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Thank you Keelin, it is nice to read you enjoy my River Of Stratus. Looking up in wonder of the clouds will also lead to encounter all kind of halos like you did with the 22 degrees halo. Other halos will follow for sure, when you know about the circumstances that are favorable for halos to appear (mainly cirrostratus and cirrus). And so you are right Michael, attention for clouds indeed pays off this way. It is always a pleasant surprise to see for example a bright CZA or any other halo.
It is funny to confess that I did not even see a rather common sundog ever before I got interested in clouds. The fascination for optical phenomena comes for free with the appreciation of clouds. And like Michael wrote, seeing a halo you seem to be the only one that observes these wonders of light play. I have had several occasions with my head in the sky and with my camera in the hand that people asked what I was seeing. After I pointed out there was a sundog or a halo they were always surprised about the existence of these phenomena and thanked me for having explained it.
And so you find out that a CZA or the so called smile in the sky is not that rare as you might think. The point is that one must be aware of the favorable circumstances to look up and find one, since it only appears near the zenith.
Back to Anywhere in Black and White.
Some minutes later you can still see the parhelic on the top of the cirrus streaks
Parhelic Circle II
Your composition in grays is overwhelming, Keelin!
… and you description of our journey is very poetic…. we follow a Mysterious Passageway, a road to Anywhere.
Today I had a lucky day on our journey. Looking up (as usual…..) I saw a large part of the parhelic circle. This is a rather rare phenomenon although sometimes small parts of the parhelic can be seen attached to a sundog. This was the second time I saw a parhelic circle this large and without sundogs. It lasted just five or ten minutes glistening in the passing cirrus formation.
Parhelic Circle
Capturing clouds make one feel the hasty white rabbit for sure. Once seen a nice cloudscape you already must have your camera in hand to capture it. You were certainly prepared Michael to shoot this great asperitas.
Keelin you triggered my memory with your philosophic question where bubbles end and clouds start. The idea of pulling the tub outside to observe the clouds from, is also a quite appealing idea and seeing next picture you might think I suited the action to the word.
Bubbles And Clouds
Thank you for this explanation Gavin.
I can’t resist the temptation to support the story with this picture of lacunosus in black and white.
You really indulge us with this Cup o’Clouds, Keelin. It has the design of a delicate art nouveau piece of china. At this tea-party there must be also
The Mad Hatter
Indeed Hygge, the similarity of these Vues Sur Mer with some cloud abstracts in B&W are striking. Water, vapour, waves, they have a lot of physical processes and appearances in common. Thanks for sharing this link.
Thick And Delicate, The Softness Inside: they make me think of good Belgian chocolate bonbons. Beautiful and tasty.
Oil On Canvas
You have done magic with “Who Was Here?” Keelin. These first strokes of an unknown artist have an incredible thick almost touchable texture. Also very funny. I hope we will see more from this artist.
Flat Feet
Thanks for sharing Michael. Chores can wait but lacunosus will dissipate (famous chinese saying).
I think they will also do very well in B&W.
