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I live in the desert,,where they like to boast 285+ days a year of sunshine. On average we can go 2 weeks without seeing cloud..any kind of cloud..Talk about blue sky thinking! So…any cloud is my favorite cloud. Any cloud will get my attention.
Weather systems tend to hurry along here in the desert. Think of systems rolling in from the Pacific as a huge whip and what makes it over the Sierra Nevada is already drained of most of its moisture and is at the end of the whip ..so it ” snaps” over the Upper Sonoran Desert here.Weather systems can arrive and leave within a 4 hr period. So I see the high cirrus,to alto to cumulus and back again in less than a day. Theres no time for favorites,,I have to pay attention to them all, especially if there is photographic opportunities manifesting themselves.
I’ve learned to read the clouds in order to anticipate and thus be prepared for an cloud event. Speed, elevation tells me if Im even going to have a chance. I use satellite images to gauge duration. There is something about large perlucidus being heralds for Asperitas… Undulatus orientated in different direction at the same time suggest some wild coming my way. The easiest read is contrails. If they even exist for more than a smidge means theres moisture in the atmosphere way up there, which is a good start.
Favorite cloud? Yes, they are.
Thanks Daniel! Early morning lighting creates a lot of fun. Add the low angle lighting to a two layer cloud event with the wind sheer and all ,,it can get wild. Below is from the same event ; a wider perspective. I like how cloud goes from white to dark depending on the position of the layer above it.
Hans , Yes I make it a practice to give pics ” time”. After the first rush to process the selected best from a session, I may go a few days before getting back to any more processing. Time seems to validate if I was successful or not in photographing what ever was in my mind. And true, it may take a long while to ” see” what interested me in the first place.This one I’ve enjoyed for a while. Time for a public viewing.
This Must Be Said..Any and All citizens of The Empire Should Speak Loudly to the Royals, All Of Them. In My Humble Opinion Any and All Royals Should Stay Away From Trump. Physically, 10km at least Thus Allowing for Not One Photo Opportunity With or By Trump. IMHO, If Given The Opportunity For a Photo Op With Any Royal , Trump Will Claim Proof Of Agreement With Him by The Proof of the Photo. Even If a Royal of Any Age Was To Tell Trump To Go To Hades, ,,Trump Would Still Spin The Meeting To His Favor. That Is His Style. That Is His Brand. He Lives and Acts In a Universe That Denies Any and All Opposing Views and Actions. It Takes Lawyers and Judges and Sometimes Years For Trump to Be Proved Otherwise and Even After All That, He Still Blames Any and Every Body Else. That IS HIS STYLE. That IS HIS RECORD.
The Tragedy is,,folks here say,,yes we know that about him, but we did and would still vote for him.. I don’t understand that and am just repeating it because I’ve heard these sentiments often recently and worse,,Im hearing them even more as each day goes by, I feel sorry for the children, grand children of todays parents. They will have Trump to thank for the oxygen bottle that they have to carry around. The climate will change enough ,quickly enough, that no animal will be able to Evolve quick enough, to come away unscathed. Our existence will be reduced. Unfortunately the degree appears to be likely increased by the short sighted paranoiac vision of the likes of Trump and his advisors. `
He must not be encouraged. He must not even be acknowledged and respected. He only uses people for his own aggrandizement. Give Him No Opportunity to Use The Royal Family.
My apologies to CAS for this political post..
George,,It was around 9 am ‘ish..maybe 9:30am ?? Sun rise somewhere around 7:30 – 7:45 ??.. I recall the sun being in about an hour or more above the horizon position. Again there was a blanket of alt strat in front of the sun. The bow should be just about opposite the sun,?? Hope that helps.
I’m liking the work being posted here so much, I stumbled on some shots from two years ago that I never processed. Now seems a good time for this escapade. By the way..feel free to flip and or rotate this shot. IMHO its pretty good rotated 90 degrees and then flipped.
Yes, of course hygge, ice for halos, water droplets for bows, Thanks! , Thats the only pic i got of the phenom. Apparently they don’t last for very long.
GPP..my goodness, I hope Lenny tipped the taxi driver well..
I think,,and i hope,all Photos that end up printed and displayed in what ever media venue are ” processed. ” I’ve gone on about the fantastic attributes of Adobe Lightroom. Professional Photogs use RAW,a choice in Image Recording in the digital camera,which is designed for maximum processing of the image for the printed page. So again, the only truth in any Photograph is the feel the observer gets from it. …I remove birds, planes, bugs , dust etc from my ” image”. I add or subtract contrast, saturation, clarity, to a image of maybe just a part of an image. I crop just about every shot. I shoot with the knowledge that I will adjust the size, the borders, the brightness the darkness, etc etc etc. I almost feel sorry for the printer,,because as in the CAS Calendar,,the original, un processed image was asked for. I knew what I went thru with that image before I originally sent it to Ian.
Gavin expressed somewhere, that he hoped we were happy with what the printer did with our photographs. I am Happy. Minor differences are not worth the time to discuss. Just as my Image is not the same as the actual momentary sight I saw,,the printers version cannot be either.
For a real hoot though,.try to imagine the Trump Logo floating above Stonehenge and or The Pyramids,,maybe the Greek Acropolis….Eiffel Tower..etc..
Yes, Clouds Are So Like Dreams, a time and place to set ones mind free. And like dreams, freedom is no guarantee of pleasant escapades..
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hygge..Im always brought to Magritte’s ” This Is Not A Pipe” illustration, ( Treachery of Images). Photographs are not reality. They are at best a 2 dimensional representation of reality or of something. As a collection of photographs ( a graph made by light) of Stonehenge in all its various moods and incantations the lenny shot is allowed on ” poetic license” basis. Just as the shots of “modern day”druids celebrating equinox are allowed. But neither have for a second got me thinking in terms of logic or reason. Both turn me to my heart, my ” feel” of this ancient tribute to their gods/god.. The Lenny shot works figuratively. It fails in a literal sense. The Lighting is wrong. The scale is wrong. The Physics that produce such phenomena is absent. The Witnesses are Missing. etc etc. Some of the other photos are also problematic in a literal sense, but figuratively work in the wonderful magical fantasy realm that Stonehenge invokes in all of us. Now..I got a guy over here this side of the pond, who wants to make things great again. Yet, it seems to me , Stonehenge would the best starting point for such ambition. Is there any way I can Interest a majority of the public to take this modern day Whiz ard and give him something to really brag about if he was to succeed at making great again?
International…??…My Goodness,,Way Too Small Thinking Here.. I’ve observed clouds measuring Light Years Across ! Planetary! HAA! Clouds So dense Light can’t even make it thru all the better for birthing thousands of suns . Even “Universe” seems just a Tad. Cloud Appreciation..infers All types of Cloud..with Scale, left undetermined and infinite…imho.
Thanks Gavin. Sorry to interrupt your Sunday. I speak for myself; i communicate the problem so CAS is aware of it, but I intend no urgency in the communication. I mean…clouds..right? Like there isn’t enough at this site to keep one with Clouds for a long while. New additions,like a fine bottle of wine or Cuban Cigar, can only get better with time. So, anyway, Thank you much for getting to the bottom of the upload problem…I’ll have to remember that if I ever have a download problem,;)
hygge…uuhhmm the lighting of the edifices and grounds does not match the ” sunset” lighting of the cloud formation so, there is an easy clue some ” photoshopp’ing has been done to the pic. I think you see it but haven’t found the words..the scale is off, to me anyway.. The Straight Ahead perspective is a subtle give away imho. Its Flat. ,,kinda what happens when your observing mind becomes cynical. Overall, its not a natural shot, opening the door to,,,unnatural…Americans have been introduced to the ” alternate facts” very recently. I think the Lenticular/ Stonehenge shot is an ” alternate fact’ Some body getting carried away with the UFO Business…and the photographer/processor decided to give it a try as well..imho. Seems to me,, such a shot opportunity would have made it into the Viral universe soon after being observed..A) because being Stonehenge, many folks would have seen it and photographed it..B) each of them anxious to get their 15 minutes of fame…Imean as an example,,the other recent Lenny phenomena in GrtBrt had at least 3 or 4 photo witnesses just here..Cynical? no..Experienced in a good way is how I prefer to see it. I’d like to see a bunch of photos from different folks of the event before I believe this one.
Hans , Yes I make it a practice to give pics ” time”. After the first rush to process the selected best from a session, I may go a few days before getting back to any more processing. Time seems to validate if I was successful or not in photographing what ever was in my mind. And true, it may take a long while to ” see” what interested me in the first place.
