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Title: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 20:42:41, 23/07/20
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Post by: Dodgylegs on 23:15:45, 23/07/20
You certainly get some interesting shots!


I'm lucky at this time of the year to see some fantastic sunsets from the house...


Here's one of the many..... A gap appeared just in time, in-between the stormy clouds....
(https://i.postimg.cc/VLmXktfR/8-B005587-ADA8-48-F1-A00-F-80-DFA05-BB415.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/RqpWPNn6)
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Post by: lostme1 on 08:18:18, 24/07/20
Two great photos. The clouds almost look like a layer of flying saucers!
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Post by: ninthace on 12:27:16, 24/07/20
First pic - lovely classic lenticular clouds caused by the airflow rising and falling after passing over high ground, rather like the way ripples form in a stream after the water has flown over a stone.  Because of the clouds they are formed, they stay stationary as the air flows through them and yes - they have given rise to flying saucer reports.

They are much loved my glider pilots as the air is rising along the leading edge.  If you can catch the lift it is usually strong and smooth and you can climb like a homesick angel while travelling considerable distances along them.  Last year I had the good fortune to soar one that had formed downwind of a volcano in NZ.  Probably the most fun you can have sitting down with your clothes on!
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: Birdman on 13:53:04, 24/07/20
(https://www.hikingbirdman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PCT_Pyrocumulus1.jpg)

 
Pyrocumulus caused by the massive forest fires around Redding, Northern California in July 2018. I took this photo while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. At the time I was not aware of these fires and learnt only a few days later what had caused this pyrocumulus.
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: ninthace on 17:04:47, 24/07/20
Saw a miniature version in the Vale of Aylesbury in the days of stubble burning.  Stubble fires were a good source of lift so we used to take an active interest in them when gliding.  One day we watched one generate enough heat to pop through the inversion layer to start a nice cumulus.  There was a lot of energy about and  conditions were just right so once the hole had been made, the cloud continued to grow and eventually turned into a CuNim.
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 20:26:28, 24/07/20
Nice one Dodgylegs looks like a Hubble Photo into space.


Birdman thats a seriously powerful looking sky!


NinethAce you must have nerves of steel Flying through that with no engine, I am very iffy on a rollercoaster

Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 08:13:05, 25/07/20
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Post by: SteamyTea on 09:42:44, 25/07/20
Saw a miniature version in the Vale of Aylesbury in the days of stubble burning.
Used to happen a lot.  Friend of mine crashed his glider after flying over my house at Aylesbury.


Here is my contribution to cloud pictures.
Just a normal summer school holiday day in Cornwall.


(https://i.postimg.cc/FKSxgmLP/IMG_20200725_093900903.jpg)
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 17:29:51, 25/07/20
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Post by: Dodgylegs on 18:08:10, 25/07/20
Look at the colour of the sea!


Ice (cold) Blue colour?
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Post by: watershed on 18:33:41, 25/07/20
Look at the colour of the sea!


Ice (cold) Blue colour?


I think that photo was taken on the "impressive Art" setting on my camera. I sometimes use it due to high humidity in the air as it causes the photos to look a little hazy on normal settings. The sea is pretty much that colour there at the Lang Ayre due to the red granite beach It was cold that day I think it was early November.
I walked the length of the beach and got a few snaps of Grey seal pups.
I will post one on the animals thread for you.

Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: Dodgylegs on 22:27:29, 26/07/20
Seemed to be so many different clouds in tonights sunset...
(https://i.postimg.cc/htZp95zM/3-A78905-F-BAF9-457-A-8-D3-A-CF2-BC4-C282-F5.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/pm8fvkBn)(https://i.postimg.cc/wBS2rRkm/AC1-C39-DD-BE27-4310-9341-11-B7-F0809857.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/XZk9GJmj)
(https://i.postimg.cc/zDw7dBHy/7-B631-D41-9-EAB-473-E-9838-2-F43-DF43-B4-A1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/t7TFJ95b)
(https://i.postimg.cc/TYC9649G/A3-F2-B722-975-F-41-AE-A61-E-B5665-D1-C15-EA.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/fJSX75pg)
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 09:40:11, 27/07/20
Excellent, what a lovely end to the day
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Post by: watershed on 11:43:44, 05/08/20
Foula (Ultima Thule) Taken from the top of Ronas Hill.




(https://i.postimg.cc/xdjd81rj/P1011707.jpg)
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Post by: Dodgylegs on 11:50:28, 05/08/20
Beautiful.... so clear, must be the clean air up there!
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Post by: MkPotato on 14:06:30, 26/08/20
These are a couple of “doesn’t that look like a bird” shots.


(https://i.imgur.com/M8dN5yQ.jpg)



(https://i.imgur.com/BQbOQ7a.jpg)
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: Birdman on 17:33:10, 26/08/20
That first one is awesome
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Post by: Dodgylegs on 23:01:38, 26/08/20
That first one is awesome


Agree, fantastic photo. Where is it MkPotato?
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Post by: MkPotato on 07:02:26, 27/08/20
It’s on the way into Canyonlands National Park in Utah. My wife took it.


Fantastic place.
(https://i.imgur.com/nQ5Lo0j.jpg)


(https://i.imgur.com/4UAX2l2.jpg)
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 07:42:06, 27/08/20
I agree it is a fantastic place.
I haven't been there since the early eighties,
Must go back!
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 07:48:33, 27/08/20
Clouds over the Drongs, Photgraphed from Stoura Pund.



(https://i.postimg.cc/fy3MvRTX/P1200159.jpg)
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Post by: Jac on 09:20:54, 27/08/20
Stunning
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Post by: MkPotato on 12:58:23, 27/08/20

Both of these may be a bit overprocessed for some. This was Llandudno today. Another by my wife.
(https://i.imgur.com/Mb5LVp4.jpg)


Peak District


(https://i.imgur.com/BtBKuri.jpg)
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: Jac on 13:45:15, 27/08/20
Yes, perhaps a bit over processed for me because that makes them slightly less natural but still great pics.

Would be interesting to compare to the original, unprocessed photos.
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: MkPotato on 14:07:59, 27/08/20
Yes, perhaps a bit over processed for me because that makes them slightly less natural but still great pics.

Would be interesting to compare to the original, unprocessed photos.


This is the Chrome Hill one. Bit lacking in impact, I think. Probably a less aggressive filter might work, but I quite like the surreal effect I got.




(https://i.imgur.com/NKdS5Fw.jpg)
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Post by: Birdman on 19:01:24, 27/08/20
The unprocessed one is much nicer imo :). Of course the processed one is also nice, but more as an art project because it looks like a surreal fairy tale or a computer game. But everybody knows the real world doesn't look like that so as a walking picture it is less powerful imo. :)
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: MkPotato on 19:35:22, 27/08/20
The unprocessed one is much nicer imo :) . Of course the processed one is also nice, but more as an art project because it looks like a surreal fairy tale or a computer game. But everybody knows the real world doesn't look like that so as a walking picture it is less powerful imo. :)
It’s a good point ie a photo should reflect what the world looks like.


Many processing apps turn photos into more of an impressionistic and stylised version of the world.
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Post by: Bigfoot_Mike on 19:43:21, 27/08/20
It’s a good point ie a photo should reflect what the world looks like.


Many processing apps turn photos into more of an impressionistic and stylised version of the world.
Photos don’t reflect what the world looks like, unless they are properly processed. Because of the image processing performed by our brains, what we perceive is not the same as what we see. Also, the selection of focal length, shutter speed, aperture, white balance, focal plane and exposure can easily produce a picture that we could not see naturally. Photography is an art form and should show what the photographer intends.
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: MkPotato on 19:53:23, 27/08/20
Photos don’t reflect what the world looks like, unless they are properly processed. Because of the image processing performed by our brains, what we perceive is not the same as what we see. Also, the selection of focal length, shutter speed, aperture, white balance, focal plane and exposure can easily produce a picture that we could not see naturally. Photography is an art form and should show what the photographer intends.
Another good point!


I’m fond of a panorama shot, and they definitely don’t show the world as it appears.
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: MkPotato on 07:09:07, 28/08/20
This one is unfiltered.


(https://i.imgur.com/fOdK257.jpg)
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Post by: Jac on 09:38:06, 28/08/20
It didn't need it! Gorgeous.

I agree with Birdman that the filtered shot of Chrome Hill is great as an art work and for a walks photo, the original more natural effect better evokes the countryside as we would perceive it.
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: Birdman on 18:02:07, 04/09/20
Mount Rainier, seen from the Pacific Crest Trail


(https://www.hikingbirdman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PCT_7_Sept_1.jpg)
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Post by: MkPotato on 19:35:09, 05/09/20
Now that is really beautiful, and a walk I’m sure many of us dream of.
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Post by: MkPotato on 15:58:00, 09/09/20
This was a dramatic sky over Snowdonia.


(https://i.imgur.com/n0pFaSb.jpg)
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Post by: MkPotato on 08:49:46, 19/10/20
This is very filtered, but the original looked a bit flat. Also not sure I’m quite horizontal, but I think the roof isn’t quite level.


(https://i.imgur.com/BUFC3nr.jpg)
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 09:46:17, 19/10/20
they are excellent Mkpotato.
I used to have a UV filter on my old Film camera and that always helped show the clouds as you saw them.
My compact doesn't allow me to put one on so sometimes it needs a help from the cameras creative art setting to show the clouds as you see them.
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 09:49:04, 19/10/20
this was one without help.
I notice I have got dust on my sensor, so have had to send the camera away to get it cleaned.


(https://i.postimg.cc/W3WThGGX/P1170076.jpg)
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Post by: MkPotato on 13:21:52, 19/10/20
Very nice. Almost perfectly still water, there.
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Post by: Dodgylegs on 13:43:58, 19/10/20
Beautiful symmetry!
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: watershed on 14:15:15, 05/01/21
Weird sky this morning with both the sun and the moon putting down beams next to each other.
The moon looked like a rainbow in colour.
(https://i.postimg.cc/HL7J8xkj/P1170647-3.jpg)

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Post by: pdstsp on 14:20:25, 05/01/21
Lovely picture Watershed -  O0
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Post by: Dodgylegs on 15:03:40, 05/01/21
Bootiful, Watershed  O0
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Post by: Jac on 08:19:06, 06/01/21
(https://i.ibb.co/mtJLhgt/Sunset-at-Otterton-Point-2.jpg)One from just before Christmas
Looking across from Otterton Point to Berry Head in the far left distance
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Post by: Dodgylegs on 12:04:21, 06/01/21
Kind of reminds me of all those amazing sunsets from last summer, thanks Jack  O0
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Post by: GnP on 12:38:07, 06/01/21
Very lovely Jac . O0
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Post by: pdstsp on 13:18:56, 06/01/21
Lovely Jac - big big sky
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Post by: Jac on 13:26:19, 06/01/21
Thank you. I think it was best sunset I've ever experienced
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Post by: ayjay on 22:07:48, 01/02/21
This is an old pic of mine, it was a long time before I noticed something odd in the sky, it's a genuine pic, I've not messed with it at all.(https://i.postimg.cc/xj3WnCK9/IMG-0098-reduced.jpg)
Title: Re: Clouds
Post by: Dodgylegs on 12:03:37, 02/02/21
This is an old pic of mine, it was a long time before I noticed something odd in the sky, it's a genuine pic, I've not messed with it at all.


Amazing! O0
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Post by: barewirewalker on 12:44:20, 02/02/21
The ghost of Michelin Man perhaps?  >:D
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Post by: MkPotato on 14:51:15, 02/02/21
That is weird!!
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Post by: watershed on 20:45:17, 02/02/21
Wow that's a Stormtropper O0
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Post by: ayjay on 21:03:04, 02/02/21
Here's another odd one.

 (https://i.postimg.cc/nzwDyDp3/2005-0102-Image0018.jpg)
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Post by: MkPotato on 06:34:13, 03/02/21
Independence Day!