Black & White Cloud Photos Vol XIV
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August 4, 2019 at 8:22 pm #360331Michael LerchParticipant
Lets Continue!
Arizona B&W #141
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August 5, 2019 at 3:55 pm #360472Patricia L KeelinParticipant
After a lovely image to wrap up series XIII by Michael, YES, let’s!
Onward!
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August 7, 2019 at 12:13 am #360750Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #142
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August 9, 2019 at 4:28 am #361158Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #143
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August 9, 2019 at 12:31 pm #361215Hans StockerParticipant
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!
It Is Eating
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August 10, 2019 at 4:06 am #361339Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
It Has Teeth
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August 11, 2019 at 5:23 pm #361582Patricia L KeelinParticipant
The Layered Look
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August 12, 2019 at 9:38 pm #361770Hans StockerParticipant
Great abstract B&W’s with Teeth a bite Keelin.
Threesome
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August 14, 2019 at 4:15 am #361982Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #144
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August 18, 2019 at 11:47 pm #362795Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #145
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August 20, 2019 at 7:22 pm #363125Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Love the dancing threesome, Hans. And the deep view into clouds in #144, Michael.
White Coral
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August 21, 2019 at 4:15 am #363197Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #146
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August 22, 2019 at 11:11 am #363442Hans StockerParticipant
I love #144 Michael and White Coral Keelin. Sharp lines of light versus soft spongy structures.
No Black, No White
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August 24, 2019 at 12:17 am #363715Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #147
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August 27, 2019 at 1:31 am #364223Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#148
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August 28, 2019 at 1:59 am #364458Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#149
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August 30, 2019 at 12:57 am #364798Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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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September 2, 2019 at 2:42 am #365390Michael LerchParticipant
Nice capture Keelin!
Arizona B&W#150
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September 5, 2019 at 6:17 am #366060Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#151
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September 6, 2019 at 10:48 pm #366372Patricia L KeelinParticipant
From painterly to otherworldly, extraordinary images, Michael!
Here’s a rather quiet one…
The Sound Of One Wing Flapping?
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September 10, 2019 at 3:03 am #366908Michael LerchParticipant
Thank you Keelin..Every Now and Zen I get your photographs…
anyway
Arizona B&W#152
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September 12, 2019 at 5:42 am #367303Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #153
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September 14, 2019 at 3:50 am #367629Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #154
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September 19, 2019 at 4:58 am #369451Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W# 155
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September 21, 2019 at 12:25 am #369763Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #156
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September 22, 2019 at 3:07 am #369969Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#157
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September 23, 2019 at 2:22 am #370133Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Great compositions above, Michael.
With Flair
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September 24, 2019 at 9:47 pm #370493Hans StockerParticipant
Wow, that is quite a series of B&W’s you two posted last weeks (with flair).
Not Sunny
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September 27, 2019 at 4:18 am #370880Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#158
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September 27, 2019 at 8:35 pm #371003Hans StockerParticipant
Hairy
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October 1, 2019 at 7:56 pm #371661Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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?
Hiccccup
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October 2, 2019 at 12:23 pm #371789Hans StockerParticipant
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.
Miscellaneous
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October 4, 2019 at 5:15 am #372161Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #159
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October 5, 2019 at 4:19 pm #372460Hans StockerParticipant
Michael, did your cirrus fireworks (#159) grew out of here?
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October 6, 2019 at 2:13 am #372550Patricia L KeelinParticipant
ooh, horizontal, vertical, a blend of both… all very nice compositions.
Served With The Tiniest Sliver Of Moon
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October 7, 2019 at 2:56 am #372734Michael LerchParticipant
k ..reminds me of Degas dancers
Arizona B&W #160
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October 9, 2019 at 2:22 am #373123Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#161
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October 10, 2019 at 2:52 pm #373477Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ah! Degas! Thank you, Michael. And fantastic textures in your two above.
Echo Chamber
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October 11, 2019 at 8:29 am #373620Liangjun LingParticipant
very impressive photos!
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October 12, 2019 at 4:25 pm #374063Hans StockerParticipant
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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October 14, 2019 at 3:09 am #374387Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #162
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October 14, 2019 at 4:13 am #374392Liangjun LingParticipant
Those photos are so amazing!
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October 17, 2019 at 2:36 am #375067Michael LerchParticipant
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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October 22, 2019 at 12:35 am #375987Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #164
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October 22, 2019 at 4:32 pm #376128Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
Anything Can Happen
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October 23, 2019 at 3:46 am #376202Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#165
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October 25, 2019 at 1:27 am #376542Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Dragon Breath
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October 27, 2019 at 12:26 am #376889Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W# 166
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October 30, 2019 at 1:54 am #377438Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
Hot Spot
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November 3, 2019 at 5:15 pm #378376Hans StockerParticipant
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.
Virga Delight
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November 4, 2019 at 2:37 am #378453Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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?
Maybe I’ll Dust… tomorrow
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November 5, 2019 at 12:40 am #378660Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#167
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November 8, 2019 at 1:02 am #379243Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W# 168
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November 10, 2019 at 9:43 pm #379730Hans StockerParticipant
Be careful with the dusting on places where dragons dwell, Keelin. Great play with grays, also on the cumuli by Michael.
Adrift
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November 12, 2019 at 2:02 am #379967Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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…
Agitated
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November 12, 2019 at 11:46 am #380049Hans StockerParticipant
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.
Playful Dragon Duo
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November 13, 2019 at 11:38 pm #380406Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #169
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November 16, 2019 at 2:10 am #381012Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
The Usual Meeting Place
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November 18, 2019 at 10:19 pm #381904Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W# 170
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November 22, 2019 at 11:29 pm #382838Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #171
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November 25, 2019 at 5:14 pm #383497Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
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November 26, 2019 at 4:37 am #383582Michael LerchParticipant
Mystery for the sake of Mystery…clouds break the reality of Blue Sky
Arizona B&W#172
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November 28, 2019 at 9:31 pm #384332Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#173
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December 5, 2019 at 6:29 pm #386116Hans StockerParticipant
Love your seed pod Keelin and the Mystery for the sake of Mystery by Michael as well.
Building Castles
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December 5, 2019 at 9:59 pm #386183Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
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December 6, 2019 at 10:43 pm #386421Hans StockerParticipant
Haha, the characters are welcome Keelin!
Here is another character.
Morphed But Still A Bit Spooky
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December 9, 2019 at 1:18 am #386891Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #174
Schnauzer
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December 9, 2019 at 5:33 pm #387071Hans StockerParticipant
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.
Waving Waves
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December 10, 2019 at 10:18 pm #387504Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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 ~~~
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December 11, 2019 at 1:39 am #387559Michael LerchParticipant
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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December 14, 2019 at 1:30 am #388830Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
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December 16, 2019 at 8:15 pm #391884Hans StockerParticipant
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.
Foamy
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December 19, 2019 at 11:16 pm #393866Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#176
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December 22, 2019 at 11:30 pm #394937Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#177
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December 27, 2019 at 12:14 am #396684Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #178
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December 27, 2019 at 10:54 pm #396960Hans StockerParticipant
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.
Cloud Sculpture
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December 30, 2019 at 3:06 am #397642Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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…
Light Critter
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December 31, 2019 at 12:44 am #397933Michael LerchParticipant
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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January 4, 2020 at 3:55 am #399151Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Nice contrast and clarity in #179, Michael!
In the image below, it was the subtle silhouette that caught my eye.
Shadow Of A Cloud Dreamer
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January 6, 2020 at 1:44 am #399644Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#180
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January 6, 2020 at 2:31 am #399663Gregory VenarskyParticipant
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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January 10, 2020 at 12:30 am #416617Michael LerchParticipant
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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January 10, 2020 at 12:45 am #416620Gregory VenarskyParticipant
Sorry I meant rays not rats :)
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January 12, 2020 at 4:32 am #416864Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W182
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January 14, 2020 at 10:52 am #417072Hans StockerParticipant
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.
Drifting Shape
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January 17, 2020 at 4:36 am #417488Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#183
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January 19, 2020 at 2:28 am #417622Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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!
On The Lookout For Illumination
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January 22, 2020 at 10:52 am #417945Hans StockerParticipant
Thank you Keelin and… wow, what an inspiring Illumination you posted. Great contrasts and enchanting atmosphere.
Wavy Shapes
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January 23, 2020 at 1:15 am #418016Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#184
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January 25, 2020 at 1:47 am #418440Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
One Loose Thread Is All It Takes
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January 29, 2020 at 12:54 am #418994Michael LerchParticipant
Nice one Keelin!
Arizona B&W #185
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January 31, 2020 at 11:15 pm #419365Hans StockerParticipant
Yes, nice one Keelin. Love this loose thread. And a capricious #185 Michale.
Shapy Waves
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February 6, 2020 at 4:13 am #419929Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
Frenetic Fete
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February 6, 2020 at 7:26 pm #420014Patricia L KeelinParticipant
While just the day before, a looser, liquid look…
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February 7, 2020 at 2:01 am #420059Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W #186
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February 11, 2020 at 6:42 am #420614Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W# 187
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February 13, 2020 at 11:30 pm #421275Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona B&W#188
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February 14, 2020 at 6:45 pm #421508Patricia L KeelinParticipant
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.
Not Sure Which Way To Go
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February 14, 2020 at 10:44 pm #421546Michael LerchParticipant
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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February 14, 2020 at 11:20 pm #421549Hans StockerParticipant
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…..
Wind And Rain And Shine
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