Black & White Thread Volume X
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And here we go again after the absolute magic of your Arizona B&W#107, Michael, followed by Hans’s wildly evocative Whirling Dervish, and the perfect nightcap of your Arizona B&W#108. And what a lovely launch this is! I like the softness of your first image for Volume X very much. It reminds me a dream’s beginning, of hypnagogic images beginning to take shape, seductive sirens of that other world.
And Then The Fun Begins -
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Great mood swings in the two images above, Michael and Hans! And both with their own special appeal.
Can’t say if this next one falls in between or? What it is ain’t exactly clear, but offered here for what it’s worth (with a nod to Buffalo Springfield for inspiring the title).
There’s Something Happening Here -
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Hans ..When the gallery’s changes began earlier this week, my problems began. The member count on home page hit 44,000 but now it shows 43,978. Yesterday it showed 43986..Its like im going back in time here. I cannot ” like” a gallery photo. As said, there is no drop down for me to download pics with. There is no Cloud logo to click on to return to home page…Firefox, Safari, don’t matter. Seems changing the Gallery also changed other things without realizing it. I haven’t changed anything . I clear history once a day. Its in the ” developers” hands to fix.
M.E.L
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Ah hooked indeed! It also made me think of Michael being caught by the glitch he described and wondering what might be the cause. I so hope he’s able to rejoin us soon.
Meanwhile, I like that layered look very much, Hans, with the subtle mystery of the two forms. The image below shows two separate but intersecting forms. Something about it reminds me of the spark that happens when friends cross paths.
Crossing Paths -
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Nice arching Overhang Keelin. It seems to be sculpted.
It is a head aching choice you put forward. But A Huge Overhang makes me feel relieved for it will Gimme Shelter for the rain that is expected to fall.
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Yes Hurray! Quite a joyful and very applicable picture Keelin.
Very nice and strange figure – like a sculpture of frozen movement – to pick up the thread with Michael.
And yes A Hard Rain Did Fall Keelin. That is another nice Rothko from you, now in B&W.
I was happy with my shelter, nevertheless…
A little rain never hurt no one (another bard: Tom Waits)
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That mister Waits would have wrote different lyrics after seeing the rainy part of this thread is a very amusing and challenging thought, Keelin. Moreover you just gave the explanation for the way lacunosus arises.
And I am still going back to the strange form Michael captured in Arizona B&W#119. Intriguing picture as well as #120.
Fishing
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Fascinating and curious separation in your Ragged cloud, Hans. Never seen anything quiet like it. And I like it!
Also like Mystical very much with its lofting silkiness.
And could not agree more with you, Michael, about the sensing of what we see. Love those AZ textures you continue to bring us.
Eyes Touching Skies -
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Love your AZ B&W#126, Michael! The funny thing is, while Hans sees an appetizing, flowery pattern, somehow I see a fantastic portrait of the goat itself. Is it time to visit the eye doctor (or one of a different vocation)?
That question aside, these Asperitas clouds you two have been spotting are easy on the eyes with their gentle appearance. Here, it is not so. This almost landed on my noggin. Who knows what I might have seen then.
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Very nice texture work on the butterfly wings Keelin! Nice Shot!
#127 transistioned to CAS a tad bit darker than I see it on my computer but the interplay between the crepuscular the very thin streams of virga tail remain evident. That was one of those take a quick look behind me to see if anything else is goin on shots , during a session.
#128..a straight up thru the roiling passing overhead clouds shot. Yea, can be another reality experience!
Arizona B&W#129
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I see an avalanche of great B&W’s falling in our noggin! Rush of Wings is very subtle Keelin. Love it. And I agree about Arizona #127 being a mystical beauty. It is like looking through a very thin veil to a distant sky outside. I imagine the feeling of a hot summer day.
And also another reality for sure……
Drifting
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Wow, Michael, Arizona B&W#129 is otherworldly indeed. It sets my mind awhirl in wonder. Love the feeling of awed bafflement it conjures within, and then Under Sail! I feel completely launched.
And Hans, whatever is Drifting, has me mesmerized. I’d like to jump overboard and see more of this cloud creature, maybe swim alongside for awhile.
Along For The Ride -
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Would love to dive into those Strange Seas, Hans. And it looks like you’ve already found a way in, Michael. Gone Swimming perfectly captures the feeling, while Scratchy beautifully delivers another sensation. But what might happen if one goes a bit too far either swimming or scratching?
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The pareidolic me in me sees fishes or likewise creatures in Below The Surface and in ‘since you asked Keelin’. Do you both too see them or did I drink again too much from that long neck in the bar Keelin once mentioned? Anyway, I like them both.
Below The Surface shows perfectly what is in the title, since the light from the surface above is shining through on the fish-like creature. Love it.
The swimming creature Michael has portrayed seems to swim and look right into his lens.
Well I shouldn’t take too much anymore I suppose.
No Fishes At All. No!
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Yes Keelin I like the contrasts there in F&F..Very active for the mind…That is fun.
I see clouds as having infinite potential. I try to free up my vision to see potentials and if I do see interesting developing, to take the shot with a fair amount of trust that nature will be evident. So it is with positive and negative space balancing especially in B&W.By taking tons of pictures a photographer develops that eye for interesting along with a knowledge of balancing the positive and negative space . Directing the eye thru a photo is almost an automatic for me. I still like to experiment. The shot below , I play with the positive and negative a bit, interchange their roles for some fun. Again, clouds seem to afford for a lot of experiment and reversal of norms. From one moment to the next a cloud can be dark and then bright.
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Nice cotton wool clouds Michael.
Yesterday I saw faint meandering lines of cloud. It took some heavy developing so at the cost of a bit too much noise next wisps became visible. Peculiar enough to share.
Wisps
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Michael, George, and Hans: the B&W topic is what first drew me in to CAS’s forums and it’s never lost a bit of its appeal, thanks to the likes of images you’ve all shared above. I would never have imagined the vast variety of form and composition, feeling and mood, that consistently appears here.
The image below is from a couple of days ago when most of the sky featured little nubbins of cloud with this singular exception.
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Keelin, where Michael mentioned the infinite potentials of clouds you are amazed of consistent variety of pictures on this thread. You yourself also contribute to the variety with those nubbins that fell in your noggin. And at the same time my English vocabulary is enriched every day while checking the forum.
ArizonaB&W#134 is another great composition Michael.
My attempt today
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Named or unnamed, your images above are wondrous, Hans and Michael.
Hans, I cannot unsee what I saw immediately in My Attempt Today. Love it! Looks like it could have emerged right out of Micheal’s magical, mystical landscape in Arizona B&W#134. There are worlds of what? and whatnot up there!
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