All pictures taken in Biei in April 12/13, 2014

straight out of camera

জাফলংয়ে খাসিয়া পুঞ্জির একটু আগে তোলা এই ছবিটা তে দুরে যে বৃষ্টি হচ্ছে সেটাও বোঝা যাচ্ছিল। আমার কাছে মেঘের ফরমেশন টা এত সুন্দর লেগেছে যে আমি না তুলে পারি নাই। আর বালির মাঝে লোকটা ্থাকায় পুরোই ষোলআনা :)

Robert Moses beach on Long Island.

Los Angeles, California.

For the past few years my routine trips to LA to visit my mother have been on United in "economy plus" which gives a bit more legroom. I used to get regular business class upgrades but United started charging both miles and money so I skip them.

I have to have an aisle seat; at my age I can't make it across without using the restroom at least once. This flight was overbooked and after everyone got settled a gate agent came on board and moved me to a remaining business-class seat which was a window but which I gladly took. While getting up to pee mid-flight involved intricate gymnastics to climb over my deeply sleeping row-mate, I did get to do a bit of shooting out the window which I enjoyed doing in years past and missed.

Taking off from LAX on a 6:00 am flight affords some great morning light. Even though the right wing and engine was in my way I knew the Ricoh GR had enough resolution to afford cropping so all I really had to do was get the metering right so the wing and engine didn't affect what I wanted from the clouds and make sure the camera didn't focus on the window.

Valentin Slavnyy photography

Another Otago sunrise, looking east from Mt Cargill.

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Looking West From Rising Sun Country Park

taken in northwestern lower Michigan.

Okay, so maybe he's not as spectacular as the clouds above him. But...he's pink!

in the afternoon the sky works

even if I'm at home

Ilford FP4+ @ ISO 80, Rodinal 1+50, Flektogon 2.8/35mm, Carena CX-300, yellow filter

Noctilucent clouds timelapse

60 photos into 11 seconds

Emerlinda, New Mexico.

Cell Phone Photog

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Leoben, Styria, Austria

Photo of an anvilhead thunderstorm cloud taken while taxiing to the runway at Denver International Airport. I was flying on United, so I was able to hear the pilots talking with air traffic control about avoiding the storms and other course corrections. Cool stuff!

Original

At the beach

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A severe thunderstorm and tornado warning over Elbert County Colorado in the early morning hours of June 3rd, 2008 (1:15am to 1:45am)

not so crowded...mm perhaps because it was closed..;D

Beautiful evening with the moon and Jupiter (?) at Gulf Shores.

Distant clouds, Ashland, Oregon. Looking to the East.

This past weekend a big Storm came to Southern Ontario and reaked havoc. This image is just some of the Storm clouds breaking up and moving East in Western Toronto.

Secuncia de OCASO

`Anyone see the amazing wispy clouds last night?

I did another walk around for an hour between 11 and 12 getting a few shots, this one is the same location as a recent milky way photo which you can just make out through the clouds.

ISO 3200 | 15 sec | f/2.8 | 7mm

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Nature provides a subtle metaphor with storm clouds brewing over the gas station.

Storm clouds brewing taken at home on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia.

From Steart Point.

As I was returning home from my photo walk through the Western Pennsylvania countryside near my parents home these great clouds began to roll in. I had hoped for some clouds like these when I was on my way out to take pictures, and indeed they did arrive but just a little late, LOL. So here is one at least set against a low hill in a farm field.

I just love what art can be created from clouds.

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