!

    • #360750
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #142

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    • #361158
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #143

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    • #361215
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Yes, let’s continue and go onward! A new adventure of B&W’s is already started and I have to catch up. Love the flying dragon that looks over his shoulder in Arizona B&W # 142, Michael!

      2019-05 Wolken_0037-2

      It Is Eating

    • #361339
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Michael, #143 has some great dynamic movement. And whatever that hungry dragon could be eating, Hans, I suppose it is well equipped to enjoy it.

      IMG_4855_BW_It Has TeethIt Has Teeth

    • #361582
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      IMG_4888_BW_The Layered LookThe Layered Look

    • #361770
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Great abstract B&W’s with Teeth a bite Keelin.

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      Threesome

    • #361982
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #144

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    • #362795
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #145

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    • #363125
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Love the dancing threesome, Hans. And the deep view into clouds in #144, Michael.

      IMG_5013_BW_White CoralWhite Coral

    • #363197
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #146

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    • #363442
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      I love #144 Michael and White Coral Keelin. Sharp lines of light versus soft spongy structures.

      2019-02 Wolken_0009-2

      No Black, No White

    • #363715
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #147

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    • #364223
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#148

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    • #364458
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#149

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    • #364798
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Nice subtle grays yet plenty of definition in No Black, No White, Hans, and in the images that follow from you, Michael. In fact Michael’s last one made my eyes open wide as I’d just just seen a sky with fleeting Cirrocumulus (and friends) above my own noggin. What an unexpected treat!

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    • #365390
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Nice capture Keelin!

      Arizona B&W#150

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    • #366060
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#151

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    • #366372
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      From painterly to otherworldly, extraordinary images, Michael!

      Here’s a rather quiet one…

      IMG_6771_BW_The Sound Of One Wing FlappingThe Sound Of One Wing Flapping?

    • #366908
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Thank you Keelin..Every Now and Zen I get your photographs…

      anyway

      Arizona B&W#152

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    • #367303
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #153

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    • #367629
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #154

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    • #369451
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W# 155

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    • #369763
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #156

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    • #369969
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#157

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    • #370133
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Great compositions above, Michael.

      IMG_5166_BW_With FlairWith Flair

    • #370493
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Wow, that is quite a series of B&W’s you two posted last weeks (with flair).

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      Not Sunny

    • #370880
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#158

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    • #371003
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      2019-09 Charigny (87)-2

      Hairy

    • #371661
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Beautiful expressiveness in recent posts, you two. And is that the sun in Not Sunny, Hans, or did you capture the moon in that moody shot?

      IMG_5192_BW_HiccccupHiccccup

    • #371789
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Hello Keelin, it was the sun although it wasn´t sunny. I remember it well. In B&W it becomes quite moody indeed but it was at full daylight. Your Hiccccup is wonderful: the cloud formation with the visually echoing holes and the title as well.

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      Miscellaneous

    • #372161
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #159

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    • #372460
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Michael, did your cirrus fireworks (#159) grew out of here2019-01 Wolken_0027-3?

       

    • #372550
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      ooh, horizontal, vertical, a blend of both… all very nice compositions.

      IMG_5167_Served With A Sliver Of MoonServed With The Tiniest Sliver Of Moon

    • #372734
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      k ..reminds me of Degas dancers

       

      Arizona B&W #160

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    • #373123
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#161

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    • #373477
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Ah! Degas! Thank you, Michael. And fantastic textures in your two above.

      IMG_5230_BW_Echo ChamberEcho Chamber

    • #373620
      Liangjun Ling avatarLiangjun Ling
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      very impressive photos!

    • #374063
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Welcome Ling. I saw you picture taken in your home town. Very nice. I hope you like the B&W’s in this thread like I do and also hope you will join us.

      I love #160 Michael. It seems to have depth like clouds and earth seen from above. And for Echo Chamber I can hear the echoing like it can be seen, Keelin

      For this one I used too much paint.

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      Blimey, Drips!

    • #374387
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #162

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    • #374392
      Liangjun Ling avatarLiangjun Ling
      Participant

      Those photos are so amazing!

    • #375067
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Ling ,  Thank you!  Black and white cloud photography is a lot of fun! It challenges you to see clouds and sky a little bit differently. Give it  try!

      Arizona B&W #163

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    • #375987
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #164

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    • #376128
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Blimey, Hans, love those Drips! (as well as your very amusing title).

      And Michael, what a portrait of cloud magnificence! Also, so right you are about B&W photography taking the eye to new sights.

      So beware, Ling! This is the forum topic that first drew me in—and it has never let loose. I hope you’ll try it out and join us here with images from your home skies.

      IMG_5436_BW_Anything Can HappenAnything Can Happen

    • #376202
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#165

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    • #376542
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      IMG_5207_BW_Dragon BreathDragon Breath

    • #376889
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W# 166

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    • #377438
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      While my mind naturally wants to make something perhaps nameable of what I see in your #166, Michael, the ambiguity of it proves an even greater delight. Wonderful!

      No such mystery in the image below.

      IMG_3557_BW_HotSpotHot Spot

    • #378376
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      Above I see this wonderful Dragon Breath by Keelin and than I see Arizona B&W #166 by Michael that shows a footprint of the Dragon. Love them both.

      2019-09 Charigny (86)-2

      Virga Delight

    • #378453
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Love the sweep (and the title) of your Virga Delight, Hans. And agreed, Michael’s #166 makes a good footprint for a dragon. Perhaps it’s the residue of it’s breath I keep finding under my bed?

      IMG_1869_Maybe I'll Dust TomorrowMaybe I’ll Dust… tomorrow

    • #378660
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona B&W#167

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    • #379243
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W# 168

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    • #379730
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Be careful with the dusting on places where dragons dwell, Keelin. Great play with grays, also on the cumuli by Michael.

      2017-11-24 Boog ea_0032 B&W ac klein

      Adrift

    • #379967
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Indeed, lovely grays to be adrift in above.

      And wise words as well, Hans. Best to let all sleeping dragons lie. Who knows what could happen if one became…

      IMG_2636_BW_AgitatedAgitated

    • #380049
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Yes Keelin, who knows what happens if one dragon gets agitated. It can wake other dragons elsewhere. And so it did. To me they all seem to be strayed in this B&W thread but when they have fun they are welcome.

      IMG_2589-1

      Playful Dragon Duo

    • #380406
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #169

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    • #381012
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      What do you suppose that playful duo of flame throwers is up to, Hans, a friendly game of catch with balls of fire? Wonderful image!

      And love the composition in #169, Michael. I’m amused by that little hovering cloudlet that keeps snagging my eye each time I try to look elsewhere.

      IMG_5537_BW_The Usual Meeting PlaceThe Usual Meeting Place

    • #381904
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W# 170

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    • #382838
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #171

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    • #383497
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Michael, in your two most recent images above, I get the feeling something is on the edge of emergence. Love that sense of mystery.

      In the photo below, the seed pod shape makes me wonder what may become of those tiny bits held within.

      IMG_5546_BW_Cloud Pod

    • #383582
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Mystery for the sake of Mystery…clouds break the reality of Blue Sky

       

      Arizona B&W#172

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    • #384332
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#173

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    • #386116
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      Love your seed pod Keelin and the Mystery for the sake of Mystery by Michael as well.

      2019-09 Charigny (30)-2

      Building Castles

    • #386183
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Your #127 is the epitome of the mystery of mystery, Michael!

      Will your castle feature a drawbridge, Hans? I think the cloud characters below might like a tour.

      IMG_5551_BW_Bridge

    • #386421
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      Haha, the characters are welcome Keelin!

      Here is another character.

      2019-11 Wolken (18)-2

      Morphed But Still A Bit Spooky

    • #386891
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #174

      Schnauzer

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    • #387071
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      That is a really nice Snautzer Michael and a happy one as well. You do surprise me with this pareidolic one. Love it.

      Next one would have done well in the Waves thread you once started, but seems to be sleeping at the moment.

      2018-08 Wolken_0018-3

      Waving Waves

    • #387504
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Michael, I agree with Hans. That is one cloud puppy no one could resist. Even his tail looks ready to wag in the wind.

      And the waves return! Love this image, Hans, with bright frothiness in the foreground. Here’s one heading your way ~~~

      IMG_2764_B&W_Waves

    • #387559
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Thank you  Hans and Keelin. Schnauser is a favorite of mine. Cloud waves are always fun as well! Surfs Up!

      ArizonaB&W#175..A late in the day shot

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    • #388830
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Wow, Michael, what a dramatic shot! Hard to believe one would actually fall right through such solid looking clouds.

      It was late afternoon for the photo below as well, facing into the setting sun.

      IMG_5756_BW_Late Afternoon

    • #391884
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Love the frothiness on your former one Keelin. I hope to see it arrive over here. And the fone facing the setting sun has marvelous light play.  In between these beauties a massive cauliflower mountain over Arizona. Certainly an impressive one Michael.

      2019-05 Wolken_0046-2

      Foamy

    • #393866
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#176

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    • #394937
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#177

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    • #396684
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #178

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    • #396960
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Love your former three Michael but specially number #177 for the whirly structure in the middle that even look like someone with open mouth in a silent scream. One can imagine a lot around that one I think.

      2018-07 Wolken_0398-2

      Cloud Sculpture

    • #397642
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Indeed, Michael, you’ve given us one that intrigues beyond words in #177. Love the mystery of it!

      And your Cloud Sculpture, Hans is one I would hang on my wall. Beautiful.

      A moment after taking the photo below, there occurred a transformation of the bright wee cloud, making an image better suited for the Clouds-That-Look-Like-Things topic. So there it will land perhaps to inspire a bit of wonder…

      IMG_5873_BW_Light CreatureLight Critter

    • #397933
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Thanks Keelin and Hans!The Sculpture and Critter light up the holiday season!  Happy New Year to All!

      Arizona B&W #179

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    • #399151
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Nice contrast and clarity in #179, Michael!

      In the image below, it was the subtle silhouette that caught my eye.

      IMG_5963_BW_Shadow Of A Cloud DreamerShadow Of A Cloud Dreamer

    • #399644
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#180

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    • #399663
      Gregory Venarsky avatarGregory Venarsky
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      Hello,
      Love the shadow Keelin, I can see the outline of a person drifting thorough the clouds.

      And Michael, that cumulus looks wonderful with the rats shooting out behind it. Well captured.

      Below is a mixture of Altocumulus and Cirrus.

      Best Wishes,

      Gregory V.

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    • #416617
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Thanks Greg for your kind words. Opening up the exposure to capture the details in the cloud produces the white edges of suns rays  against the dark background,contrast.

      Arizona B&W#181

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    • #416620
      Gregory Venarsky avatarGregory Venarsky
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      Sorry I meant rays not rats :)

    • #416864
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W182

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    • #417072
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Ha, another example of the Coolest Clouds by Greg in your Arizona B&W182 Michael. And before that one the dreamy Shadow Of A Cloud Dreamer by Keelin and a wonderful mixture by Greg.

      2018-06 Wolken_0080-3

      Drifting Shape

    • #417488
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#183

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    • #417622
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Gregory, it looks as if your clouds are shifting into hyperspace—which, at times, seems like a possibility with how quickly some sail across the sky. And Michael, your B&W182 of Cirrus intortus reminds me of younger years when I could easily dance in all directions—at the same time. These days, my style is more like the gentle Drifting Shape Hans has posted. Alas, I have no answer for the question your most recent clouds have posed.

      PS: Saw your wild Asperitas over Haarlem on the Gallery, Hans. Congratulations!

      IMG_6113_BW_On The Lookout For IlluminationOn The Lookout For Illumination

    • #417945
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Thank you Keelin and… wow, what an inspiring Illumination you posted. Great contrasts and enchanting atmosphere.

      2018-03-18 Wolken_0170 B&W ac klein

      Wavy Shapes

    • #418016
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#184

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    • #418440
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Those Wavy Shapes have an amazing, magnetic force, Hans. I can’t seem to look away from them. Good thing Michael follows with one that sets my eyes free to roam. Love the feeling in both images above.

      IMG_1169_BW_One Loose ThreadOne Loose Thread Is All It Takes

    • #418994
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Nice one Keelin!

      Arizona B&W #185

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    • #419365
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Yes, nice one Keelin. Love this loose thread. And a capricious #185 Michale.

      2018-03-18 Wolken_0178 B&W ac klein

      Shapy Waves

    • #419929
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Love the flow and softness in your most recent images above, Michael and Hans. There was nothing so calm in last Sunday’s morning sky here.

      IMG_4643_BW_Frenetic FeteFrenetic Fete

    • #420014
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      While just the day before, a looser, liquid look…

      IMG_6308_BW_Liquid Look

    • #420059
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W #186

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    • #420614
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W# 187

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    • #421275
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona B&W#188

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    • #421508
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
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      Michael, you continue to polish the grays to a gorgeous gleam. #188 is particularly impressive. And I must admit to a little giggle when pareidolia took hold and something (I shall not say what) emerged. I keep going back to it because each time I look, I feel greeted with a little smile.

      Here is an undecided one from a decidedly busy sky day earlier this month.

      IMG_3377_BW_Not Sure Which Way To GoNot Sure Which Way To Go

       

    • #421546
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Yes Keelin, that shot was taken at sunset, thereby diminishing whites to greys. The patterns fascinate me.

      Your directional challenged  entertains the possibilities. Lots going on !

      Arizona B&W#189

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    • #421549
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Wow, great B&W’s by you two Keelin and Michael. I keep coming back to Frenetic Fete by Keelin and your last one is very intriguing Michael. There is this dog’s head in it. I don’t know which way to go anymore….

      Here is an impression of the weather over here that already lasts for some weeks and is here to stay for some more time. Anyway nice skies…..

      2020-02-12 Strand (35)-2

      Wind And Rain And Shine

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