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Love the dash of color flavor in your Mint Julip, Ruth. And beautiful blues in your Cloudstudy, Hans.
That June flight was indeed a west-bound/homeward return from Denver. I was so fortunate to have a window seat. No in-flight movie could have competed with the spectacular (free!) cloud show below. Here’s another from the same flight passing over snow dusted mountains.
Snow BelowThank you for your kind words, Lisa, and so nice to see you here again. Your lovely photo inspires— literally! I am breathing in the beauty of it.
And Michael, your B&W#186 makes me want to be the bird and go soaring through that beckoning cloudscape.
Below, this one just makes me sleepy…
LullabyBeautiful photo, Michael, with the composition so perfectly balanced.
Below, another from the archives, taken last year over Colorado.
Homeward BoundIndeed, Michael! We are so lucky to have this forum with the international friendships it fosters and the respite it offers in the midst of such chaotic times. Grateful to all!
What I like in the image below is its painterly quality which became enhanced once converted to B&W. In the original photo, it’s a rather unremarkable, mostly blue sky, and what appears to be the moon is actually a round cloud.
The Painterly MoonIndeed, Hans, we could use a downpour! Meanwhile, the clouds above (here on the forum, that is) bring some sweet solace. As smokey, cloudless skies continue here, I’ve been diving into the archives and found a memory of the last time I had a much closer view of celestial friends.
June Flight, 2019And then there’s this poor fellow who appears to have dropped a coin into a cloud hole and…
Lost His Last DimePS: Love your playful pup on the Gallery this morning, Hans. At first, I did not see him clearly, but viewed at a smaller size, he just about jumped off the screen!
Michael, your latest two bring associations of the spark of an idea and the calm of a clear mind. Both so welcomed during these uncertain and restless days.
And Hans, thank you for this vista! It needs no color to make me want to explore it.
Tumultuous TimesVery funny, Ruth! Looks like that’s not the only thing that can come loose up there…
Anyone Missing A Molar?Lovely composition in your stage-lit scene, Ruth. That hint of green in the foreground foliage is a nice touch.
And lots of energetic action in #906, Michael. You’ve done your usual magic with the grays and contrasts in it.
Hans, your watercolor could even be a scene from underwater. I can imagine swimming just above the bottom of a white sandy riverbed. Every time I gaze at it, I begin to feel like a trout—in a good way. ;) Maybe it helps to be a Pisces?
Last week there were a few days of very welcomed clear air here, though not many clouds. Still, it was a joy to go for walks in the neighborhood and catch those few that were passing through, like the one below. Unfortunately, just this morning, a new fire lit up about 20 miles away (Glass Fire, northeast of St. Helena), so we’re back to keeping a close eye on where that one will head.
Coming Up For AirStill searching for who might have left that boot print Ruth spotted. I suppose we could all agree it would not have been this fellow…
Footless And Fancy FreeThank you, Michael and Hans for well wishes and kind words. Fires are still burning in the western states, but we have had a few days of clear skies here—a joy to see, even if they have been mostly cloudless. All the better to enjoy offerings on this forum’s many topics.
As for the most recent images above, what a wild Skycanyon, Hans! That could be the setting for an epic tale. And love the dusty dance of your #182, Michael.
Speaking of dances, not strictly a B&W below, but she insisted on mood lighting…
Midnight Dance Of The Praying MantisRuth, thank for the cloud pillow. Even your jellyfish looks like a soft place to rest one’s head.
Michael, I keep returning to your Arizona Cloudscape #406 for the way it makes me feel, relaxed and content to just linger there.
And Jocelyn, your Altocumulus with dense bands looked to be right on top of you—fabulous!
Finally, a day with something up there…
Tumbling CloudsThank you, Laurence! Those fogbow bridges are what I imagine faerie folk might use (if they didn’t have wings). So lovely!
Nice boot print, Ruth. Perhaps the two figures below are discussing how it might have gotten there. The fellow on the left looks a bit stone-faced but still interested to hear what the more gregarious character on the right has to say.
Conjecturing CharactersPS: Congratulations on your Cloud-of-the-Day character featured a few days ago! Might he have been on the run from that shark fin on the right?
Snow Below
Lullaby
Homeward Bound
The Painterly Moon
This One Got Away~~~~~~
June Flight, 2019
Lost His Last Dime
Tumultuous Times
Anyone Missing A Molar?
Coming Up For Air
Footless And Fancy Free
Midnight Dance Of The Praying Mantis
Tumbling Clouds
Conjecturing Characters
