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Hans StockerParticipant
Love the balanced colors and brightness on #429 Michael. On #430 they are very tender in contrast.
French Sunset Unnumbered
Hans StockerParticipantYes 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
Hans StockerParticipantHaha, 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
Hans StockerParticipantBe careful with the dusting on places where dragons dwell, Keelin. Great play with grays, also on the cumuli by Michael.
Adrift
Hans StockerParticipantWelcome 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.
Hans StockerParticipantFrench Morning Asperitas
Hans StockerParticipantI 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
Hans StockerParticipantI love this collage Catherine. Beautiful contrast between the two capture.
Hans StockerParticipantFrench Sunset
Hans StockerParticipantAh, 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
Hans StockerParticipantAbove 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
Hans StockerParticipantI see something in the upper part of your picture Keelin. A colorless halo so maybe a parhelic circle?
A Stretched Sundog
Hans StockerParticipantLove the Clouds At Play Keelin, with also a great waviness in it. Almost Yin and Yang. Followed by a magical soft appearance on #715 Michael.
The Four Leaf Clover Equivalent In Clouds
Hans StockerParticipantWelcome Julie. That’s quite an entrance with this beautiful and impressive cloud scenery at sunset. I agree with Keelin and I like the funny way she wrote it. More to follow?
Hans StockerParticipantVery nice pictures in this thread Catherine. Thanks for sharing. Also by Keelin and George (especially the mirroring one).
Here a typical Dutch contribution from the archives to this thread.
With Windmill
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