Cloudscapes Volume II
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July 25, 2018 at 10:36 am #286891Hans StockerParticipant
With this free interpretable definition Hygge started the first volume of cloudscapes:
cloudscape: a picturesque formation of clouds
A nice initiative Hygge. Check the first volume for the way it was interpreted and be surprised by the variety. The first volume finished for example with a lenticular view by Michael and just before that one George posted a fantastic tuba over Hudson bay. Check that one. It looks like the arm of a crane grabbing for something.
I would say:
Life Is A Carnival
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July 26, 2018 at 4:37 am #286998Michael LerchParticipant
Something Virga This Way Comes
Arizona Cloudscape #80
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July 27, 2018 at 4:13 am #287162Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Beautiful beginnings (and clever titles!) above make a splendid launch for Cloudscapes Volume II!Whispers
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July 27, 2018 at 10:11 am #287203Hans StockerParticipant
Lovely Something Virga ans Whispers! Both very delicate.
Flock of Virga
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July 31, 2018 at 11:29 am #287980Hans StockerParticipant
Lenticularscape
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August 1, 2018 at 2:50 am #288108Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Your Flock of Virga has a wonderful sense of motion, Hans, as if a great migration were taking place, while Lenticularscape conveys a different kind of urgency. Both are splendid images.
Below, I don’t think there was room for one more bit of cloud the sky that day.
Cloud Crowd
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August 1, 2018 at 11:26 am #288167Hans StockerParticipant
Just room enough for one plane to pass by?-
August 11, 2018 at 10:44 pm #290057Ramona EdwardsParticipant
Oooooohhhh, I love this one, Hans!!!
Ramona
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August 5, 2018 at 2:08 am #288831Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape#81
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August 5, 2018 at 3:12 pm #288920Hans StockerParticipant
After the showers
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August 31, 2018 at 11:53 pm #293298Howard BrownParticipant
For me, Hans, your ‘After the showers’ could be a type picture for my idea of a Cloudscape. It was GWW (Granny Weather Witch, a one-time frequent contributor from SW Ireland, and ex- Met Office) who always asked for pictures to include landscape so that she could more readily assess the height of clouds. I find I hanker after that and feel it might differentiate ‘scape from more abstract pictures.
But that is just my thought, and obviously contributors to this thread can submit anything they think fits the bill.
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August 7, 2018 at 3:02 am #289162Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Fantastic photos, Michael and Hans. Both images above have that surreal quality that I so enjoy. In Arizona Cloudscape #81, it’s almost like a landscape, but with ambiguity as to where the land ends and the sky begins, while After The Showers, gives a feeling that my feet are not quite on the ground. Perhaps it’s the nearness of that darker cloud in the upper right corner that is disorienting? Love the feeling of levitation!
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August 11, 2018 at 2:24 am #289925Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Subtle Infuences
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August 11, 2018 at 9:18 pm #290048Michael LerchParticipant
Clouds seem to be a good metaphor for subtlety.
Arizona Cloudscape#82
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August 12, 2018 at 3:24 am #290083Patricia L KeelinParticipant
That’s a beauty, Michael.
Pianississimo
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August 23, 2018 at 9:58 am #291864Hans StockerParticipant
Beautiful subtlety in the three former posts Keelin and Michael!
I am sorry to disturb the subtlety a bit with this…
Crescendo
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August 23, 2018 at 11:59 pm #291956Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Your Crescendo hits all the right notes, Hans. It’s a beauty! Below, in all the excitement, I almost missed the sliver of moon and the little winged one.
Oh There They Are!
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August 25, 2018 at 11:31 am #292201Hans StockerParticipant
Yes There They Are, …. almost lost in this extensive cirrus filled cloudscape. Very nice Keelin.
Yonder
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August 27, 2018 at 10:16 pm #292596Patricia L KeelinParticipant
“Yonder” fairly beckons, Hans, like a cloudscape of mystery waiting to be explored. Who knows what a spirited adventurer might discover?
Cave Of Blue Wonders
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August 30, 2018 at 11:09 am #293011Hans StockerParticipant
Blue wonders for sure Keellin.
Exploring The Unknown
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August 31, 2018 at 7:31 pm #293259Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Love the variety of textures and feeling evoked in Exploring The Unknown, Hans. That rippled pattern in the indigo zone nearly knocked me over with its beauty.
Vertigo
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September 1, 2018 at 10:16 pm #293437Hans StockerParticipant
This course from left to right, from undefined to undulating and from dark to light is very nice on Vertigo Keelin.
I just read the reply by Hygge accompanying a former picture in which he mentioned Granny Weather Witch (very funny nickname!), who always wanted some ground and context on a cloudscape. I think one can’t ignore a Weather Witch’s Wish heedless…..
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September 4, 2018 at 3:56 am #293797Patricia L KeelinParticipant
On the question of inclusion of land in cloudscapes, I can see how well it works in your photo above, Hans, revealing a dramatic scale. Often, for me, the decision to keep in or crop out depends entirely on the image. I didn’t realize how much I could be drawn to abstracts until I joined CAS’s forum, the B&W topic really opening my eyes. Below is a photo from my archives that I think needs the trees for that sense of height Hyggee and Granny Weather Witch expressed a wish for.
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September 4, 2018 at 2:34 pm #293853Hans StockerParticipant
It is exactly what you write Keelin, it depends on the picture whether some land or trees do well or not. So they do on your picture above. Love it! I see this quiet and peaceful scenery with some seasoning at the right place and exactly in the proper amount for good taste.
As to the abstracts I experienced that the exchange of our pictures on this forum opened my eyes likewise for abstracts, in B&W and in colour as well. The process of cropping and developing is always surprising!
For now there still are some pictures that suit the wishes of the honorable GWW.
Where Witches Dwell
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September 7, 2018 at 12:20 am #294270Patricia L KeelinParticipant
You’ve cast a fine spell with Where Witches Dwell, Hans. It looks as if incantations shivered the trees and quivered the sky. What may follow?
Potent Portent
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September 16, 2018 at 5:28 pm #295683Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Cirrus Celebration
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September 23, 2018 at 3:11 am #296663Michael LerchParticipant
Keelin, ahh part of your ” Intorus” collection! Nice shot!
Arizona Cloudscape#83
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September 24, 2018 at 3:00 am #296799Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Great sense of dimensional layering in #83, Michael. Love the variety of clouds forms as well. And thanks for your kind compliment. I wasn’t familiar with “Intorus”, so had to go agoogling. Cool! The clouds I caught just yesterday seem to have a bit of that magical, slinky flow.
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September 27, 2018 at 4:07 am #298857Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ah! Michael, I’ve just learned the term you mentioned above has another “t” in it! Be that as it may, the search for “intorus” turned up a rather magical kinetic, slinky-type toy. Both the clouds and the “flippyflux” have a lot of movement, so I didn’t question it one bit. That is, until Hans kindly pointed out (in the Colour thread) that one of the images from this particular series of Cirrus was posted on the Gallery. (Somehow I’d missed it. For unknown reasons, the first click on the Gallery link doesn’t always show the latest postings for me.) I was delighted to see it included there with the classification you’d noted. So thank you both! And here is one last image from that wild, wondrous day.
Cirrus Intortus!
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September 27, 2018 at 3:04 pm #298923Hans StockerParticipant
…. and today your Cirrus Intortus serves in the Cloud-A-Day service, Keelin. Congrats.
Lenticulars with remnants of asperitas (I think…..)
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September 28, 2018 at 7:03 pm #299108Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thank you, Hans! Quite a sweet surprise that was. And what a lovely landscape of Lennies you’ve served us here. Delicious!
Caught this one swimming by~~~
Little Fish, Big Pond
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September 28, 2018 at 8:26 pm #299128Patricia L KeelinParticipant
(little cloudlette, that is, not a lennie)
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September 28, 2018 at 9:41 pm #299141Hans StockerParticipant
That is a really nice Big Pond, Keelin. With beams coming out of the rippling waters. Rather fairylike.
Go With The Flow
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October 2, 2018 at 3:00 am #299707Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Your Go With The Flow has an underwater feel to it, Hans. I like to imagine being there and exploring those vague fishy figures.
In the image below, strong contrast brought out a subtle texture in the higher clouds. Once seen, I couldn’t resist the mood created with these deep tones.
When The Heart Is Blue It Can Be A Bumpy Ride
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October 3, 2018 at 11:57 pm #300433Howard BrownParticipant
Tis the season:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Autumn
https://us11.campaign-archive.com/?u=3b978e064761964547808bac4&id=f3d9550b9f
https://twitter.com/PaulKingstonNNP/status/1046830651624890369/photo/1
I feel sure we have seen Kingston on the Forum before. And I had not realised I may have trod the same path as Keats near Winchester, Hampshire, UK.
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October 4, 2018 at 10:45 pm #300959Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape#84
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October 5, 2018 at 6:03 pm #301099Hans StockerParticipant
Kelin, When The Heart Is Blue It Can Be Bumpy Ride is a true beauty (and the title as well!). I love the wavy pattern and the soft whites and …. all of it.
Michael, you seem to have a great collection of beautiful pileus. Your recent one on the gallery is fantastic, so is Arizona Cloudscape #84.
The Great Red Spot Of Jupiter? -
October 7, 2018 at 2:40 am #301316Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape#85
ps..Im gettin some excessive red saturation on pics at this website. Anybody else noticing a difference between a pic as seen on your computer and as seen on the CAS website?
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October 7, 2018 at 11:35 am #301368Hans StockerParticipant
I don’t hope you mean the Great Red Spot Of Jupiter, Michael? Over here no excessive red saturation to be seen.
Some Cool Blues
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October 8, 2018 at 11:14 pm #301657Patricia L KeelinParticipant
On my computer, your Arizona Cloudscape has only the most subtle hint of red, Michael. And I have to squint to see even a whisper of it. It is a beauty.
And a contrast to the wild colors you’ve captured in the photo that followed, Hans. It does look like you may have ventured to that distant planet, which wouldn’t surprise me, as I sense you’d travel the galaxy for such a fantastic sighting. And you deliver a dramatic contrast again with the abstract layering in Some Cool Blues.
Below, more blues…
Coming Through
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October 15, 2018 at 11:14 pm #303108Howard BrownParticipant
GWW (Granny Weather Witch) would have enjoyed some of these.
Other sources are available…
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October 16, 2018 at 10:24 am #303169Hans StockerParticipant
Thanks Hygge for sharing. These are all very special and beautiful. They must certainly be to GWW´s liking with enough landscape in it. Love the one with the ice on the foreground, but naming one doesn´t do justice to the beauty of the others.
Nevertheless … ´Coming Through´ by Keelin is likewise very special and beautiful being an abstract in blues. Great composition Keelin.
Simplicity
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October 17, 2018 at 12:50 pm #303362Hans StockerParticipant
On my recent journey to Jupiter for spotting clouds (…) I captured this nebula on my way. No help from NASA was needed.
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October 31, 2018 at 2:35 am #305981Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thanks for the link to those spectacular images, Hygee. A real feast for the eyes there.
Hans, I love the softness and restful feeling of your Simplicity. If my hand traces the line of cloud, it feels like tai chi. And the nebula, so delicate!
Solo
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October 31, 2018 at 1:29 pm #306052Hans StockerParticipant
Thank you Keelin. Your Solo has this nice flow and the gentle slope of a distant dune.
Duo
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November 2, 2018 at 4:31 pm #306470Hans StockerParticipant
Softscape
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November 10, 2018 at 10:04 pm #307996Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Love the gentle camber, your Softscape, Hans. And the dark tones bring a sense of the season yet to come. Autumn and Winter are my favorites, so it’s no surprise I found the cloudscape below reminding me of snowfall and Wintry wonderlands.
Come Winter
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November 11, 2018 at 10:26 pm #308150Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape #86
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November 14, 2018 at 10:57 pm #308702Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape#87
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November 15, 2018 at 10:42 am #308761Hans StockerParticipant
Keelin, the so much wanted snow is on ´Come Winter´almost tangible. Unfortunately the soft warmth of the cloudscapes by Michael made it melt already. But I am sure winter will come.
Exploding Cloudscape
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November 17, 2018 at 4:06 am #309077Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Michael, love the quiet blues in your AZ Cloudscapes #86 with its subtle wrinkles (how old is the sky?) and #87 like a pond just about to ice over.
And Hans, what a sound comes with your Exploding Cloudscape! After which maybe there comes…
A Very Frosty Splash
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November 17, 2018 at 2:55 pm #309152Hans StockerParticipant
Ah, you really seem to long for winter Keelin. After Wintry Wonderland now A Very Frosty Splash. They are what the titles say: really cool. I try to stay close with
Blowing Snow
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November 21, 2018 at 3:58 am #309835Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Let in blow, let it blow, Hans! Love the fresh coolness on your image above — even though it looks as if it could land right atop my noggin.
Shivers!
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November 23, 2018 at 10:23 pm #310751Don HatfieldParticipant
Getting back to (perhaps) pleasing hygge and Granny Weather Witch –
The cloud patterns, while interesting, are not exactly the focus of this photograph, but they strongly accentuate the subject of photo : the vast emptiness and loneliness of the rural American plains. The photo’s emotional impact, imho, would be poorer without them –
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November 24, 2018 at 2:07 am #310807Michael LerchParticipant
Don..Spent a year in Kansas. Im in no hurry to ever go back. Its true, look out a window and all you ever see is ..miles.
Anyway..
Arizona Cloudscape#88
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November 27, 2018 at 11:35 pm #311541Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Indeed, Don, those sweeping clouds add an incalculable dimension to the vast loneliness factor. It also speaks of simplicity and serenity, if one is in a more positive mood. Really a wonderful image. It also feels like B&W was the perfect palette choice here.
And your Arizona Cloudscape #88 holds a lot of mystery, Michael. Love the soft intrigue there and the hint of landscape that I know must be pure cloud.
Below, also perhaps pleasing to Hygge and Granny — and with a nod to Bob…
Tangled Up In Blue
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December 2, 2018 at 3:11 am #312305Michael LerchParticipant
Winds are having their way with that cloud! Yes Keelin, the shot is all cloud with a horizontal line or two or three or more in there to give anchor and help with the layered effects(depth).
Arizona Cloudscape#89
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December 3, 2018 at 11:52 am #312731Hans StockerParticipant
I was not able to reply on this topic since Don posted his great B&W of Kansas. What clouds can do to a desolate looking vast landscape! A lot of energy in it.
Then I got the Shivers from what Keelin posted and got Tangled Up In Blue. Great composition by Keelin and Bob as well :)
And in Arizona cloudscape #89 I see some striking resemblances to what I spotted in Softscape and other Soft Clouds on the Color topic. Mr Holmboe must have been busy traveling and visiting both sides of the pond. Here is another one from that series.
Soft Explosions
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December 4, 2018 at 3:08 am #314060Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Wow, Michael and Hans! AZ #89 and Soft Explosions are simply gorgeous — made my toes go all awiggle.
Exuberance
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December 5, 2018 at 2:40 pm #314362Hans StockerParticipant
And exuberant the cirrus is, Keelin. Wild!
Decaying Soft Clouds
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December 6, 2018 at 2:03 am #316134Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Beauty is still there to be seen in the decaying of clouds, Hans, and you’ve captured it well. In the image below, wind is dealing a different blow…
Feathering Soft Clouds
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December 6, 2018 at 12:23 pm #316225Hans StockerParticipant
That is a great cirrus composition you captured Keelin with Feathering Soft clouds.
Floating
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December 8, 2018 at 2:29 am #316856Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thank you, Hans. And I think you’ve captured his very big brother “having a bad-hair-day in Charigny, France”, as featured today on CAS’s Gallery. Magnificent!
Your “Floating” above has quite the opposite feeling, like a gentle tickling wind. While below, one can read another expression of tenderness by Aeolus (Greek), Sidhe (Old Irish), Dogoda (Slavic), Oonawieh Unggi (Cherokee), etc. By any name, the god of winds has many moods.
Soft Streaking
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December 9, 2018 at 5:56 pm #317262Hans StockerParticipant
Thanks Keelin. The bad hairday is the turn Ian gave the picture, where I saw an umbrella that is not fit to stay dry under. Yes, Aeolus and friends have so many surprises, like you show in the tenderness of Soft Streaking. Such a fine pattern with autumn leaves in the corner.
Soft But No Streaks
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December 13, 2018 at 5:40 pm #318396Patricia L KeelinParticipant
A true sense of levitation in Soft But No Streaks, Hans. Love the floating feeling it inspires!
Meanwhile below, tree limbs, unashamed of their autumn bareness, rise in celebration of the endless loops of life. Shall we call this one Cirrus Intortus Lemniscatus?
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December 14, 2018 at 11:49 am #318569Hans StockerParticipant
Love the composition of Cirrus Intortus Lemniscatus Keelin, with its subtle metamorphosis from regular streaks at the bottom to the intortus chaos above.
Dark Invaders
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December 15, 2018 at 7:31 pm #318888Patricia L KeelinParticipant
What a fantastic scene, Hans! Love it! And speaking of things that may come down from the sky…
On a wild whigmaleerie, she tossed the snowball straight up, then stood stock-still while quietly contemplating the laws of gravity. Of course, it was all over in a few shivery seconds.
Whigmaleerie
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December 15, 2018 at 9:45 pm #318921Michael LerchParticipant
I don’t know why, but this thread appears to be one of the few that I can still post in. Log In is wonkers.
Arizona Cloudscape#90
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December 16, 2018 at 1:03 pm #319027Hans StockerParticipant
Let is snow, let it snow! Great snowy picture with this title I had to look up. Your whigmaleerie also must have invoked the snow over here, Keelin! This night there was some snow over here. It left a nice white tapestry although it wont last for long for it is melting already.
Yes the login was for me two weeks ago also wonkeres Michael. Recently I found a workaround. Login, go to the forum or to a specific topic on the forum or even elsewhere and at each point where you find yourself logged out, just refresh the page. For me it worked well. Hope it helps you too.
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December 20, 2018 at 4:58 am #320805Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Love the brushed, rushed feel of your Arizona Cloudscape #90, Michael. Below, some bits of cloud seem determined to dance in place — at least for awhile.
Dancing In Place
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December 23, 2018 at 11:54 pm #321635Michael LerchParticipant
Login seems to be working good. Thanks Keelin. I was going for ” A Blast” sensation with clouds as the outcome. That was a strange shoot. Heres another with a lot of movement/energy.
Arizona Cloudscape #91
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December 29, 2018 at 8:31 pm #322749Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Cloudscape #92
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January 4, 2019 at 4:28 pm #323785Ramona EdwardsParticipant
Hans, I LOVE your black and white photo with the jet airplane!! Very nice!! I know I just poke in here now and then, but I so enjoy getting the Cloud of the Day and I love having this resource! I was trying to put names to these clouds – looking at the Cloud Atlas and using the identification guide, I find myself still not sure what these are… Cirrus and Cirrocumulus? I don’t see any gray areas, so that rules out Altocumulus, right? I am not good at thinking of catchy phrases, so maybe one of you guys could come up with something here, LOL!
Ramona
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January 7, 2019 at 12:01 am #324148Michael LerchParticipant
Ramona, Hello! yes it appears the cloudlets are smaller than the width of an finger at the end of an extended arm and since there is a blanket of the cloud ,,that would put it all in a cirrocumulus stratiformus with some undulations and some virga falling out ( fallstreak?). Nice catch, lots goin on there.
Here is a shot with a lot less going on
Arizona Cloudscape#93
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January 7, 2019 at 1:07 pm #324225Hans StockerParticipant
…. but less is more Michael. Very nice #93.
Just A Bit More
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January 9, 2019 at 5:48 pm #324591Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Wonderful photo, Ramona! No matter what it is or isn’t, has been or will be in the next breath of sky. It is a captivating image, beautifully composed.
And even though there’s a lot less going on in #93, Michael, it is no less of a beauty — a serenescape, if you will.
Adding Just A Bit More, Hans, manages to bring in additional clouds while maintaining the calm. Nicely done.
A new year, fresh winds, can’t wait to see what clouds will come.
Standing By
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January 12, 2019 at 4:32 pm #325096Hans StockerParticipant
It looks like it is a small seahorse that´s Standing By and riding the skies Keelin. How nice!
Hairy Versus Slick
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January 13, 2019 at 5:44 am #325190Patricia L KeelinParticipant
It must have been the afternoon breeze that tickled that distant palm tree into a bit of shadowplay, Hans. And I see the winds had their way with Hairy Verses Slick as well.
The scrunched looking cloud below reminded me of a documentary about architect Frank Gehry. “Sketches of Frank Gehry” (directed by Sydney Pollack) includes a segment where he describes becoming inspired by a crumpled piece of paper he retrieved after having tossed into a waste bin. I don’t know for certain, but wouldn’t be surprised, if Mr. Gehry is a cloud spotter as well.
Scrunched
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January 15, 2019 at 2:06 pm #325568Hans StockerParticipant
What wonderful composition Scrunched is Keelin. I understand the association you made. When that’s found in the waste-bin I wonder what more beauties can be found.
Shredded?
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January 19, 2019 at 2:47 am #326216Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Danke je, Hans. Apparently, Wind has unlimited options for tossing, tumbling, and toying with Cloud. Sliced, diced, grated, it’s all fair game up there. Love the color and motion in your Shredded serving above.
Minced
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January 31, 2019 at 12:52 pm #328109Hans StockerParticipant
I love Minced Keelin. A very nice texture, pattern and composition.
One I once used in B&W, it is so different in color.
Sticky Web
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February 2, 2019 at 3:04 am #328350Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Love this in color, Hans! And the texture is just as you describe it. I am caught up in it for sure!
Walked Right Into It
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February 23, 2019 at 4:49 pm #331548Hans StockerParticipant
Haha, I am caught in it as well Keelin, and I had to think of the scenes of Frodo meeting the giant spider Shelob in The Lord Of The Rings. Brrrrr…
Something very different now.
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March 1, 2019 at 4:08 pm #332362Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ah, a splendid idea, Hans! For what better place to rest than in a bed of cloud? What might one dream? There’s always cloud climbing. I’ve heard it’s effortless and the view extraordinary.
Free Solo
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March 2, 2019 at 4:44 pm #332504Hans StockerParticipant
I was puzzled by your reply Keelin, but then I suddenly saw it. Fantastic what you are able to see and discover in a picture! A Free Solo for sure (I love that one too very much!). It is so funny I didn’t see it myself until now, but can’t unsee it anymore from now on.
Can’t Make Anything Of This One, But Maybe You Will?
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March 11, 2019 at 4:42 pm #333787Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Paredolia put to the test, Hans! Alas, I have searched but cannot (yet) find something to name to there. Be that as it may, I very much like your image above purely for the feeling of elation it delivers. Meanwhile, my mind remains a blur.
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March 15, 2019 at 10:13 pm #334383Roma ZandersParticipant
Is anyone willing to look at a few photos and let me know if you agree with the identification? None are particularly special, yet I thought I’d check…
Altostratus Translucidus
Cumulus Fractus
Altocumulus
Cirrus Fibratus
Cirrus Fibratus
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March 16, 2019 at 12:03 am #334395Michael LerchParticipant
Z..Hello and welcome!..I agree with your identifications on the first four. Due to my belief that the last one is wind blown contrail,straight ,linear over a good distance,I would identify it as homogenitus( man made). Even the fourth shot could be homogenitus but I can’t tell because of the distance.
Hope to see more of your photography!
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March 16, 2019 at 11:36 pm #334565Howard BrownParticipant
I would second Michael’s comments, and welcome.
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March 16, 2019 at 11:40 pm #334567Howard BrownParticipant
Pod spotting/Podcast – bottle nose dolphin, picture 8
This appeared in The Times, UK, yesterday 15MAR2019.
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March 21, 2019 at 11:33 pm #335403
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March 26, 2019 at 11:44 am #336056Hans StockerParticipant
Some 10 days ago Roma posted some pictures to confirm his or hers classifications. Welcome Roma!
I agree with all and with Michael and Hygge in particular that the last two are homogenitus (contrail made by man). Nevertheless the classification would be Cirrus fibratus homomutatus imho.
Next one I classify as Cirrus Castellanus.
Building Rows Of Castles
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March 26, 2019 at 3:34 pm #336096Roma ZandersParticipant
Thank you Hans, Michael, and Hygge (great word/name),
I live in the Pacific Northwest US and after those few snapshots, we had a stretch of perfectly blue skies for days (unusual AND boring).
Now we’re back to lots of stratus, altostratus, some nimbostratus = the usual for this time of year.
I’ll be sending more photos soon.
Appreciate the help!
Roma
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March 26, 2019 at 10:02 pm #336162Roma ZandersParticipant
Here’s one (rather pedestrian, I know):
Would this be Stratocumulus Stratiformis (or just plain-ol’ Stratocumulus)?
And a few weeks ago I took a photo of this Altostratus Translucidus and the photo had a wide ring around the sun that wasn’t visible to us. This is just an effect of the camera, isn’t it?
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March 27, 2019 at 12:11 am #336191Howard BrownParticipant
I don’t have time (or perhaps skill) to think, Roma, but enjoy your Cu – it sort of makes a change from the prima donna higher levels.
Cloudscapes over mistletoe tree with love and kisses to all.
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March 27, 2019 at 10:16 am #336249Hans StockerParticipant
Hello Roma, as for the stratocumulus I think yes it is and whether it is stratiformis one has to see more of it to detect the streets of cloud. So no yae nor a nay from me. Any other opinions?
As to the altostratus I am quite sure it is cirrostratus being the typical cloud in which a 22 degrees halo can be visible. I checked the ICA and it states that altostratus does not show halos. That’s why I am sure. It s funny to read you did not see the halo with the naked eye, because it is rather obvious on the picture you made and it also does not look like an effect of the camera.
Hygge, you posted some very friendly pictures with mistletoe!
Last year I captured this altocumulus on the edge of an approaching front like it sent forward its fingers to sense where it was heading for.
Examining Fingers
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April 6, 2019 at 10:46 pm #338557Howard BrownParticipant
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April 10, 2019 at 11:59 pm #339251Howard BrownParticipant
2019 Zeiss Photography Awards (but Sony creeps in too)
The brown horse picture 1/10 has a cloudscape increasing in intensity left to right and looks interesting full screen. The grey horse 10/10 has just a hint of pink in the blanket sky?
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April 17, 2019 at 1:14 pm #340739Hans StockerParticipant
Skyspider’s Work
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April 18, 2019 at 2:36 am #340858Patricia L KeelinParticipant
That is one webby wonder, Hans! Love the color and texture of your Skyspider’s Work. The cloud below looks like it might have sailed through such a fine mesh without getting caught, but who knows what may lie ahead?
Sailing Along For The Moment
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April 22, 2019 at 2:25 pm #341546Hans StockerParticipant
Sailing Along For The Morning is to large to get caught in a web Keelin. Nice lenticular cloud!
A Floating Refreshment
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