Color Thread Vol. X
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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?
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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
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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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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.
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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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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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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…
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A Box Of Crayons
Twin Fans Of Intortus
Evening Guest
Time To Get Up
Friendly Sky
Morning Moon
Soft To The Touch
Splash Of Color
Ripples *
Morning Moonlike Sun
Lullaby Of Light
A Study Of Contrast In Flexibility
Plunge!
Hula Lesson
Sleep Spindles
Just Passing Through
Curtain Call
The Balancing Point
Blowin’ In The Wind
Early Morning Ribbon Of Fog
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