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You ‘re welcome Sam. Mostly there are different cloud types in the sky. The last five pictures show for instance all cirrus, but the last three show also altocumulus on the horizon of which the last one is more in close-up. I wish you lots of success with further investigations in the world of clouds.
Great composition and colors on #315 Michael. Love the sweeps in Only A Dream Of Flying and Upsweep, Keelin. Only A Dream Of Flying is like real to me. Love the movement in it.
Sweepscape
Love the balanced colors and brightness on #429 Michael. On #430 they are very tender in contrast.
French Sunset Unnumbered
Yes Keelin, who knows what happens if one dragon gets agitated. It can wake other dragons elsewhere. And so it did. To me they all seem to be strayed in this B&W thread but when they have fun they are welcome.
Playful Dragon Duo
Haha, so many interested figures Keelin and to me it seems they always are hatted somehow? Come close and I will tell all.
Read My Lips
Be careful with the dusting on places where dragons dwell, Keelin. Great play with grays, also on the cumuli by Michael.
Adrift
Welcome Sam,
The height of clouds is sometimes difficult to judge especially when they are close to the horizon where it all seems to come together. But on your first, second, third and fifth picture it is easy: low hanging stratocumulus. The forth picture is not easy to judge, but I put my cards on cirrus, being high level clouds. The clouds close to the horizon may look like altostratus but that is a matter of perspective in my opinion.
There are some rules of thumb. For instance cirrocumulus is all white having no shadows and the consisting grains have a width of less than a finger held at a arm’s length. Altocumulus is shaded an has the width of three fingers held at a arm’s length. And then there is a lot of practicing that makes the art. Consulting the ICA or checking the overwhelming amount of examples on the gallery will also help.
I wish you lots of fun cloud spotting.
I agree with Keelin that #715 is dreamlike Michael. It is indeed always surprising how quick cloud formations can change dramatically within minutes. So it must be good timing to capture the hat of napoleon in #717. Love that one for its composition and (seemingly) simpleness.
Free Ride is inspiring Keelin for thoughts like Michael expresses so well.
Fading
Ah, I can recognize the myth-tical story telling creatures from former threads, Keelin. A warm welcome back for them I must say. The flower (am I right?) on ‘For You’ then after is very kind and gentle. And now some smaller creatures crawl out their holes to listen what the stories are all about. I seem to have found proof that there are even distant civilizations that show interest (what I can understand well). Here there are two of them discussing whatever things they have to discuss on top of their unidentified vehicle.
Close Encounters Of A Story Telling Kind
Above I see this wonderful Dragon Breath by Keelin and than I see Arizona B&W #166 by Michael that shows a footprint of the Dragon. Love them both.
Virga Delight
I see something in the upper part of your picture Keelin. A colorless halo so maybe a parhelic circle?
A Stretched Sundog
