ColorThread Volume XIV

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    • #567722
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Some great work by all in Vol 13. 100 photos of fun. So here’s another 100 starting with a bit of nastiness that went up the highway I-17 here in Phoenix in July’22.

      Arizona Color #1401

      july3022b8095Torn

    • #567756
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Yep, Michael I 17 looks nasty but exciting storm potential.

      All Quiet On The Western FrontP1000621 (2)

    • #567792
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Horizontal is calming Ruth.

      Arizona Color#1402

      july3022b8098Torn

    • #567858
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona Color#1403

      july3022b8102Torn

    • #567981
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      ..and after that nasty  stuff ran into the hills north of the valley it came apart so I looked over my shoulder and saw these dangling from the clouds

      Arizona Color#1404

      july3022b8107torn

    • #568099
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1405

      july3022b7834Pileus

    • #568118
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
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      Michael, would #1404 be a panna’s?  Of course #1405 is a super space ship.

      A Mouth FullP1120989 (2)

    • #568168
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Ruth,,No not pannus, im thinking tuba. They sent shivers up my spine..tornado wanna bes..Trees for lunch up there?

      Arizona Color#1406

      july3022b7856Pileus

    • #568198
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, I love your big stretch in #1406.

      Cream Puff

      P1130108 (2)

    • #568231
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color #1407

      july3022b7841Pileus

    • #568540
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
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      Michael, Rack’em Stack’em.  Terrific last few photos.

      Eerie

      P1020096 (2)

    • #569125
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      I like the color combination in Eerie Ruth. Nice shot.

      Here is the first Pileus of 2022 shot in 2023 and also my favorite; physics manifesting itself so beautifully

      Arizona Color #1408

      aug2122b8313Pileus

    • #569459
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color #1409

      jan0122b6068len

    • #569464
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      A Mouth Full is very funny, Ruth. After your lenticular sculptures your last two are amazing Michael. Such a tneder veil of pileus. I hope more will follow. And #1409 has mystery in it. It catches the eye and makes you puzzle.

      2023-03 Wolken (4)-1

      Blown Off

       

    • #569493
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      What a dramatic start to Volume XIV! Thanks, Michael, for keeping your keen eyes on the wild skies there in AZ and sharing the vision. Your Mouth Full is an eye full of beauty, Ruth. And glad you weren’t gone with the wind in Blown Away, Hans!

      Meanwhile, here in California…

      IMG_4449_I'm Pickin' Up Good Vibrations

      I’m Pickin’ Up Good Vibrations

       

       

    • #569605
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Keelin, the trees are scratching an itch in the sky.Nice shot. Im not sure what I caught there Hans but it turned into this below. If I recall one system from the southwest and one from the northwest converged over the Phoenix area. But the mystery, like Keelins sky.. it feels organic, it could be alive

      Arizona color#1410

      jan0122b6074len

    • #569872
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona Color#1411

      july3022b7857art

    • #570023
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Thanks, Michael. Your AZ #1411 could be a view under the microscope—which just adds even more mystery to such fascinating amorphous sky productions.

      IMG_7042_String Section

      String Section

    • #570385
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      Your String Section is ready for writing sheet music, Keelin. Maybe for Good Vibrations?

      2022-12 Wolken (9)-1

      It’s At The Right

    • #570454
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Nice work you two!

      Arizona Color# 1412

      may2421b3548Prae

    • #570528
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1413

      april1921b3499art

    • #570561
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, wonderful deep colors in your latest.

      Keelin, the birds will love those wires and deep blue background.

      Hans, wow even caught a contrail.  They can be sneaky.

      Barely There013

    • #570677
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Thank you Ruth. Barely there but just enough.

      Arizona Color#1414

      may2421b3749Und

    • #570746
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, I go with my first impression kind of like taking a test.  Don’t change the answer.  #1414 is my new clothesline.  A beauty.

      Six Months of Winter IMG_0026

    • #570906
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1415

      aug22122b8168Strm

    • #571014
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona Color #1416

      aug2122b8172Strm

    • #571847
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color# 1417

      july3022b7736pileus

    • #571870
      Bill Standerfer avatarBill Standerfer
      Participant

      Michael, I really like the very threatening building cumulus in your image.  I especially like that you also caught a little pilius at the top of one of the buildups.  It looks like the folks on the ground might be getting wet.

    • #571929
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Thanks Bill.  The north hills  of the Valley ,that is Phoenix, greet the monsoon season by displaying shows of towering congestus some succeed all the way to nimbus. But along the way a lot ,or a few,  pileus  are created . The contrast of such a delicate expression by raw unleashed power fascinates.  It takes days of 110f  to pull up the moisture from the subtropics and if you’re really lucky a dust storm, haboo,  accomplices the show. I don’t think humans were meant to go out in this weather that creates pileus but I use a zoom telephoto lens when I do  which reaches out pretty far at the 300mm end.

      Arizona Color#1418

      aug2122b8338Pileus

       

    • #571972
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, that is such an impressive photo.  How can something be delicate but at the same time be rough.

      Smoke In Your EyesP1020456

    • #572013
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Their  lifespan is short due to their delicate structure.To see them you almost have to hunt them. Ruth,Clouds you wish not to see but they keep showing up in the skies, ..Is the smoke local or from distant burns?

      Arizona Color#1419

      aug2122b8343pileus

    • #572086
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, I can’t get enough of that wonderful Pileus.  Thanks for asking about the smoke in my photo.  I think it was from the local open burning that we have going on in the community.  It does add for some interesting browns.

      Clearer SkiesP1110024 (2)

    • #572116
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color #1420

      july3022b8034pileus

    • #572201
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1421

      july3022b7909UndArt

    • #572449
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      A Calm Night SkyP1055472 (2)

    • #572575
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color #1422

      july3022b7911UndArt

    • #572615
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      Michael, above are some fantastic delicate examples of pileus. Love them. You also posted in the part of the forum for Cloud Identification Help some great images of  developing sheets of stratus accompanied by your explanation of what’s happening. Very instructive and interesting.

      2023-04 Wolken (6)-1

      Developing

    • #572643
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Hans, interesting patterns in Developing.

      A Hint Of BlueP1044554 (2)

    • #572757
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Big sky Ruth! Thanks Hans. I was wondering what I was going to do with those shots . Then Maria started talking about and posting photos of similar, so sure!

      Arizona Color#1423

      sept2422b8569pileus

       

    • #572845
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1424

      sept2422b8614pileus

    • #573175
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      ..and the not so energetic

      Arizona Color#1425

      aug2122b8308Pileus

    • #573261
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      Great pileus series Michael. Such thin veils played by the winds around cumulus. Her we had yesterday a display of a lot of pileus. Because it is more rare over here it was discussed in the daily weather report. Very nice.

      Here is one with two identified flying objects in it.

      2023-05 Wolken (8)-1

      Cover Up

    • #573397
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Nice one Hans!

      Arizona Color#1426

      aug2122b8254pileus

    • #573443
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Wow, Wow, Wow, Hans, Michael, Ruth!!!

      I’ve only this photo from my archives to add today. Slightly tweaked, it’s taken on the look of a memory of when and where ’twas first seen.

      IMG_6045_That Was Then

      That Was Then

    • #573679
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Such is our memories Keelin.

      Arizona Color#1427

      aug2122b8317pileus

    • #573775
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      #1427 became 1428

      ArizonaColor#1428

      aug2122b8318Vel

       

    • #573830
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, so very delicate aren’t they.  Like silk stockings.

      Clumps

      P1120296 (2)

    • #574154
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Evening RaysP1033153 (2)

    • #574184
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1429

      aug2122b8275pileus

    • #574318
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
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      Arizona Color#1430

      aug2122b8277Pileus

    • #574670
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1431

      aug2122b8163mam

    • #574725
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1432

      aug2122b8138Altcum

    • #574828
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1433

      aug2122b8352Nim

       

    • #575340
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1434

      aug2122b8194Len

    • #575389
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      Great variation in your color ones, Michael. Pileus, towering ones and then delicate veils. Love it.

      2023-05 Wolken (51)-1

      On The Move

       

    • #575474
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Nice mamma in #1431 Michael.  I am finally seeing some pileus myself this last week.

      Hans, on the move is very delicate and wispy.

      Facing North

      P1055733 (2)

    • #575633
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1435

      aug2122b8151art

    • #575682
      Bill Standerfer avatarBill Standerfer
      Participant

      A look toward the Colorado Front Range foothills covered in emerald green after an uncharacteristically wet spring.  Above is the bottom of a 40,000′ cumulus just before it opened up for yet more rain this afternoon.  Just north of Fort Collins, Colorado.

       

      WES_20230616__Z7B3031

    • #575869
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Bill, What a view!

      Arizona Color#1436

      aug2122b8324Pileus

    • #576028
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1437

      aug2122b8360pileus

    • #576089
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      Great photos, everyone!

      IMG_4975_Siblings

      Siblings

    • #576260
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, you have got me going on spotting a Pileus up on a congestus.  Thinking a caught one.

      Keelin, I love your siblings.  Hope everyone is getting along and not throwing ice cream around.

      Up Here

      P1130799 (2)

    • #576398
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Under the TentP1130826 (2)

    • #576419
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      You all having some fun!

      Arizona Color#1438

      may2421b3614c

    • #576506
      Bill Standerfer avatarBill Standerfer
      Participant

      Another big thunderstorm last evening over the southwest corner of the Nebraska panhandle, about 70 miles northeast of me.  This one went up to 60,000′ and produced at least one tornado.WES_20230626__Z7B3063-Pano small

    • #576586
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      Your Siblings are marvelous Keelin. And the pileus by Ruth and Michael are too. Bill, your thunderstrom over Nebraska is very impressive and makes one feel small. Love it.

      2023-05 Wolken (16)-1

      Pileus

    • #576599
      Bill Standerfer avatarBill Standerfer
      Participant

      Hans, small indeed.  That storm was probably 50 miles across from one side of the anvil to the other.  Impressive to watch, but I want to do it from a distance!

    • #576627
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Nice shot Bill! Lots of energy! Thats the kind of energy it takes to make Pileus and velum as captured by Hans. Nice!

      Arizona Color#1439

      july3022b7875art

    • #576828
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1440

      july3022b7891Art

    • #577387
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, your last two are terrific.  Deep and rich.

      Hans, pileus’s rule lately.  I have more to share.  Your contrast is super.

      Bill, that is one massive system.  Nice that you caught it.

      Not So DramaticP1056030 (2)

    • #577426
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Ruth nice vibe with that shot. Thanks for your kind words. Both were late in the day as the same storm came in. The 2nd shot I saw but was too distant.  An example of patience paying off as dusk approached.  Imagine this conversation:

      Hello Front Desk? ..Yes This is Mike Up In…yes, ..correct.. Mike  in The Cloud 9 Suite..Say while we’re on the subject, Is This Thing Adjustable?

      Arizona Color#1441

      june2622b7546Art

    • #577781
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, love your front desk on Cloud 9.

      A ToppingP1055985 (2)

    • #578303
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Melon BallsP1120416 (2)

    • #578618
      Bill Standerfer avatarBill Standerfer
      Participant

      A couple of shots of developing thunderstorms over central Wisconsin this afternoon.  Fortunately, there was enough room to get around all the buildups on the way into Green Bay.  The cumulus are beautiful from above as long as you can stay out of them.  They’ll really throw an airplane around if you venture into one.

      IMG_0284IMG_0287

    • #578774
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      Great ones above. I love #1439 and # 1440, Michael. Deep and rich like Ruth commented. Love your  pileus and Melon Balls too, Ruth. And wow what an energy seen from above, Bill. Must be great to be up there.

      2023-07 Charigny (3)-1

      The Milky Way

       

    • #578921
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Neat clouds every body! Thanks for your kind words!

      Arizona Color#1442

      aug2122b8125Convectus

    • #579015
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      2023-07 Charigny (58)-1

      Continuing The Blues

    • #579174
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1443

      jan0122b6096UndArt

    • #579265
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Hans, the milky way is so refreshing.  Nice gallery photo yesterday too.

      Bill, boy have you caught some big clouds up there.  You get a whole different perspective.

      Michael, big congestus.  I am really appreciating those guys.  They can display hidden treasures.

      Every Which WayP1066171 (2)

    • #579481
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Well here we are Ruth last day of July and all we got,is one day of monsoon build up and back flow into the Valley..One day of about half an hour of rain in total. I shot more Pileus in March than I have all of July. A week ago, today and tomorrow were projected to be rainy days. Now sunny tomorrow and the following week with ever increasing to the 110f + dayz. The good news is today it did not hit 110f…Point is..the summer’s monsoon was projected to be weaker than norm. But we had a pineapple monsoon ( the weather came directly from Hawaii) this last winter , filling the local reservoirs with another year or two of time to figure out how to stretch that to 4 to 5 years…Like your Big Sky shot of the undulatus signaling active winds at various heights.May August see a return of the high pressure center to the rightful  owners ,4 Corners , restoring a monsoon season to at least a Thank You for showing up.  Some fun with crepuscular follows.

      Arizona Color#1444

      july3020b8040Crep

    • #579530
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, I love them rays.  I enjoyed your weather update.  I do feel for you with those long stretches of heat.  We are in the middle of fire season, so seeing heat and wind with few clouds passing by.  When we hear choppers flying overhead, we get nervous.

      Serving Up Some VelumP1110685 (2)

    • #579646
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Previous record for a string of 110f + days in a row,consecutively ,  in Phoenix ,was 18..I think we just ended the streak of 31 days in row of reaching 110f + ..all of July..it hit 110f or More..for  everyday in the month of July..in Phoenix..There is only 2 places one can be when you step out side..in a pool or in something that has A/C..The Citrus  tree leaves got burnt. The mulberry trees got burnt.Don’t forget the bombardment of Xrays and CME’s coming from our one and only Sun as it ramps up it current building solar cycle (24?)..Its definitely long sleeve season if you are out side for long periods of time. Its so hot out there the local pawn shop won’t take it…oh well..

      The winds curl the clouds and create velum. Nice capture.

      Arizona Color#1445

      july3022b7571Crep

       

       

       

       

       

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    • #579764
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, an oppressive summer with the awful heat.  In my area there are close to 12 fires.  Only thing is the great pyro cumulus clouds that I have seen on the local TV.  Tomorrow may be rain and 70 degrees.  I can’t wait.  Beautiful rays in your photo.  They are one of my favorite optical effects.

      No Color

      P1130872 (2)

    • #579809
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Thanks  and Nice minimalist work there Ruth!

      Arizona Color#1446

      aug2122b6263pileus

    • #579956
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1447

      sept2422b8581pileus

    • #580202
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1448

      aug2122b81680storm

    • #580269
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color #1449

      aug2221b4803altcum

    • #580491
      Patricia L Keelin avatarPatricia L Keelin
      Participant

      So refreshing on cloudless summer days to see the gorgeous captures from you all. Last month, we had this reminder of penmanship practice. Pretty much had a blank slate since then.

      IMG_3343_Cursive Cloudscript

      Cursive Cloudscript

    • #580571
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Thats some fine penmanship Keelin

      Arizona Color#1450

      jan0121B1402strat

    • #580620
      Bill Standerfer avatarBill Standerfer
      Participant

      Michael, to me that looks like a winter scene with trees covered in snow and hills in the background.

    • #580642
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, as always your pileus are awesome.  My favorite is the twin towers in #1446.

      Keelin, Cursive is way fun.  I now print instead of nice long hand.

      A Light TouchP1066485 (2)

    • #580672
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Thanks Ruth!..Would you believe yesterday was the first day of pileus formation as a result of the “monsoon”  season?..and even at that it was a poor show due to winds ripping the delicate pileus loosing their smoothness. Today the winds brought the moisture from the suntropics but it all kept rite on going.Nothing hung around to even precipitate..

      Thanks Bill..For me,Clouds always brings the “water color” perspective..photographed in a way to lend themselves to be seen as a watercolor illustration. I mean, they are made of water and light plays well  within them. I suppose thats the fun I refer to when I capture clouds.

      Arizona Color #1451

      jan0121b1408strat

    • #580757
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      It is raining in Phoenix at the moment..

      Arizona Color# 1452

      jan3123b9329Prae

    • #580952
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, nice to hear you are getting rain.  Hoping for the same this weekend.IMG_20230716_204604928

    • #580980
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      And now a hurricane is spinning up the Baja coast hopefully casting arms of asperitas our way..Southern California may be the main recipient of any largess tho. Nice light and wisp you caught.

      Arizona Color#1453

      jan2621b1603Art

    • #581310
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, thanks on your wisp comment.  That was taken with my phone.  I prefer my point and shoot camera, but it worked just fine.

      Lights OutP1020575 (2)

    • #581546
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1454

      mar2221b2605UndArt

       

    • #582124
      Michael Lerch avatarMichael Lerch
      Participant

      Arizona Color#1455

      jan2621b1602UndArt

    • #582373
      Ruth Quist avatarRuth Quist
      Participant

      Michael, may be some asperitas in #1455?

      After Some PileusP1066630 (2)

    • #582382
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
      Participant

      I love Lights Out, Ruth. Geat colors and composition. Maybe a bit late, but I love Cursive Cloudscript too, Keelin. Michael you keep amazing with #1450 the winter landscape according to Bill), #1453 and the three fingers in #1454.

      IMG_2906 (Groot)

      Let’s finish this volume of the color thread with some holes..

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