Black & White Cloud Photos Vol XX
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January 18, 2022 at 11:36 am #519318
duncan_bulman
ParticipantSince I hijacked the end of volume XIX I might as well be the one to start the next volume.
So…something subtle to get the ball rolling.
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January 20, 2022 at 3:32 am #519585
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W #201
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January 20, 2022 at 5:59 pm #519644
Hans Stocker
ParticipantWow, Volume XX is there. Thanks for starting it Duncan. You must know Michael once started the first volume not even with a number. At the end of this new volume there must be posted about 20 times 100 B&W’s (maybe a bit less because of textual posts) = 2.000 B&W’s. And among them great masterpieces of abstract art of which Stieglitz could have been proud. Just to be continued after a great start with the play of lines by Duncan and the B&W cloudscape #201 by Michael.
Sweep
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January 20, 2022 at 8:35 pm #519655
duncan_bulman
ParticipantHans, it looks like someone took a wet paintbrush and smeared the paint.
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January 20, 2022 at 8:40 pm #519657
duncan_bulman
ParticipantSomeone once told me it’s not a true B&W if it doesn’t have pure white and black. Otherwise, it’s just monochrome in grey.
So here’s my offering.
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January 21, 2022 at 12:48 am #519667
Keelin
ParticipantWhat a fine start the three of you have already given to Volume XX. Let’s let all the magic out of the box!
What’s Inside?
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January 23, 2022 at 2:09 am #519933
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#202
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January 26, 2022 at 1:21 am #520441
Keelin
ParticipantNice one, Michael! And Hans, I think this baked good could use some of your clotted cream (from the Cloudscapes topic) on top to fill in the divots.
Fresh Baked!
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January 26, 2022 at 4:34 am #520461
Michael
Participantgetting weird Keelin! I luv it!
Arizona B&W#203
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January 28, 2022 at 5:41 pm #520823
Hans Stocker
ParticipantLike Michael I love the Fresh Baked!, Keelin. It must be great to taste with clotted cream indeed. Yummy! I wonder What’s Inside. Equally delicious I think.
Great mysterious wisp in #202 and #203 as well Michael.
Horse Head or Holes Head?
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January 28, 2022 at 7:50 pm #520843
duncan_bulman
ParticipantHans, fossilised bone perhaps?
50 shades…
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January 30, 2022 at 8:56 pm #521225
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantI am behind on this new thread. Shades of grey, fresh bread, heads flying, and a way cool Sweep. Everyone’s entries are too terrific.
Big Reflection
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February 1, 2022 at 3:24 am #521584
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#204
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February 3, 2022 at 4:43 pm #522026
Hans Stocker
ParticipantGreat composition in #204, Michael.
Mirrored Patterns
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February 5, 2022 at 3:59 am #522192
Michael
ParticipantA Grand Branch you captured Hans!
Arizona B&W#205
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February 8, 2022 at 1:03 am #522601
Keelin
ParticipantWonderful recent additions from all of you!
Duncan, that’s a gorgeous skyscape you’ve captured in 50 shades. And Ruth, I never get my fill of your tranquil vistas over land or water. Michael, fantastical things seem to bloom above your head. Lucky for us, you keep your camera within reach. And same is true for you, Hans. I see both the Horse Head and a soap-bubbly rabbit heading in the opposite direction! Also love the joyful reach in Mirrored Patterns.
Rather than resurrect the Waves topic from way back when, I thought this one could crash here…
Double-Decker Wave
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February 9, 2022 at 3:23 pm #522834
Hans Stocker
ParticipantAh, the good old wave topic. It still lives on in diferent places like here in your Double-Deck Wave Keelin. I have also a small wave to contribute. Don’t hurt your fingers on it.
Black And Decker Wave?
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February 9, 2022 at 9:14 pm #522876
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantHans, I have enjoyed many of your latest photo adventures. You have had some special beauties. Your gallery from yesterday is exquisite.
Spilt Milk
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February 10, 2022 at 1:54 am #522909
Keelin
ParticipantOooh ~~ thanks for the warning, Hans! Might it be from the same session as your recent Gallery iridescence? I see some pearly teeth on that one as well.
Your Spilt Milk fits perfectly with this current flow, Ruth. No tears, I hope.
And another one rolls in…
Incoming Tide
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February 10, 2022 at 9:29 pm #523017
Hans Stocker
ParticipantThank you Ruth for kind words. And Yes Keelin the sharp waves are from the same series as the recent iridescnet one on the gallery.
Spilt Milk is great Ruth and Incoming Tide looks like we have to run, Keelin. And then there is also the mysterious #205 by Michael. Great composition it has.
Is It Sticky Or Is It Burning?
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February 11, 2022 at 3:10 am #523075
Michael
ParticipantSurfs Up!
Arizona B&W#206
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February 15, 2022 at 1:28 am #523651
Keelin
ParticipantMichael, love the motion of that ocean of cloud you captured! It makes all the senses come alive.
As for Sticky or Burning? A wonderfully intriguing photo, Hans! And a good question. If it’s not too much of either, it might make a nice home for some underwater creature.
Below is one I think would find it attractive. It reminds me of another I spotted and posted almost exactly two years ago (further below). A relative perhaps?
Far Below The Surface
Swimming Through Uncertainty
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February 18, 2022 at 5:11 am #523999
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#207
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February 19, 2022 at 3:22 am #524074
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W #208
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February 20, 2022 at 3:21 am #524154
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#209
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February 20, 2022 at 9:02 pm #524205
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantLovely clouds everyone. Michael, #209 could even be some smoke.
I Like You Just The Way You Are
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February 21, 2022 at 3:48 am #524248
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#210
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February 25, 2022 at 2:36 am #524746
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#211
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February 27, 2022 at 8:41 pm #524965
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantGoing to jump in here with:
Lurking
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March 2, 2022 at 4:15 am #525232
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#212
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March 2, 2022 at 5:12 pm #525279
Hans Stocker
ParticipantI love Far Below The Surface, Keelin with some remnants of blues in it. Lurking is great Ruth and your #212 as well Michael.
Metamorphosis
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March 4, 2022 at 11:14 pm #525546
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#213
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March 7, 2022 at 1:54 am #525670
Keelin
ParticipantGreat subtly in those soft Lurking grays, Ruth. Metamorphosis, with its very fitting title is a dynamic favorite, Hans. And Arizona B&W #213 is appealingly surreal, Michael. All wonderful additions!
Heart Spark
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March 8, 2022 at 5:55 am #525855
Michael
ParticipantArizonaB&W#214
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March 9, 2022 at 8:51 am #525964
Hans Stocker
ParticipantGreat Hart Spark Keelin. Quite a mysterious atmosphere.
The tentacles I see in Arizona B&W #214 by Michael seem to be menacing. Lovely creepy composition.
Dichotomy
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March 9, 2022 at 10:16 pm #526025
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantHans, Dichotomy is almost a prehistoric find. So unusual. Is there some rope in there too?
Michael, #214 could have some claws for defense. One to think about.
Keelin, Heart Spark is an ingenious title and a great visual for me.
Gray = a color between white and black
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March 12, 2022 at 4:25 am #526467
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#215
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March 14, 2022 at 4:00 pm #526761
Keelin
ParticipantThey don’t come any more mysterious than your latest two, Hans and Michael. Love ‘em!
There’s mystery as well in your great Gray, Ruth. Beautiful variations on a theme you’ve captured both here and on the Gallery!
When viewed at a small size, the clouds below begin to take on the form of a bird with long tail feathers, like a charcoal drawing still in the making.
Flight Unfinished
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March 16, 2022 at 3:27 am #526939
Michael
ParticipantKeelin,Nice use of negative space !
Arizona B&W#216
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March 16, 2022 at 4:39 pm #527002
Keelin
ParticipantAh, thank you, Michael! And I like the feeling of a flock in flight in your #216.
The clouds below remind me of this clever question posed by Satchel Paige:
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”Ageless
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March 16, 2022 at 7:26 pm #527009
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantBatman Showed Up
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March 18, 2022 at 4:19 am #527171
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#217
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March 20, 2022 at 4:59 pm #527470
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantPacific Ocean
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March 24, 2022 at 12:23 am #527847
Keelin
ParticipantArizona B&W#217 looks alive, Michael.
I think I hear the flapping of wings in Batman, Ruth. And the roar in Pacific Ocean.
Far up the coast, in the land of icy waters…
Ready to Break Away
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March 26, 2022 at 3:49 am #528057
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#218
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March 29, 2022 at 3:48 am #528422
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#219
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March 31, 2022 at 4:48 am #528669
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#220
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April 2, 2022 at 6:34 pm #529014
Hans Stocker
ParticipantWow, I have been too long absent here and it is great to scrol to all your beauties Ruth, Keelin and Michael. I love especially the bat signal by Ruth, Ageless by Keelin and Arizona B&W #219 by Michael.
Don’t know how to put it …
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April 5, 2022 at 7:02 am #529289
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#221
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April 5, 2022 at 7:58 pm #529350
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantMichael, #219 is a grand photo. Abstract, yet some of me sees a rose out of place. May be I am anxious for spring flowers.
Hans, Your Don’t Know How is way cool. Yard work for me, are those leaves?
Shrubbery
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April 7, 2022 at 11:39 pm #529618
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantGot Dust Bunnies
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April 8, 2022 at 4:03 am #529629
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W# 222
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April 11, 2022 at 4:13 pm #529983
Keelin
ParticipantWhat a fantastic variety of exciting images in the last few weeks here.
Michael, I keep returning to your #218 and the very surreal #219.
Ruth, I believe some relatives of your lovely Dust Bunnies have been seen in my neighborhood lately. Known to multiply, aren’t they?
And Hans, I think you put it perfectly with Don’t know how to put it! A great visual representation of… of… of….
The clouds below reminded me of a wet dog about to shake&share the joy of a recent swim…
Quick! Grab A Towel!
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April 13, 2022 at 5:13 am #530234
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W223
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April 16, 2022 at 8:13 pm #530544
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantKeelin I want your towel. Looks absorbent.
Michael, we are suckers for lentils. Nice photo.
Passing Through Your Neighborhood
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April 20, 2022 at 6:43 am #530828
Michael
ParticipantThanks Ruth! I dropped a lenticularis in the Color thread you might like.
Arizona B&W#224
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April 21, 2022 at 6:28 am #530967
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#225
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April 24, 2022 at 10:31 pm #531263
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantMichael, #225 is unusual for me. I see the hide of a big animal. And no, cocktail hour hasn’t started as yet.
Scrambled Eggs
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April 25, 2022 at 5:44 am #531275
Michael
ParticipantYes Ruth, I like to create a dimension of “Cloud being alive, living part of the environment”.
Arizona B&W#226…this photo got even stranger bringing it to here
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April 29, 2022 at 4:45 am #531913
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W# 227
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April 29, 2022 at 7:42 pm #531993
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantMichael, how about this big big screen. I am liking the details that pop out.
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May 2, 2022 at 3:52 am #532163
Michael
ParticipantRuth..yes I like this larger format!..The larger a digital photo , the lighter it gets. So I’m trying some stuff that may benefit from the larger size.
Arizona B&W#228
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May 6, 2022 at 7:20 pm #532695
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantMichael, I am liking the bigger size too. Seeing more
Creatures
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May 7, 2022 at 6:36 am #532739
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#229
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May 8, 2022 at 5:37 pm #532945
Keelin
ParticipantBeautiful B&Ws, Ruth and Michael! Here’s one from just this afternoon…
Something In My Eye
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May 11, 2022 at 7:03 am #533268
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#230
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May 13, 2022 at 4:26 am #533453
Michael
ParticipantArizona B&W#231
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May 15, 2022 at 11:15 pm #533682
Keelin
ParticipantLove the juxtaposition of the cloud types in your latest duo, Michael, especially in #230.
Just A Tiny Tear In The Pillowcase
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May 16, 2022 at 8:45 pm #533772
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantKeelin, Something in my eye is a keeper. Wonderous shot.
Michael, I can feel the wind in #230. Great zig zag.
Holes in My Pocket
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May 17, 2022 at 7:54 am #533918
Michael
ParticipantNice Lacunosus Ruth! And Thank to you and Keelin for the comments on 230. Another weird shot that caught my eye by the way of the undulations in the bottom 3rd of the pic. It looked like alphabet was in there so I took the shot on reflex, proof the clouds talk to me. I don’t know what they are saying but theres something being said there.
Arizona B&W#232
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May 17, 2022 at 5:34 pm #534029
Keelin
ParticipantLove that lacy look, Ruth, and the feathery sweep, Michael.
And I couldn’t agree with you more about the clouds having something to say. Now and again, they even appear to adopt remarkably recognizable letterforms. While one may look to the sky and ask Why?, the mind working its way into a tight philosophical tangle. Ever playfully, the clouds may clearly respond…
Y Knot
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May 17, 2022 at 9:17 pm #534050
RUTH QUIST
ParticipantKeelin, raining down clouds. Very interesting picture. May be the sky is falling.
Michael, beauty #232. Like a dance to soft music.
Spilled Milk
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May 19, 2022 at 5:44 am #534237
Michael
ParticipantCool Virga there Keelin , a languae of their own and ..ahh a cat at the spilt milk!
Arizona B&W#233
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May 20, 2022 at 10:45 pm #534435
Hans Stocker
ParticipantI am sorry to have been far tool long absent here. What a beauties I see. I love Y Knot by Keelin and Spilled milk by Ruth equally. And the fan with #232 by Michael is is fantastic as well. I can’t mention all the ones I lie so much. It is a feast of B&W’s above.
And then again I can’t upload an image myself. It is a bit frustrating, but I hope I can upload one later.
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May 20, 2022 at 11:07 pm #534439
Keelin
ParticipantHi Hans! I had trouble uploading photos on the updated site as well — until Ruth kindly gave guidance: Click the usual icon for inserting an image, then hover over the cropped writing on the right. A window should open where you can search your files for the photo you want to upload. I look forward as always to seeing your wonderful photos and reading your ever clever captions.
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May 21, 2022 at 5:43 pm #534488
Keelin
ParticipantPS: Regarding the suggestion above: After clicking on the usual icon for inserting an image, now I think you can just click on the cropped writing that pops up. A window should then open allowing you to search through your files for the photo you want to upload.
A Mind Of Its Own
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