Color Thread XII
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January 18, 2022 at 4:00 am #519296
Michael LerchParticipantAfter hitting the 101 mark on Vol11 with Keelin’s wintry blanket and Han’s Virga allow me to begin Vol12 with , what else, more Pileus. All these Pileus shots were taken from my backyard from July thru August. The first hills rising out of the desert are a few short miles north, and North Mountain is just east . So yea the clouds created trying to get over those hills, visually aren’t far away. A zoom telephoto lens helps a lot also.
Arizona Color#121

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January 18, 2022 at 8:24 pm #519429
Ruth QuistParticipantMichael, may I join you and your fantastic pileus.
Cloud Dance

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January 19, 2022 at 4:06 am #519481
Michael LerchParticipantAhh the wind blows joyous cloud,Ruth
Arizona Color#122

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January 22, 2022 at 4:01 am #519856
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#123

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January 25, 2022 at 3:24 am #520265
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#124

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January 25, 2022 at 10:34 am #520287
Hans StockerParticipantThanks for your great start of this volume XII with lots of your marvelous pileus shots, Michael. Your last oen (#124) is like looking through a dotted glass screen. Love it.

Rippling Sheet
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January 26, 2022 at 1:02 am #520439
Patricia L KeelinParticipantMichael, your pileus offerings are a splendid start for Volume XII, and #124 is like a soft murmuration. Lovely!
Ruth, your Cloud Dance has joyful feel. (And might that be a mermaid with glowing head swimming her way through it?)
And Hans, I love the contrast of smooth and rippled textures and the movement in your image above. I’d like to hear the dream that was dreamt upon it.
An Undecided Wind -
January 28, 2022 at 12:00 am #520708
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color #125

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January 29, 2022 at 4:29 am #520886
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#126

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February 2, 2022 at 3:13 am #521788
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#127

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February 3, 2022 at 4:34 pm #522025
Hans StockerParticipantI love an Undecided Wind, Keelin. It seems that winds high up there can’t make up their minds.
Michael, your last three are wonderful soft dotted fluffy images. All examples of your favorite duplicatus I suppose?

No Decision Made Yet And Far Too Ripply To Sleep Upon
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February 4, 2022 at 5:49 am #522083
Michael LerchParticipantThanks Hans and Keelin. Swirling Altcum gives plenty opportunity to produce duplicatus. My favorite is the last duplicatus photo session I had, no matter which kind of cloud i photographed. But they allow for a fun shoot. Here is more.
Arizona Color #128

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February 6, 2022 at 3:29 am #522274
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color #129

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February 8, 2022 at 1:19 am #522602
Patricia L KeelinParticipantNo question about it, I love the latest additions here from you both, Hans and Michael. A few days ago, we had similar skies here, and it looked as if a bird had dropped right through the large patch of cirrocumulus.
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February 8, 2022 at 10:15 am #522665
Hans StockerParticipantThanks Keelin, I love your latest composition. It surely leads the eye into the Great Blue Beyond. Marvelous.
The bird that dropped through the layer of clouds seems to have caused a small fallstreak hole, don’t you think?

Sticky
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February 9, 2022 at 4:19 am #522766
Michael LerchParticipantI like that shot Keelin. If it were mine, and it isn’t, i’d crop off 80% of the bottom blue. Just a narrow blue strip sends the eye rite to the bird, making the trees a new and necessary part of the photo. Well Done!
Your lacunosus has neat depth to it Hans. The colors are wild too!
Arizona Color#130

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February 10, 2022 at 1:24 am #522898
Patricia L KeelinParticipantAh, Michael, I clearly see what you mean! Thank you for the excellent re-cropping suggestion.
And Hans, I think you may also be right about that fallstreak hole—a bird-created portal to who-knows-where. I only hope your Sticky cloud wasn’t waiting on the other side! It has a seductively soft appeal.
If you’ve ever sneezed into a bowl of powered sugar, this next image might look familiar.
Achoooo! -
February 10, 2022 at 6:40 am #522915
Michael LerchParticipantVery nice shadow work Keelin. I like the depth of that shot.
Arizona Color#131

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February 12, 2022 at 6:38 pm #523327
Ruth QuistParticipantHans, your Sticky photo makes me want to run out for a cinnamon roll. Cool shot.
Keelin, the sneeze could too be ocean foam.
Michael, I especially like the subtle colors in #129.

Barely There
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February 15, 2022 at 2:08 am #523655
Patricia L KeelinParticipantYou’ve a keen eye, Ruth, to see be aware of beauty that’s Barely There. And I see you caught some splendid Asperitas too as featured recently on the Gallery. Congratulations!
Thanks for kind words, Michael! And talk about shadow work. Love what you’ve captured in #131.
Blown Away -
February 16, 2022 at 6:11 am #523789
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#132

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February 17, 2022 at 2:43 am #523882
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color #133

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February 19, 2022 at 12:35 pm #524103
Hans StockerParticipantI had a laugh about Achooo! Keelin. Is it that the nose still was tickled some more giving Blown Away? Love it.
Quite delicate pileus you captured in #133 Michael.

Calm And Wavy
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February 22, 2022 at 1:09 am #524395
Patricia L KeelinParticipantLove the whispering pileus in #133, Michael.
Calm And Wavy is just what’s needed now, Hans. But once things settle down, here’s a little feather to give another tickle.
The Tickler -
February 22, 2022 at 6:27 am #524412
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color# 134

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February 25, 2022 at 6:10 pm #524838
Hans StockerParticipantYour Tickler is also on the gallery, Keelin. I love the version here evenly with its wooly cloudlets.
And another marvelous and delicate pileus in #134, Michael.

Wrinkled
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February 26, 2022 at 2:52 am #524867
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#135

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February 27, 2022 at 4:26 pm #524945
Patricia L KeelinParticipantGreat contrast in the light touch of pileus in #134 vs. the grand sweep of shadow in 135, Michael. Both images are beauties.
And I love the Wrinkled look, Hans. So much more interesting than a smooth blue, cloud-free, age-defying sky.
Wings of Desire -
March 1, 2022 at 3:19 am #525127
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#136

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March 6, 2022 at 12:27 am #525604
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#137

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March 9, 2022 at 9:19 am #525967
Hans StockerParticipantI love your Wings Of Desire, Keelin. Great composition too.
Lots of beauties by you Michael, but your last one with #137 really takes the cake. Great play of different kind of blues.

Looking Up In Wonder
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March 11, 2022 at 5:04 am #526256
Michael LerchParticipantThanks Hans!..that shadow made all the blues possible.
Arizona Color#138

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March 12, 2022 at 6:08 pm #526513
Ruth QuistParticipantMichael, I am liking #136 and #138. Nice formations.
Keelin and Hans, delicate clouds are looking Cirrus like.
Need a cloud read, thoughts on if this could be Pileus. Sneaky clouds.

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March 17, 2022 at 3:28 am #527045
Michael LerchParticipantI do not believe you have Pileus there Ruth. Velum is what you have, the give away is in the clouds surrounding. Pileus is formed out of thin air. Some Velum below
Arizona#139

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March 18, 2022 at 5:58 pm #527271
Ruth QuistParticipantMichael, thanks for looking at my photo. I will take Velum. That is a first for me. It is nice to know what you are seeing. More awareness helps.
Back To Earth

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March 21, 2022 at 4:05 am #527504
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color #140

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March 23, 2022 at 2:59 am #527722
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#141

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March 27, 2022 at 5:35 am #528121
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#142

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March 30, 2022 at 7:05 am #528568
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#143

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March 31, 2022 at 5:22 pm #528707
Patricia L KeelinParticipantHans, I’m with you on the Wonder. Looking Up captures the state well.
It’s also well caught in your Back to Earth, Ruth.
And Michael, what a wild wow collection your recent posts are. #140 absolutely blew me away with its beauty.
Inspirations -
April 2, 2022 at 4:11 am #528973
Michael LerchParticipantThanks Keelin. Yes, to get lost in the clouds of inspiration..
Arizona Color#143

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April 3, 2022 at 10:06 am #529066
Hans StockerParticipantLots of inspiration or lost in inspiration that’s the question for me when I see what is posted recently by you all.
Honeycomb -
April 7, 2022 at 5:46 am #529538
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#144

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April 11, 2022 at 1:28 am #529936
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#145

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April 12, 2022 at 5:16 am #530111
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#146

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April 15, 2022 at 6:07 am #530425
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#147

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April 15, 2022 at 2:54 pm #530447
Hans StockerParticipantLovely puffy ones above Michael.

Meeting Waves
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April 19, 2022 at 7:22 am #530729
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#148

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April 21, 2022 at 11:23 pm #531028
Ruth QuistParticipantMichael, there they are. Lenticulars are one of my favorites. Asking once again your thoughts on a Pileus. I am seeing some interesting clouds when I least expect them. Exciting though for me to look at clouds with a better eye for picking out formations, etc.
Want To Be

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April 22, 2022 at 4:53 am #531044
Michael LerchParticipantRuth, Yes ,looks to me like you caught a pileus. Remember the physics involved: Quick rising columns of warm congestus compressing the water out of the atmosphere overhead..making cloud. So, yes all the ingredients are there in the shot. A fun part of pileus spotting is ..how faint is the earliest call that a pileus is forming. That one is the other side, a well developed pileus evolving in to possible velum.
Arizona Color#149

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April 23, 2022 at 10:10 am #531177
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#150

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April 24, 2022 at 5:33 pm #531244
Patricia L KeelinParticipantWhat a collection of blue and white beauties above! Each one has a story all its own. I’d especially like to hear the one call Honeycomb. I just bet it’s a sweet one.
Waving Back -
April 26, 2022 at 5:49 am #531396
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#151

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April 26, 2022 at 9:30 am #531408
Hans StockerParticipantI agree with you Keelin. It are all beauties above and many thanks for Waving Back:)

Catch As Catch Can
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April 27, 2022 at 8:09 pm #531730
Ruth QuistParticipantAnother fabulous collection from all. Michael, I think #149 those clouds are chasing each other. Beauties too Hans and Kellin.
Anyone Have a Light

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April 28, 2022 at 7:06 am #531762
Michael LerchParticipantIncrease in size of digital pictures lends light to the picture. I like this.
Arizona Color#152 (a shot up thru lacunosus )

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May 6, 2022 at 1:19 am #532565
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#153

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May 10, 2022 at 4:05 am #533144
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#154

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May 12, 2022 at 4:41 am #533356
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#155

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May 15, 2022 at 6:09 am #533608
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color #156

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May 15, 2022 at 11:32 pm #533683
Patricia L KeelinParticipantOh those blues! Love the sweep in Catch…, Hans, and the bubbly feeling of #156, Michael.
And Ruth, you caught the spot light just right in Anyone Have a Light — a lovely scene. And congrats on your misty morning on the Gallery! I imagine the fairies, those quiet, early risers, were already up to mischief in the woods there.
More blues anyone?

Blue Suds
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May 18, 2022 at 5:51 am #534093
Michael LerchParticipantCool composition Keelin!
Arizona Color#157

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May 24, 2022 at 6:33 am #534737
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#158

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May 26, 2022 at 7:48 pm #534998
Ruth QuistParticipantMichael, nice collection of clouds you have going. #156 has got a bunch of exciting things in layers.
More Rays To Help Us Find Our Way Home

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May 27, 2022 at 6:27 am #535047
Michael LerchParticipantCool crepuscular Ruth! and thanks!
Arizona Color#159

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May 29, 2022 at 8:46 pm #535316
Ruth QuistParticipantMichael, oh my on #159. Someone’s nice foot. Need a cloud read on this entry. I am thinking a possible Velum.

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May 30, 2022 at 1:43 am #535339
Patricia L KeelinParticipantThanks, Michael I love the wild look of #158 and feather forms in #159.
And Ruth, those are some serious rays! Just what’s needed these days.

Some Cirrus To Cheer Us
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May 30, 2022 at 10:35 pm #535445
Hans StockerParticipantSo many beauties above. Especially More Rays To Help Us Find Our Way Home by Ruth, #159 by Michael, and Some Cirrus To Cheer US by Keelin.

A Herd Of Sheep
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May 31, 2022 at 7:05 am #535485
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#160

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June 5, 2022 at 4:59 am #536063
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#161

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June 6, 2022 at 4:52 pm #536222
Hans StockerParticipant
Down
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June 10, 2022 at 6:52 am #536600
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#162

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June 15, 2022 at 6:10 am #537022
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#163

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June 15, 2022 at 10:51 pm #537142
Hans StockerParticipantYou managed to make the separate layers of clouds visible in #163, Michael. Must have been fun to do.

Grainy, Wrinkly and Fluffy
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June 16, 2022 at 5:59 am #537161
Michael LerchParticipantHans , Yes ,i focused on the lower darker floccus turning the higher altocum into a soft space filler. One of those shots where I always see something new when I look at It. In processing, Lightroom has a Clarity tool. That can really pop clouds out as well. I use it religiously. Clarity was used on the photo. I generally shot color in added contrast to start with. The end result has me trained to actively seek these duplicatus opportunities when weather scurries across Arizona.
Really !, nice textures there on the cirrus(?) Looks Oriental
Arizona Color#164

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June 19, 2022 at 5:53 am #537454
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color# 165

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June 21, 2022 at 6:25 am #537673
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#166

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June 26, 2022 at 5:12 am #538143
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#167

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June 26, 2022 at 11:22 pm #538194
Patricia L KeelinParticipantWow, Michael, your last three are simply fabulous!
Looks like the clouds were up to some mischief in this bit of sky from last springtime…

Feeling Feisty
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June 26, 2022 at 11:22 pm #538195
Patricia L KeelinParticipantWow, Michael, your last three are simply fabulous!
Looks like the clouds were up to some mischief in this bit of sky from last springtime…

Feeling Feisty
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June 27, 2022 at 4:32 am #538206
Michael LerchParticipantTalk about Oriental, nice shot Keelin! and thanks!
Arizona Color #168

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July 1, 2022 at 6:37 am #538715
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color #169

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July 1, 2022 at 10:21 pm #538820
Hans StockerParticipantFeeling Feisty is great fun, Keelin. A sky that makes one happy.
Michael, you have a marvelous series above and #167 is absolutely fabulous. Love it.

Not Yet A Hole
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July 3, 2022 at 7:17 pm #538981
Gregory VenarskyParticipantAll of your photos are absolutely fantastic!! I especially love the chaos of Feeling Feisty.

Fluff
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July 6, 2022 at 5:24 am #539274
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#170

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July 8, 2022 at 6:17 am #539468
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#171

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July 8, 2022 at 8:39 pm #539529
Ruth QuistParticipantCompliments to everyone.
Michael, looking like a sweet pileus in #170. They are sneaky. I can’t find a good word yet for #170. Guess no words, makes it special.
A Mamma with Teeth

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July 10, 2022 at 4:06 am #539630
Michael LerchParticipantRuth, Its just foraging ..and yes , pileus develop and dissipate in about a minute or two. The physics make them sneaky.
Speaking of mammatus, here is the first in a series I took a while ago:
Arizona Color# 172

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July 11, 2022 at 6:23 am #539745
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#173

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July 11, 2022 at 6:05 pm #539791
Ruth QuistParticipantMichael, love the mamma theme. #173 is my favorite. Now I understand these guys don’t last very long up there.
I Will Be Quick

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July 12, 2022 at 5:24 am #539833
Michael LerchParticipanta couple more
Arizona Color #174

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July 12, 2022 at 11:49 am #539860
Hans StockerParticipantMamma mia, that is some marvelous mamma above from you both, Ruth and Michael. Very special.
Here fallstreaks make a upside down insect.

Crawling The Ceiling
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July 14, 2022 at 5:49 am #540169
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#175

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July 16, 2022 at 3:21 am #540413
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#176

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July 19, 2022 at 5:33 am #540815
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color#177

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July 21, 2022 at 5:03 am #541149
Michael LerchParticipantArizonaColor#178

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July 21, 2022 at 10:19 am #541189
Hans StockerParticipantGreat images above Michael.

Patterns
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July 24, 2022 at 7:50 am #541621
Michael LerchParticipantThats fun Hans!
Arizona Color#179

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July 24, 2022 at 6:28 pm #541797
Ruth QuistParticipantHans and Michael, wow guys. I can’t keep up. Hans, may be even a crawling termite. Michael. #178 is a fabulous picture, not finding the right words except a lovely splash!
Got Pretzels

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July 28, 2022 at 3:25 am #542181
Michael LerchParticipantArizona Color #180

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An Undecided Wind





Off To Explore The Great Blue Beyond

Achoooo!

Blown Away


The Tickler


Wings of Desire










Inspirations
Honeycomb








Waving Back














































