Color Thread Vol. X
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January 13, 2021 at 1:43 am #464953Michael LerchParticipant
Ruth Quist brought Vol 9 to 100 posts with a wonderful morning shot.Be sure to check it out! Allow me to start up Vol 10 with:
Arizona Color #101
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January 13, 2021 at 9:52 pm #465157Hans StockerParticipant
Thank you for a wonderful dotted launch for Volume X with Arizona Color #101.
Footsteps In The Snow -
January 15, 2021 at 8:36 pm #465521Ruth QuistParticipant
A Box Of Crayons
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January 17, 2021 at 3:35 am #465644Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#102
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January 17, 2021 at 4:05 pm #465674Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thank you for launching Volume X with such a great photo, Michael. I keep waiting to see if some clouds will fall through that gap. Love the sense of anticipation. Wait a minute… maybe they did (#102)!
And with Hans’s Footsteps In The Snow and Ruth’s Box of Crayons, it looks like we’re off to a fun start.
Twin Fans Of Intortus
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January 21, 2021 at 2:36 am #466226Michael LerchParticipant
Nice visual pun Keelin!
Arizona Color #103
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January 24, 2021 at 5:36 pm #466820Gregory VenarskyParticipant
I especially love this thread for some reason, and you guys have delivered once again!
Lacunosus?
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January 24, 2021 at 9:43 pm #466987Ruth QuistParticipant
Gregory, your photo has that honeycomb appearance. You thought on Lacunosus is looking like a wise choice.Evening Guest
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January 25, 2021 at 2:58 am #467153Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#104
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January 29, 2021 at 3:17 am #468593Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#105
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January 29, 2021 at 7:47 pm #468721Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Lovely lacunosus, Gregory, and your Evening Guest is a beauty, Ruth. Micheal, #104 has that approaching wave appeal and #105 is simply a roiling joy, despite the darker tones. Pareidolia gets put into play for me as well with an emerging character who looks like he’s crawling his way through an absolute wonderland. Love it!
Wasn’t sure in which topic to share the cloud art adventure below, but color seemed the best choice. The image here is offered purely in the spirit of playful exploration. While its origin is indeed a cloud photo taken in my backyard yesterday morning, it hadn’t snowed here, nor was it a foggy morning, nor do I live next to a cliff. In fact, I was about to toss the original photo (further below) when curiosity led me to wonder if anything interesting might be made of it. The sole reason I’d taken the photo initially was the appeal of that tiny sun bravely peeking through the little opening of light blue sky. In the end, the result of cropping, rotating and inverting the color really surprised me, creating a moody, misty scene that I think I’ll now keep.
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February 2, 2021 at 12:15 am #469665Michael LerchParticipant
Keelin having some fun!
Arizona Color#106
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February 3, 2021 at 4:57 am #469939Gregory VenarskyParticipant
Hello everyone, sorry I haven’t been posting as of late. I’ve been sick and making up schoolwork, but I should start posting again soon! Lovely images by the way everyone!
Greg
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February 4, 2021 at 8:54 am #470203Hans StockerParticipant
That is really fun indeed Keelin to play with color inversion. The white tree branches make it quite spooky. Even apocalyptic. Nice to see the original too of this surprising result.
Arizona Color #106 is a great composition Michael. And I can see the crawling creature Keelin spotted in your #105. It must have been captured from under water imo.
Fluffiness
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February 6, 2021 at 1:30 am #470479Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#107
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February 11, 2021 at 9:18 pm #471282Ruth QuistParticipant
Time To Get Up
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February 13, 2021 at 12:22 am #471461Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#108
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February 14, 2021 at 5:26 pm #471653Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, terrific colors in #108. A big Whirlpool.Friendly Sky
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February 17, 2021 at 11:19 pm #472278Michael LerchParticipant
Big Sky There Ruth!
Arizona Color#109
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February 18, 2021 at 2:10 pm #472344Hans StockerParticipant
Frayed
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February 19, 2021 at 7:09 pm #472556Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, are you sure that isn’t some big snow flakes in #109. We are up to our waist in snow, so everything looks like snow.
Hans, that is the most delicate image. So soft.Morning Moon
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February 21, 2021 at 11:57 pm #472828Michael LerchParticipant
Ahh the delicate moonlit sky! neat Ruth!
Phoenix Pyro
Arizona Color #110
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February 22, 2021 at 8:52 pm #472952Ruth QuistParticipant
Soft To The Touch
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February 24, 2021 at 3:43 am #473091Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#111
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February 26, 2021 at 6:49 pm #473520Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, #111 is exquisite. Reminding me of a sea shell.Splash Of Color
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February 26, 2021 at 11:14 pm #473535Gregory VenarskyParticipant
Michael your #111 astounds me. Such a beautiful structure. And Ruth, your soft to the touch is just that. I wish I could use those clouds as a blanket someday.
Cloudlets
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February 28, 2021 at 2:20 am #473719Michael LerchParticipant
Thank you Ruth ! Thank you Gregory. That was a Monsoon Nimbus Blowout approaching late afternoon, maybe the 3rd shot from the shoot that I’ve posted. Yea I have a soft place in my heart for that event..
Here is another from another shoot
Arizona Color#112
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March 1, 2021 at 10:58 pm #474294Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Michael, your monsoon photos are a drama to behold. Quite the contrast to Hans’s gentle and peaceful Fluffiness and Frayed, as well as Ruth’s Morning Moon. And Gregory, your Cloudlets would make the coziest of blankets. I’d like to nestle in and watch all these moods of sky pass by.
Ripples *
* with a bit of lens flare
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March 3, 2021 at 1:08 am #474489Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#113
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March 3, 2021 at 10:40 pm #474646Hans StockerParticipant
Wow a Monsoon Nimbus Blowout! Great naming for a great picture (#111) Michael.
Lots of beauties above with lovely Ripples (Keelin), cloudlets (Gregory) and Splash of Color (Ruth).
A Lucky One
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March 6, 2021 at 12:29 am #474947Michael LerchParticipant
Indeed Hans! Great Catch!
Arizona Color#114
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March 9, 2021 at 10:28 am #475421Hans StockerParticipant
Thanks Michael. Your #114 is quite a peculiar one. Love its shape.
Transition
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March 14, 2021 at 1:27 am #476094Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#115
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March 14, 2021 at 9:28 pm #476172Ruth QuistParticipant
I am liking everyone’s earth shaking ( sky ) pictures. So vivid.
Back To Land
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March 19, 2021 at 5:29 pm #476795Ruth QuistParticipant
Pictures taken from the north. Beautiful sunrise of course to the east. Wondering if this is anti-crepuscular rays? I would love any input from my cloud friends. A pink waterfall of sorts.
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March 21, 2021 at 9:56 pm #477006Hans StockerParticipant
Nice pink waterfalls Ruth. To be sure whether these are anticrepuscular rays one must know the position of the sun. The rays must point to the antisolar point and (so) the sun must have been behind you when you took the photo. That might be the case for we don’t seem to look at the place where the suns sets. Is that right?
They Were Low!
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March 21, 2021 at 10:38 pm #477020Ruth QuistParticipant
Hans, look at that mamma! Beauty of a photo. The grays are perfect. Thanks for your help with the pink waterfalls. Yes, the sunrise was pretty much at my back. This was quite fun to witness this cloud formation. Hoping it was something unusual. I had to keep jumping out of my car to watch it slowly disappear. It was an early morning drive into town.
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March 23, 2021 at 2:31 am #477180Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#116
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March 23, 2021 at 8:42 am #477194Hans StockerParticipant
Great wooly carpet in #116 Michael.
Ruth, your third example of the pink waterfall triggered a different thought. I see what seems to be sunrays bend to the left and this makes me think the pink waterfalls may be virga. Giving it another look the former two examples also show the bending. When it really is virga, the difference in winds speeds at different height make the falling streaks of virga bend. The setting sun behind you colors the virga nicely pink. What do you think? I now tend to virga.
Undefined
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March 23, 2021 at 8:35 pm #477326Ruth QuistParticipant
Hans, your Undefined is worth framing. Beautiful colors. The swirls are a knock out. I am liking your thought on Virga for my waterfall. I will spend some time looking at examples. Appreciate your assistance.
Michael, very interesting textures in #116. Ocean spray like.
Closing out a camp trip below
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March 26, 2021 at 9:41 pm #477769Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Finally catching up with the recent colorful postings here. Looks like you’ve all been ‘lucky’ gazing upwards from your various locations.
Hans, I think your HV would work well for a game of celestial croquet, while Undefined is easily beyond words in its other worldly beauty.
Michael, I get the feeling of a flying snowball in #115. Could it have come all the way from Ruth’s snowy scene? Also loved your sun-blushed virgo, Ruth. And then there’s the low Mama from Hans. Wouldn’t hurt to be hit by one of those, but wowa!
A morning sky below, with the sun looking rather moonlike and sporting a very soft halo.
Morning Moonlike Sun
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March 27, 2021 at 1:48 am #477784Michael LerchParticipant
Everybody having some fun!
Arizona Color#117
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March 29, 2021 at 6:26 am #478075Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#118
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March 30, 2021 at 4:38 pm #478300Ruth QuistParticipant
Solo
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March 31, 2021 at 2:06 am #478470Patricia L KeelinParticipant
My eyes enjoy swimming through those cool, luscious blues in #118, Michael.
And Ruth, I like the subtle colors in Solo. I imagine you looking skyward while the pilot looks earthward, each enjoying the view.
There’s something about the light in the photo below that reminds me of the way the bedroom curtain would billow out on a gentle breeze during the afternoon naps I took as a child..
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April 3, 2021 at 6:03 am #479074Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#119
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April 5, 2021 at 7:03 pm #479363Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, you are right on with a warm breeze coming through in Lullaby. Michael, #119 reminds me of our cottonwood trees shedding their seeds.
Soft And Warm
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April 8, 2021 at 1:00 am #479791Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#120
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April 9, 2021 at 5:31 pm #480064Hans StockerParticipant
All very comforting: Lullaby Of Light by Keelin, the fluffy carpet in #119 by Michael and Soft And Warm by Ruth. It is such a lovely thought about the billowing curtains on a gentle breeze, Keelin.
Borderline?
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April 10, 2021 at 12:33 am #480120Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thank you, Hans, and I couldn’t agree more about the comfort of images from Michael and Ruth, with Michael’s latest like another soft serenade.
And nice contrast in Borderline?, Hans. To my eye, it brings to mind the initial resistance of sand to sea. I can almost see a reflection of clouds in the remaining wetness of a receding wave, evidence of a little exchange between the solidness of sand and the fluidity of water. On a somewhat related theme, these Cirrus clouds below know how to flow.A Study Of Contrast In Flexibility
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April 12, 2021 at 3:30 am #480525Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#121
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April 14, 2021 at 5:19 pm #480927Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Love the color and texture in #121, Michael. Would like to take a nap on that blanket of cozy blue. And then do a deep dive into a dream.
Plunge!
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April 16, 2021 at 4:26 am #481136Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#122
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April 17, 2021 at 6:17 pm #481305Gregory VenarskyParticipant
Wowee everyone, all of your pictures are just absolutely stunning. I know it was a while ago, but Undefined was by far one of my favorites. Lovely shot Hans. Michael, I love your constant pictures of altocumulus, as they give me nostalgia for the past. Keelin, your plunge makes me feel as though I am plunging into an icy lake of cirrus clouds. And lastly ruth, I love your subtle colors in each and every one of your photos!
Hooked
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April 21, 2021 at 2:13 am #481770Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#123
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April 21, 2021 at 8:18 pm #481885Hans StockerParticipant
Thank you Gregory. I think Michael’s #123 is where you end down under after Keelin’s Plunge. It could also been after a dive in the cool blue waves of #122. I am a bit Hooked to this thread.
Just Fluffy
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April 22, 2021 at 5:15 am #481936Michael LerchParticipant
Fluffy had nothing to do with this…
Arizona Color#124
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April 25, 2021 at 1:49 am #482329Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thank you, Gregory, and so good to see you here again with fine photo evidence of why we’re all ‘Hooked’’ on this topic.
Michael, the whole softness of feel with the touch of blue and the shadowed shape to its right makes #123 a real favorite.
Love the dark and light contrast in Just Fluffy, Hans. And a funny (talk about smooth) follow-up by Michael.
Need something to go with your mai tai?
Hula Lesson
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April 25, 2021 at 5:03 pm #482387Ruth QuistParticipant
Everyone’s contribution is exceptional. From stark to Fluffy.
An afternoon Drive
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April 28, 2021 at 4:56 am #482741Michael LerchParticipant
Thatz fun to look at Keelin! Ruth, phew, cool Afternoon Drive. Snow!
Arizona Color #125
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April 30, 2021 at 12:47 pm #483388Hans StockerParticipant
Hula Lesson give a real icy impression Keelin , as cold as An Aftrenoon Drive by Ruth. Brrrr. I love the composition in #125 Michael. Great capture.
Spiky
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May 1, 2021 at 9:24 pm #483698Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael and Hans, both exciting photos. Ready to jump out and dance around.
For a diversion on this thread I wanted to share a Navajo rug of mine. The rug is depicting a colorful Hogan with of course artsy clouds.
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May 9, 2021 at 10:42 pm #485179Michael LerchParticipant
Now thatz different Ruth! Thanks!
Arizona Color#126
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May 10, 2021 at 8:54 pm #485325Hans StockerParticipant
Like It Is Smashed Against The Sky
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May 11, 2021 at 1:18 am #485363Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ruth, your Navajo rug is a work of art! And I see similar art in the horizontal clouds Michael captured following it.
Hans, your latest is like a sudden shift from dreaming… What?! Where am I?! Where was I?! A fabulous smash into full wakefulness. Ah, but to quote a favorite song by the Beatles:
Please don’t wake me
No, don’t shake me
Leave me where I am
I’m only sleeping…Sleep Spindles
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May 12, 2021 at 4:23 am #485494Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#127
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May 12, 2021 at 2:18 pm #485566Patricia L KeelinParticipant
I like your visitor, Michael! Just Passing Through
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May 14, 2021 at 5:30 am #485813Michael LerchParticipant
Thanks Keelin! I am fascinated by the speed of that cloud
Arizona Color #128
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May 16, 2021 at 11:14 pm #486131Ruth QuistParticipant
Needing To Step Outside
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May 18, 2021 at 1:18 am #486261Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#129
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May 20, 2021 at 10:19 pm #486716Hans StockerParticipant
A Bit Of A Mess
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May 21, 2021 at 6:52 pm #486811Ruth QuistParticipant
Silk Fabric
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May 21, 2021 at 7:54 pm #486816Donatella LombardiniParticipant
A powerful storm has been sweeping across europe for the past week… Ripping out trees and blowing down walls. The wind remains but the clouds seemed to have cleared up!
I really like this picture because you can see the storm cloud that was above us followed by another powerful one in the distance, with the moon watching!
Some more pics…
P.S
anyone else use windy.com?
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May 25, 2021 at 1:45 am #487200Michael LerchParticipant
Nice work Donatella.
Arizona Color#130
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May 26, 2021 at 1:15 am #487388Patricia L KeelinParticipant
So many recent beauties from Michael, Ruth, Hans, and Donatella. I applaud them all!
Below, this scene looked like a curtain call for a chorus line of trees taking (or still shaking?) their bows after a wind-choreographed dance.
Curtain Call
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May 26, 2021 at 12:41 pm #487425Donatella LombardiniParticipant
Great shot Keelin! Is that a sundog in the top by any chance?
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May 26, 2021 at 10:32 pm #487501Hans StockerParticipant
Great choreography Keelin! Certainly a Curtain Call and one for the gallery for sure. Love it.
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May 26, 2021 at 11:21 pm #487517Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thank you, Donatella and Hans! I think that colorful arc is just a bit of lens flare, but there was some coronal/iridescence closer to the sun.
Of course, I never look at the sun when taking photos of optical phenomena, just point and shoot in the general direction and hope for the best. So it’s often a surprise to see what shows up.
Here’s another shot from the series, and I’ve just posted yet another to the Looks Like topic for pure amusement.
The Balancing Point
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May 27, 2021 at 8:51 pm #487749Ruth QuistParticipant
Keelin, Your Curtain Call deserves a big applause. So great to see your capture on the Gallery and Newsletter. You inspired me today to look up, and as my husband says ” Shoot”. But, my favorite happens to be Balancing Point. You did catch a number of species in that beauty. Clouds bring such simple pleasure.
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May 29, 2021 at 11:02 pm #488143Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Ah, thank you, Ruth! It’s the clouds that deserve the acclamation though, and as is the way with such sightings, I was just lucky to be in the right place at the right moment. Only a couple of days before, this beauty appeared in the late afternoon…Blowin’ In The Wind
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June 3, 2021 at 7:05 am #488874Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#131
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June 3, 2021 at 8:35 pm #488992Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, interesting shot of #131. Not winter here, but that is reminding me of my windshield that needs the ice scraped off.
Combinations
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June 6, 2021 at 5:58 am #489324Michael LerchParticipant
Nice Combinations Ruth,a painterly look to it
Arizona Color#132
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June 8, 2021 at 4:11 am #489646Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#133
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June 15, 2021 at 12:02 am #490532Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#134
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June 17, 2021 at 12:28 pm #490857Hans StockerParticipant
The Balancing Point is as fantastic as Curtain Call, Keelin. Did you notice the small colorful segment f a 22 degrees halo at the bottom in what started as a contrail? Love it.
Ruth, your Combinations is indeed painterly. Nice view.
Arizona#134 shows a great and fine network of asperitas. It has a lovely soft atmosphere in it.
Cover Up
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June 17, 2021 at 10:11 pm #490915Ruth QuistParticipant
Hans, Cover Up is feeling like some wonderful cool rains ( western US is burning up ).
Michael, #133 and #134 have a soft mood for me. As usual all pictures create such a story.
Caught This While Waiting To See My Dentist:
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June 18, 2021 at 8:43 am #490963Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color #135
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June 20, 2021 at 3:46 am #491139Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#136
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June 24, 2021 at 10:53 pm #491826Ruth QuistParticipant
Catching The Light
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June 27, 2021 at 3:28 am #492055Michael LerchParticipant
Nice catch Ruth!
Arizona Color#137
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June 30, 2021 at 1:19 am #492333Patricia L KeelinParticipant
Thank you for the refreshing effects of your recent additions, Hans, Ruth and Michael. Cover Up and …Waiting To See My Dentist make me want to stand beneath them and revel in a cool sweep of virga, while #137 feels like the splash I’ve longing for.
Ruth, your serene and lovely Foggy View, featured on the Gallery a few days ago, prompted me to review archives from a trip to Alaska years ago. There, I found this…
Early Morning Ribbon Of Fog
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July 1, 2021 at 7:52 pm #492740Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, love #137. Bubbles in a soft drink, refreshing. Keelin, your Early Morning feels so cool and quiet there in Alaska. Nice photos. I am kind if enjoying some more fog.
Early Morning On River
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July 2, 2021 at 6:46 am #492807Michael LerchParticipant
Lots of fun with the fog!
Arizona Color#138
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July 2, 2021 at 5:32 pm #492879Ruth QuistParticipant
Yes Michael, fog is a nice change. My mom would call fog ” soupy “.
Morning Soup
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July 3, 2021 at 5:40 am #492965Michael LerchParticipant
Arizona Color#139
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July 3, 2021 at 5:09 pm #493003Hans StockerParticipant
Great soup is served here Ruth! I love the serenity Early Morning Ribbon Of Fog by Keelin and the dotted skyscape in #137 by Michael.
Sea Of Clouds
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July 5, 2021 at 11:40 pm #493301Ruth QuistParticipant
Michael, nice cloud dancing in #139. Hans, Sea of Clouds just calms my heart rate down to 60 beats per minute.
More Minutes After A Storm
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July 6, 2021 at 4:43 am #493310Michael LerchParticipant
Hans, Ruth, delicate work from both of you!
Arizona Color#140
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July 7, 2021 at 2:49 am #493446Michael LerchParticipant
and another one from that shoot
Arizona Color#141
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