Land and Sky

[Duncan Bulman]

I’d like to propose starting a new thread.

As there is a strong relationship between the land and the sky let’s see your pictures that feature the two in equal measure.  Bodies of water will also count as a land element.

It’ll be interesting to see what you come up with.

To get things started here is my offering for #1.

[Howard Brown]

https://www.facebook.com/BBCNW/videos/307645127997121/

Land and Sky is not dissimilar to my Cloudscape topic which I introduced as a combination of Cloud and Landscape. So I am with you in spirit Duncan. Good Luck with this topic to you and your pussycat.

hygge

 

 

 

[Ruth Quist]

Duncan,  I am happy to throw in #2 to your proposed thread.  Now I won’t crop off the land so much.

Cowboy Country 

[Duncan Bulman]

Ruth first out the starting gate.  Good job.  Yes, I know technically you’re second, but I’m not counting my ice-breaker.

Now that I think of it, I should have named the thread Land, Sea and Sky, as all three are so inextricably linked.

[Hans Stocker]

Duncan, this thread is a nice imitative. I think the fence on your picture will not stop what’s coming. It is a great composition imo. And Ruth is right, we have to give the land a bit more exposure for this thread. I therefore have to search for land and sky image,  since I prefer – until now – to picture details of only clouds or views with mainly clouds. This is one I found to make a start with on this new topic.

Some Delay?

[Duncan Bulman]

Hans, good choice.

Although there’s very little in the image there is a lot going on.

[Hans Stocker]

Thanks Duncan. I hope you understood that I meant “initiative” and not imitative. I have to blame the stupid spellchecker.

Next one was taken just a moment before the former one.

[Duncan Bulman]

Two thumbs up for all three in one shot.

[Duncan Bulman]

Hans inspired

[Duncan Bulman]

[Duncan Bulman]

[Ruth Quist]

Exciting stuff for a new year and a new thread.

5 Elements

[Patricia L Keelin]

Thank you, Duncan ~~ this will be fun! Love the fresh breath that comes with seeing these beautiful first images here from you and Ruth and Hans. Such a great sense of space in each photo.

Santa Cruz Bay, Early Morning

[Duncan Bulman]

Keelin,

I have mixed feelings about this one.  The melancholy from the hard metallic foreground is countered by the soft pillowy texture of the clouds.  I am drawn to the sea, but my soul wants to drift amongst the clouds.

Hopefully, we’ll see some inspired images in future posts.

[Hans Stocker]

I’ve seen already inspired images in the former posts. I love the Santa Cruz Bay, Early Morning Keelin. A great view over water and sky.

[Duncan Bulman]

My next offering.

[Duncan Bulman]

Seashell Street

[Ruth Quist]

Looking like we all have lots to share of special ground and sky.

Flowers Too

[Patricia L Keelin]

You’re so right, Ruth, and your Flowers Too is a fine example.

Duncan, I am drawn as well to the sea and love it in any of its moods. One of my sisters lives in Santa Cruz and I never see the same sea hue twice in a row whenever I visit her. You captured a dazzling river of light wiggling its way to the sea and beyond.

Hans, I know you must also share an affinity for the sea. I love the tiny accent of that lone seabird in Some Delay. And the windswept grasses on the dunes adds yet another felt dimension to your second posted photo here.

While I haven’t many images that fit well into this new topic yet, here is one from the archives. Another quietly moody shot, but as I recall, not at all a match for my own mood in the moment it was taken.

Clouded Sky, Textured Sea

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin, wondering if there are whales in that textured sea.

Grass and Fog

 

[Ruth Quist]

Geese Too

[Hans Stocker]

Clouded Sky, Textured Sea is so serene Keelin. Love the view over these smooth and calm waters. Peaceful. Air to breathe…..

Grass and Fog followed by Gees Too form a great duo Ruth perfectly fitting together. Overwhelming vastness.

It Was Very Windy On The Beach

[Duncan Bulman]

Good stuff from everyone.

My offering – Victor Victor taking a time-out.

[Ruth Quist]

Duncan, wow are those colors exquisite in Victor!

Hans, looking like some horses too in your wonderful Windy photo.

Sand and Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Where Buffalo Roam

[Duncan Bulman]

Ruth,

My kind of place.

I imagine it as it was when Buffalo herds were in their millions.

What mountain range is that off in the distance?

[Ruth Quist]

Duncan, thanks for asking the mountain range.  I believe it is the Ruby Range.  The photos are in the southern part of the state.  Yes, there are buffalo in the area.  It is beautiful and wild.

My Road

[Ruth Quist]

River and Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Mountain and Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Pond And Clouds

[Duncan Bulman]

I’ve been neglecting the forum, but I see Ruth has been keeping the ball in the air.

Winter’s End?  A promise of things to come, let’s hope so.

[Ruth Quist]

Bush and Sky

[Ruth Quist]

River and Early AM Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Big Mountain Small Cloud

[Michael Lerch]

Little mountain big sky

[Ruth Quist]

Big Bird and Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, nice on your big sky.

Beach and Crisp Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Hummingbird and Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Field and Fog

[Ruth Quist]

An Eagle With Breakfast A Few Clouds Too

[Ruth Quist]

Vulture and Big Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Thick Fog and Field

[Ruth Quist]

Vulture Friend in the Big Clouds

[Ruth Quist]

Small Lake and Big Sky

[Ruth Quist]

The Joy Of Travel.  Plane and Big Blue Sky.

[Ruth Quist]

Two Vultures on a Sky Watching Break

[Ruth Quist]

Mountain Mist

[Ruth Quist]

Field and Fog

[Ruth Quist]

More fog different location.

[Ruth Quist]

Sky and My Favorite Pelicans

[Duncan Bulman]

On this dog day afternoon, I thought it was about time I post something.

As Above, So Below

[Duncan Bulman]

Earthbound, Heavenly sent.

[Ruth Quist]

Duncan, beautiful blue sea.

Big River and Big Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Osprey With Big Stick Reaching For The Sky

[Ruth Quist]

A Joy Ride

[Giuseppe B]

Nice thread, I believe glider flying, when you are alone without an engine, you get to learn how strong can be the bond between land and sky, to appreciate how deeply the land influences the sky, that literally keeps you up. Here a shot taken in the South of Italy, late December 2021.

[Duncan Bulman]

Giuseppe, so true.

A beautiful French bird waiting to fly.

[Giuseppe B]

Duncan,

Amazing bird! and such a great sky to fly :)

[Hans Stocker]

Glider flying gives great views Duncan.

Nice to meet you here Giuseppe! Great sky over Italy.

Ruth I love all your images with birds. Especially your last pelican. The birds give an extra dimension to this thread.

My last one in this thread was from a long time ago with the horses in the wind on the beach. Here’s another B&W. Did you already check the B&W thread Giuseppe?

Sky Over French Land

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, French land makes me want to travel.

Big Mountain And Big Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Logger and Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Which Way Are We Headed

[Ruth Quist]

Sea Gulls and Sunset

[Ruth Quist]

Swans On The Move

[Hans Stocker]

Love your gees, sea gulls and swans Ruth. They remind me having seen a lot of cranes migrating in February 2022 above Belgium. They make a lot of noise. I think it was to coordinate their drawing of Snoopy in the sky.

Grus Grus

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, very cleaver birds you have there.  This thread is fun, but I have to remember it is all about the clouds.

Bird On Wire

[Ruth Quist]

An Afternoon Meal with some cloudy skies

 

[Ruth Quist]

A Young Sea Gull Working Out Flying In The Big Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Hans is correct, I do love to catch birds in flight.  Timing is everything, which I rarely get those moving objects to not be one big blur.

Afternoon Exercise In The Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Geese On Break ( frosty day )

[Ruth Quist]

A Raven and Me

[Patricia L Keelin]

Wonderful visions you’ll all captured of Land and Sky and travelers ’twixt and ’tween!

A Little Layer of Cream Filling

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin, I love a cream filling.  As my Dad would say ” a sweet roll”.

Frosty Bush

[Robert Pearson]

Everything in line.

[Robert Pearson]

Selective sun

[Ruth Quist]

Robert, once again those pictures are beauties.  Looking like the Rocky Mountains.

Which Way To Warmer Temps

[Ruth Quist]

Bird In Cloud Hand

[Robert Pearson]

water and sky

[Ruth Quist]

Robert, another exquisite photo.  The blues just jump right out.

Big Rock And Mist

[Robert Pearson]

Rock and sky

[Ruth Quist]

Robert, that is some powerful cirrus.  Beautiful photo.  I keep looking for a marmot.

The Big Rocky Mountain Front.  

[Patricia L Keelin]

What a stunning collection of images here! So grateful to everyone for sharing such splendid views far beyond my horizons.

Morning Fog and Silver Sea

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin, man is that photo a keeper.  Wonderful reflections on the water.

One of my favorite birds is the Great Blue Heron.  A blurry photo, but still a fun sighting to see it lift off and negotiate the clouds.

[Ruth Quist]

Eagle On The Hunt

[Patricia L Keelin]

Thanks, Ruth! And how lucky for you to see both a Great Blue Heron and an Eagle—such fine feathered friends you have there.

Finally flew out of my zip code for a small family gathering in Colorado last week. I’d forgotten how fun it is to be at cloud level.

From the window seat…

and on the road…

 

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin, hope you had a wonderful trip.  Boy did you get some fun shots from land and air.

This big guy lives on the Bison Range.

[Philip Green]

My home, a place in the fens

[Philip Green]

[Philip Green]

[Patricia L Keelin]

From home on the range to home in the fens, beautiful photos, Ruth and Philip.

Here’s another glimpse of some of that wild Colorado weather.

Light in the Distance

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin and Philip, what beautiful clouds you have presented.  So dynamic.

Pretty In Pink

[Ruth Quist]

Pelican on the move south.

[Ruth Quist]

May be this thread is close to ending.  CAS is about clouds.

Raven in Fog

[Patricia L Keelin]

True, and yet non-cloud elements often give meaningful context. Many here are real beauties. Even the more subtle images like your Raven in Fog, Ruth. I hope if this topic does fade, we’ll find your flyers cruising into another one. They are such a delight.

Surfer on the Edge of Land and Sea and Sky

 

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin, nice surfs up!

I Love Pelicans, Moving on Up High in the Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Hawk on Food Watch

[Ruth Quist]

Spring is in the Air

[Paula Bailey]

Incoming weather. Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK.

[Ruth Quist]

Paula, the boat really makes that a cool photo.

Pelicans and a Contrail

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