Color Thread Volume XVII

[Michael Lerch]

There is a lot of fun in the 100 shots of volume 16 .Be sure to check that out.  For now, allow me to  launch  Volume 17 of Color Cloud Photography.

Arizona Color #171

 

 

 

[Ruth Quist]

Micael, oh boy a new chapter.

Past camp trip.

[Michael Lerch]

Nice lake shot Ruth! Looks like the fish are up for the bugs

Arizona Color #172

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, you are correct with the bugs on the water.

Quiet at the camp site.

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#173

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#174

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#175

 

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#176

[Hans Stocker]

Some beauties above Michael and Ruth.

Untangle The Entanglement

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, so nice to see your Entanglement.  Looks like my sewing mess.

6 am, stepping out of my camper. 

[Michael Lerch]

Turn it into a landscape untangles it Hans..Pretty neat!  and Ruth,, just how far are you from it all?

Arizona Color#177

[Michael Lerch]

Arizonza Color#178

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, thanks for your comment on my photo.  This area is about a four-hour drive for me.   An open landscape with frequent wind and mountains every direction.  Camp spot is right on the Missouri River.  Never fails to disappoint.

Lewis and Clark territory.

[Michael Lerch]

Ruth,just the sound of the wind and the almost sound of a low cloud  passing by.Nice shot.

Arizona Color#179

 

[Alvar Jolin-Lombardini]

 

Michael, that picture is beautiful! It looks like an ocean wave seen from below.

These are some mammatus clouds spotted in France today, they always come with some nice color!

[Michael Lerch]

Thank You Donatella.. A short while ago I made joke about one of my photos of a field of Mama  looking like..The Invasion of the Dinner Rolls.. Your photo looks like a Panino Party. Wild color too!

Arizona Color#180

 

[Ruth Quist]

Donatella, terrific mamma photo and it made the gallery, congrats.

Michael, very interesting form in #180.  I like the depth feeling.

Stepping out.

[Michael Lerch]

Ruth thx for the comments, The late in the afternoon lighting with mama falling, created a lot of shadows to work with. If you can, overlap 180  on to 179 for a super w I d e angle  view.

I call the below The Widow  Cloud

Arizona Color #181

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#182

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#183

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#184

[Michael Lerch]

ArizonaColor#185

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, much going on in #183.  Looks like my car windshield.

Evening Delight

[Michael Lerch]

Thanks for reminding me Ruth, I gotta get new wipers for the windshield.Had for what, 4 years now. Think I actually used them twice. Now they ‘re just rotted  from the sun.

A late in the day shot

Arizona Color#186

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#187

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color# 188

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, as always, some super shots.

Pink Puffs

[Michael Lerch]

Nice one Ruth

Arizona Color#189

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color #190

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color #191

[Ruth Quist]

Rise and Shine Michael

[Ruth Quist]

Egg Whites

[Michael Lerch]

Cool photos Ruth!

Arizona Color#192

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, always like those pileus guys.

End of the day, saving electricity.

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color #193

[Michael Lerch]

A wind tattered sheet of cirrus stratus

Arizona Color#194

[Hans Stocker]

Nice cirrocumulus, Michael.

Whimsical

[Ruth Quist]

Just some layers

[Michael Lerch]

Thats the key to Rothko Ruth!

Arizona Color #195

[Hans Stocker]

Fantastic! A Rothko and a genuine Lerch as well. Both great compositions, Ruth and Michael.

Capped

[Michael Lerch]

WowHans! you got right up there close in that pileus  shot! Quite the chiaroscuro there!.. Thanks for your comments !

 

Arizona Color #196

[Hans Stocker]

Thanks Michael. It is a really gentle chap that is neatly capped in your Arizona color #196. Love it.

Diagonals With A Tuft

[Michael Lerch]

Thanks Hans !,  Speaking 0f diagonals

Arizona Color#197

 

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#198

[Ruth Quist]

Hans and Michael, joining you with morning color.

Coffee time

[Hans Stocker]

Untitled

[Michael Lerch]

Nice latte there Ruth  and The thinest of  mist  so sculptured Hans. Neat  Photo!

Ok its aug13 and im getting monsoon for the first time this month..not good but its something,,thunder and lightning..need the rest of the month ,everyday, to fill the reservoirs.

Arizona Color#199

[Michael Lerch]

Well it rained for a few minutes tonight..so far. Sister just called to say she was enjoying the show..almost constant lightning somewhere in the night sky.

Arizona Color#200

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#201

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, way cool #201.

Night shade

[Michael Lerch]

Thank you Ruth. Nice colors in your Night Shade!

 

Arizona Color#202

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color #203

[Patricia L Keelin]

Dear Cloud Friends ~ While I’ve been away for too long, your skies — filled with impressive, inspiring, often mind-boggling, outrageously gorgeous images — have buoyed me beyond words. Hoping to be able to share more in the coming days.

A Subtle Hint of Halo and Iridescence

 

One Note Song

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin, boy have I missed your wit and fab photos.

Mixed bag of nuts.

[Patricia L Keelin]

Missed yours as well, Ruth! Have always enjoyed your Big Sky beauties and been delighted to see many featured on the Gallery. Your titles often leave me with a big smile that makes my day.

Winging It

[Michael Lerch]

Keelin !, Nice shots!, Almost missed the hawk  while getting into the clouds in the last shot.

Arizona Color#204

[Patricia L Keelin]

Thanks, Michael! Love that thick layer of creamy foam in 204. Would make a nice topping for an iced latte. Are you keeping cool in your toasty clime there? Here’s one especially for you. Cheers!

Summer Slushy

[Ruth Quist]

Very tasty Keelin.  Michael, yep #204 for me is a nice glass of cold milk.

Nightcap time.

 

[Michael Lerch]

Thanks all!, Cooled off enough to enjoy going swimming again!  Yet the cycle starts allover,,so maybe within 5 to 7 days  the heat will pull up the moisture from a tropical storm or hurricane.

Arizona Color#205

 

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#206

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, love the moon in #205.  I keep waiting to catch some northern lights in my area.

Morning with a soft touch.

[Michael Lerch]

Nice one Ruth!. and thanks on your Moon comments.! Thats one of those shots ,you see, you take  foto,you move on to next one..It still hits me like the clouds allowed the Moon a cameo.

Arizona Color#207

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#208

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#209

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#210

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, I like what you did in #210.  A big seashell.

Town lights are turned on.

[Ruth Quist]

Light showers out there.

[Hans Stocker]

All great contributions above.

Fading

 

[Patricia L Keelin]

So much fun going on here!

Wind Broom at Work

[Michael Lerch]

Hans, Can you imagine the winds that created that..a field of “eddies”? And Keelins shot is the opposite, a nice   breeze ,moving gently along

 

Arizona Color #211

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color #212

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color# 213

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#214

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#215

 

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#216

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, great pileus shot.  They are so cool.

Cocktail time.

[Michael Lerch]

Thanks Ruth!..Looks like you had some good sights on your vacation.! Saw your fog shot on the Missouri. Nice!

 

Arizona Color# 217

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, thanks much.  It was a great time camping with opportunities to watch a herd of elk.

Heading home.

[Michael Lerch]

The stories I could tell about elk..Nice late evening reds Ruth

Arizona Color#218

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#219

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, a big wow.  You caught those dinner rolls.

Jam for rolls.

[Ruth Quist]

Just for Michael.  They make a lot of noise.

[Michael Lerch]

Its that time of year for them Ruth, rut season so Big Bull( 6pt?)there is on edge already . His harem is looking  very healthy. Notice what they are eating. Thats what makes their meat lean yet tender  I’ve been urinated on by a Bull elk, chased out an area by a Momma Elk with a yearling,( talk about noisy!,,bark like a crazy dog!),,and drove thru a herd of them at 2a.m. on a foggy road..at about 1 mile an hour….What were they doin out standing in the middle of the road??..Eating all the grass on the sides,,when no traffic is around.. Great shot Ruth thanks!

ArizonaColor#220

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#221

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, great elk stories.  They are magnificent animals.  In our area, we are very careful when it comes to seeing a moose.

Afternoon beam.

[Michael Lerch]

I came up on a bull elk trapped inside a juniper pine bough. His antlers were so big they got all tangled up in the branches while I hiked by..but for a show of magnificent brute animal force,, sat and watched two males battle it out for  6 does…like arm wrestling but with their neck muscles and antlers..

Arizona Color #222

[Michael Lerch]

Claude over on the Cloud ID brought up a strange cloud. Below is the same sort witnessed in Phoenix recently. Stratus and cumulus, a mixed cloud  indicates mixed atmosphere.

Arizona Color#223

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[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#224

[Ruth Quist]

Cool stuff Michael.

Fading Light

[Ruth Quist]

Wee bit of moon

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#225

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color #226

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, joining your pileus collection.

Topping it off.

[Patricia L Keelin]

Beauties above! And Michael, your #224, and Ruth, your Wee Bit of Moon are favorites! Even the clouds themselves appeared to be talking about them. Here’s a direct quote…

 

[Michael Lerch]

Clever one Keelin!

Arizona Color#227

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#228

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color #229

[Hans Stocker]

Rippling

[Michael Lerch]

A sheet of undulatus..cool Hans

Arizona Color#230

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[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Color#231

 

[Patricia L Keelin]

Thanks, Michael! I believe the clouds will continue talking to us all in ripples and ruffles and undulating waves (nice one, Hans!) that will continue to amaze.

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