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Love the light movement in your Back To Abstracts, Hans. And the wild duplicatus flow in your Arizona Color#96, Michael. Impossible to know which way is up in these abstracts, which makes for a fun tumble.
Still Standing (depending on how you look at it)Dynamic shot, Michael! Love the composition. Also just took a nice walk back in time to your #161 (posted on August 28th) which still stops me in my tracks. What a fantastic image.
Happy to say clouds have finally come by here. Hoping they linger. Well, of course, there’s no keeping them in place for long.
Where Do You Think You’re Going?Thanks for the link to that lovely, serene image, Hygge. As I looked through my archives here, I came across the photo below (from the same orange-skyed evening as an image posted recently to the sunrise/sunset thread). And suddenly a song sung by the band Sopwith Camel (back in the 60s) floated into mind.
Would You Like Some Of My Tangerine?Smooth travels to you, Hans, and may breezes blow the best of clouds your way. And speaking of favorable forces, love the gentle crosswinds in your delicate duplicates above, Michael. At home here, I’m only traveling in imagination, but clouds make that ever so easy. No worries about…
Losing Feathers Along The WayWell, that has to be the loveliest Rush Hour I’ve ever seen, Hans. I will try to bring its calm appeal to mind next time I’m grounded in traffic. Does a dashed line mean I can change lanes?
Blue HighwayYour Haiku image captures well the elegant simplicity of the poetic form, Hans. A lovely and clever posting for this forum topic.
Just recently, I spotted this beauty floating by ~~~
Adrift In The Memory Of Whence It CameYou’ve cast a fine spell with Where Witches Dwell, Hans. It looks as if incantations shivered the trees and quivered the sky. What may follow?
Potent PortentThank you, Hygee! You inspired me to search the internet for more cloud haiku which led to a site you and others might enjoy: https://ahaikueachday.wordpress.com/category/air-and-sky-tenmon/weather/clouds/
Michael and Hans: Arizona Color#94 and Without Any Reference are both beauties that easily set the mind free and spirits soaring.
Below is an image that doesn’t rely on any land inclusion for sense of scale.
Moon AnchorDays on end of cloudless blue here have me feeling all the more appreciative of CAS and this forum. Each image above is a study in WOW, Michael and Hans. B&W#s #151 and 163, and Attempt to Filigree & Hazy Shade are standout faves, while Sweeps gently swept me away.
And then, two days ago, a break in the weather! I realize as I write this that most folks would think it means clearing skies. But not for cloud lovers such as we.
Once More With FlairOn the question of inclusion of land in cloudscapes, I can see how well it works in your photo above, Hans, revealing a dramatic scale. Often, for me, the decision to keep in or crop out depends entirely on the image. I didn’t realize how much I could be drawn to abstracts until I joined CAS’s forum, the B&W topic really opening my eyes. Below is a photo from my archives that I think needs the trees for that sense of height Hyggee and Granny Weather Witch expressed a wish for.
Fine form in Doing The Backstroke, Hans. And who wouldn’t want to swim the seas of a deep blue sky? Below, rising above the wild, water-birthed waves of cloud, we might even spot a ~~~
Skymaid Taking FlightLove the above, Hans and Michael, the coolness, the otherworldliness, the color.
Night shots like the one below are impossible to capture well with my wee cellphone camera. But even with the graininess it automatically adds, I like the dreamy feeling of this image enough to keep it and find a haiku title helps hold the memory of the moment ever more clearly.
Bright night in July
distant Mars regarding Moon
Cirrus sailing byGood timing and a keen eye on the sky have rewarded you again, Hans! That little gap in the trail above, along with your reply to George about thoughts undergoing evolution, brought to mind Donovan Leitch’s song “First There Is A Mountain”. The image below illustrates an adaptation of his famous koan lyrics.
First There Is A Contrail, Then There Is No Contrail, Then There IsLove the variety of textures and feeling evoked in Exploring The Unknown, Hans. That rippled pattern in the indigo zone nearly knocked me over with its beauty.
Vertigo
Still Standing (depending on how you look at it)
Where Do You Think You’re Going?
Would You Like Some Of My Tangerine?
Losing Feathers Along The Way
Blue Highway
Adrift In The Memory Of Whence It Came
Potent Portent
Moon Anchor
Once More With Flair
Skymaid Taking Flight
Bright night in July
First There Is A Contrail, Then There Is No Contrail, Then There Is
Vertigo
