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I didn’t expect to trigger such lovely eloquent texts about the naming of pictures. I agree with all of it and indeed let’s not take it too seriously. Unfortunately I did not succeed to lure J. Gledhill into this thread (so far..?).
No Name
What you both wrote about the fires in Northern California hit me. Unfortunately on this side of the ocean I was not aware of this disaster and what you both wrote woke me up with a shock.
I wish I could send some water loaded cumuli from over here, but that’s only possible in black and white and bits and bytes. Nevertheless I hope the blessing of the wanted rain will reach the area soon!Last weekend I surfed a bit through the pictures of the gallery until I found a great black and white picture of member Stephen J. Gledhill. He has a website and turns out to be a photographer for a long time. On his website I read that he started with only black and whites and after doing that for a long time he just turned to colors since he went digital. Diving into his gallery is really worthwhile doing! This is the link to a page on his site with some of his black and whites.
On this page he states that giving these black and whites a meaningful name is “nigh on impossible”. Well, I watch The Crying Saint from Michael and Michael proofs differently, like we all do on this thread. I am curious whether Stephen would be interested in this thread and read this. In that case I would like to know his thoughts about this.
And a little rain, never hurt no one
Nice sunset George. The same occurred to me with a pigeon when spotting cirrus using the cloudspotter app. When you want to capture a bird this way deliberately you will find it almost impossible to do.
I fully agree Keelin. Leaping Into Volume VI we will accumulate some more and maybe
Heat Up The Fire
An intoxicating brew, Keelin. Some Perfect Rice is needed to give some ground.
But what’s that about a gallery cloud on Tuez from Michael, Keelin? I can’t find a clue……..
The Arrow Of Time Inevitably Pointing To Volume VI Of This Thread
Thanks Michael. I enjoyed my vacation and the parhelic was part of it. And the 120 degrees parhelion on top of it! This was the first picture I took in a series of five pictures (here also doing well in B&W) of the great fibratus sky wavering over the trees when I saw this bright spot between the trees.
That was the moment I took a wider view and discovered its nature by noticing the parhelic together with a bright sundog. Quickly mounting the wide angle was necessary to capture the whole picture. It was a matter of minutes before it disappeared. These atmospheric optics are sure sublime to experience!
Thank you for your kind words Keelin. After he sound of the welcoming wispy cloud song by your Funny Figural and of the thundering waterfall maybe you can now hear the sound of the water flowing gently after having been landed.
It was a good start of the day today with the ghostly apparitions from Mike in the Cloud A Day.
And lately I saw some changes in the cloud library of the cloudspotter app and discovered two great examples by Mike for lacunosus and lenticularis.
No alternative identifications Steve, except for the stone wall. Nice capture. It seems you have to wait for another occasion to earn 4 stars, but hopefully you already had one.
Happy cloudspotting!
This is really fun, looking back to what you two published the last two weeks. Pictures and text as well. Thank you both. I love them all.
In July 11 I see this face of a large headed alien. A very intriguing picture, Michael! And the little figure in It’s Not What I Was Thinking is fantastic!…. and even showing up again in the pictures of Keelin.
I am happy to contribute again.
Take Off
Indeed I love the spectacular pictures produced by the NASA Cassini spacecraft of Saturn. This one is – like Hygge wrote – “so clear, so clean, so cloudless”. Graphic art in space!
Thank you Laurence.
Both beautiful textures!And I suddenly have this perception of the poor John Barleycorn:
They’ve hired men with the crab-tree sticks,
To cut him skin from bone,
And the miller he has served him worse than that,
For he’s ground him between two stones.Sounds harsh, but a very lovely song!
This will be my last contribution for a bit more ten two weeks. In he meantime I will be able to check the forum but can’t upload new ones only comment. For sure I will gather some new material. To be continued.
Blond II
On the home page today an exhibition by Catherine Erb is announced. I like the colored cloud scenes she makes very much. She manipulates in a way that adds something to a picture without making it look artificial.
A quote from her (found via the links on the home page): “I love dirty, nasty glass that I can put in front of my lenses and filters so it’s like I’m shooting through a veil. I mean, we all look at life through our own veils, so why not play with that?”
Nevertheless bounds pushing shots (now quoting Michael).
Thank you both! And wow, This Is An Afternoon was certainly worth following your intuition Keelin! Very intriguing picture and great composition. There is so much to explore in color. Like in B&W some enhancement gives sometimes amazing results although it is easier in color to overdo it and get kitsch.
So I like the suggestion of Michael. Maybe others will jump in. Because I will shortly be on a vacation I pick that one up later (unless someone else already wants to start this new topic?).
Delicate Sundog
