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Thank you, Hans, and O! What a marvelous cloud you have here as well. Like a circus Ring O’ Fire, I’d love to sail through. The contrail to the left adds the perfect contrast.
The shot below shows a bit of blurry Vertebrae. It was far in the distance when it caught my eye. I recall thinking: Who says clouds have no backbone?
Vertebrae
…and yet some would be drawn to paddle out! Only in a lucid dream, would I dare approach such a wonder and let the wave have its way with me. No problem breathing in the dream sea ~~~
Breathing In The Dream Sea
Bat Out of Hell (Homogenitus) is bound to return again, Hans (like a boomerang!), so best keep your head up! A stunning image there. To my eye it even looks like that sweet wee bear came back to wander Into The Great Wide Open — charming!
Davy, what a lovely forest of Dream Trees. You’ve quite captured the wildness of the wilderness in them. Hope to see more from you!
And thanks for the kind comment, Michael. And oh, the Lennies! They bring a quiet dramatic serenity. I keep going back to breathe them in. Here is one being held in place with a bit of muscle from the cloud above.
Held In Place
I like very much the feeling of your Hectic Joy, Hans, and also share the hope that earlier images can be brought back. They have not ceased to inspire! Just today as others rushed to hide from darkening skies, I could only look up in awe and search for the kind of greys I’ve learned to appreciate in these B&W threads.
Profusion of Fusion
Like any kind of moving water from North Shore to Distant Breakers (above and beyond!), these wave-like clouds keep drawing me in ~~~
Approaching Rapids
I’d like to take a walk in your Cloudscape, Michael, and see what’s just beyond that ridge. Perhaps Hans’s Snowy Mount Cloud? Which shifted quickly into a benevolent hand offering a treat to what is that? A tiny bear? It’s a world of wonders up there!
And Hans, on the CAS Gallery, your Mythical Phoenix photo is a flight fantastic!
Spring Mix
Michael and Hans, as far as I can see, you both have the magic going with those gray values. They are a wonder to behold.
And do we have a subtle “3″ theme going here? If so, here’s Newton’s Third Law to add to it.
Indeed, Spring has arrived! In the Valley of the Moon (AKA: Sonoma), vineyards are waking up to the new season. But I must say that by simply looking up, I can easily become more intoxicated with the nectar of the sky than with all the grape juice bottled below. Cheers!
Vignoble Dans Le Ciel
Thank you, Michael. As always, the your technical guidance and encouragement is greatly appreciated. To echo Kristy, my head was atilt as well wondering how you’d managed the intriguing color in your images. And when I foraged through my own small collection of photos, I could find nothing to match the fine gestural cloud studies you’ve offered here. Now I’ll be looking with even keener eyes to the skies.
The image below doesn’t have the light freeform feeling of those above, so I hope it is not too foreign to this thread’s focus. That said, it reminds me of the quick sketches I’ve seen art students do during lectures. I’ve shown it in both positive and negative here to help loosen my own eye, forever in training mode.
There is a tiny, bright sliver of moon in the upper left corner which gives this image its title in honor of a young Turkish friend whose name (Ayça) translates to “crescent moon”.
Ayça and Eye
Thank you, Hans, for launching B&W Volume III! Enter the cloud cave? Willingly! Spelunking we will go for…
As Above (Not) So Below
Fantastic, Michael! What a fun idea for a new forum topic. I’ll be looking out (and up!) for more Cloud Doodles. Do you want to say something about your process in creating these?
Thank you, Hans! I would very much like to dance with Abandon and drink in its cool quenching mist.
And if I were a painter, Michael, your Greetings From a Sun Rise would be all the inspiration needed for a day in the studio. Impressionistic and impressive.
It continues to amaze me how converting a cloudscape to black and white and tweaking the contrast a bit will sometimes bring it right down to earth. If I were a writer of mystery novels, I’d want to follow this Moonlit Path (below) from the shores of the cloud lake and see where it leads.
That subtle white wisp in Hans’s White Giant also beckons.
Moonlit Path
