Shelf Clouds

[Michael Lerch]

[Marsha Smithhisler]

That is so strange-looking, Mike. I had to look at it for some time to make sense of it because the area with the dark spaces on the left kept appearing to me as if I were looking through a clear icicle.

[Michael Lerch]

Marsha,,Yes, strange is intended in a ” surreal” way..beyond the normal,, or “extra reality.”

High compression is achieved with strong telephoto lens.The dark areas are actually blue sky.Exposure is programmed for high contrast ( Orange Filter effect). And of course its in B & W..Put it all together and ” Other reality”..is suggested. Clouds ,imho , are natures easiest and best venues to ” other reality”. Clouds get us out of the box of easy and comfortable thinking ( blue sky thinking). This shot also contrasts the smooth and the jagged as well as the organized and the chaotic. a new, strange reality could be the result of the contrasts. Its not so much ” What” is strange,,,but the way to or the ability, to find the Other reality,,the mental freedom and exercise to go beyond the mundane.

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