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Thanks Gini! Unfortunately ,I am not a billionaire..;)
Below are three variations of seeing thru clouds that are at different elevations. I like taking these kind of pics because I’m never sure of what I’m going to end up with.
The inexpense of digital photography allows for a ” freedom” that silently screams to be taken advantage of.
Digital Stitching doesn’t have to be just for landscape shots…Take a photo. Save it. Then take same photo,,flip it. Save it (preferably to Desk Top ). Then take the left and the right version and ” photo stitch” them together..
Two examples:
Graham, Nice treatise! I hadn’t heard of the rainbow in the morning jinx. Good catch on the reversal of the warning on the 13th! Funny! But the truth of carrying a camera and taking a pic asap..is self evident. Thanks!
Gavin..Here is what I think… I live in the Upper Sonoran desert, Phoenix Arizona, USA. This region gets maybe 7 inches of rain a year. We have around 275 ” sunny ” days a year, and most of them are without clouds at all..Yes. blue sky from horizon to horizon. So..when we do have clouds..IT IS a cause for celebration, fainting and jumping especially when the event includes clouds of fleeting rarity. Just the opportunity for mental exercise offered by the quickly passing condensation, gives reason to get out of bed before sun rise and disregard all else when the slightest hint of an ” event” is suggested by the wind blown. I am allowed to ” flex” my working hours due to folks understanding the importance of clouds to me. Yes..I can leave work to photograph the clouds activity and make up for my time spent later.In that way, the celebration of cloud ..my life is centered around. I find myself in the clouds. And that is not weirdo,,and is of a value well beyond the mundane.
What is weird..is of all the things any one human can experience and do,,that so many never see the celebration that is going on right over their heads…for “free’.By ” free”, i do not mean..with out “financial cost” . I mean..unencumbered,,not restrained, liberated..Clouds offer opportunity to ” free’ ones mind,,ones Imagination. And that is to be celebrated. It IS weird that such a perspective is considered ” weird”.
Hygge, Ahh that is a good question on the ” Armani” shot. I stopped at ” undulatus” because that group of cloud was remembered to be more of ” wisp”, thin tendrils, than substantial lenticular. I imagine I would get the same kind of question if I had called them lenticular.As you may notice, on the left there is already signs of deterioration. So,what you see is as about as substantial as they got. At that,a bit of processing to bring out more grey tones, gives the wisps more body than the eye perceived originally. Perhaps that relates to Bill’s comment about the use of IR film in cloud/landscape photography. The digital cmos ” sees” further into the infra red and ultra violet than the human eye. Canon makes a R version of its 6D camera that is sold for the astronomy buffs .It is designed for capturing the infra red wave lengths lighting up far distant targets. So, there are ways of altering the ” seen” for what ever purpose and outcome. And true, it can make identifying difficult.
I had not noticed tag but I have removed it for this post. So many things to have to pay attention to.
Attached is another example of transitory cloud. I want to call it a cumulus humilis literally exploding into a congestus. I caught this from my backyard, as it happened just south of overhead. Palm tree is for scale. And yes, contrast was heightened.
Bill, Thank you very much! That video is a treat since I have no first hand knowledge of NLCs.. I’ve never seen them. The speed is unexpected as well as the texture you mentioned as being ragged. The almost overhead perspective is unique to me as well. Fantastic view! That there is enough up there at that height to push those tiny particles around amazes me. Thanks Again!
Clouds do not have to look like anything. Capturing their tactile nature can give a feeling or an experience to the observer.
