Newburgh Beach - Cloudscape

From Dree Hill on the lower slopes of Slieve Croob in Co Down on a very blustery day and looking over the townlands of Moybrick, Levallyreagh and Ardtanagh - my ancestral homeland!

Lough Neagh, the largest body of fresh water in the British Isles can be seen in the distance, with the Sperrin Mountains beyond.

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SUNRISE - Disney Springs - Winter 2025

Orlando, Florida U.S.A. - March 1st, 2025

*[left-double-click for a closer-look - looking west]

*[taken from fourteen-stories-up - 140 feet up - dawn]

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Image Basis: Clouds over Lake Michigan

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Locale: North lakefront along Lake Michigan - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Year & Season: 2017 ; Mid summer

Time of Day: Late afternoon (nearing sunset)

Global Ambient: Mostly cloudy

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Camera: Sony Alpha a7r II Mirrorless

Sensor: Full-frame

IBIS: ON ; OIS: ON

Support: Hand-held

Lens: Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS

Filters: (none)

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Exposure Program: Aperture priority

Metering Mode: Spot

Drive/Focus Mode: Single-shot/Auto focus

Focus Area: Spot

Exposure Quality: Raw (Lightroom DNG)

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Processing: Lightroom 6.12 (CR 9.12)

LR Presets: (none) ; Processing Plug-Ins: (none)

Original File Aspect & Size: 3:2 ; 42.2MP (7952 x 5304)

Cropped Aspect & **Size: 6:7 ; 29.9MP (5909 x 5065)

**Size is prior to downsizing and JPG conversion using Lightroom.

JPG Size: 3.59MP (2048 x 1755)

JPG Quality: 100 (Lightroom Export setpoint)

File ID: Cloudscape14 Extr(ClrLin)V01R00 Mke.Lakfrnt.N 20170810-02-14 SShJ100.jpg

This cell provided nice late afternoon lighting contrast.

Picture of the Day

After endless sunny days on Lake Superior, we had this one cloudy morning on our hike to a lookout. I kind of like clouds so I didn't mind at all!

Some striking looking afternoon clouds

Old Chariton Road near Glasgow, Missouri by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM3 camera with a Canon TS-E24mm f/3.5L II lens at ƒ/11.0 with a 1/60-second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

today above Miri, at noon. Looks like a huge heap of whipped cream, and I started to miss the coffee and apple cake.

Some of the prettiest clouds can be found over the Great Plains of North America.

IMG_5231 2025 12 07 file

I-80, just coming off the Salt Flats.

Cloudscape.

Wind is often an awesomeness bringer.

The skies were particularly interesting for this walk, courtesy of clearning rain and lingering showers

A front rolling through. Temperature dropping…

Thanks Explore (#170). Position (#118)

Cloud name: Cirrus uncinus cirrocumulogenitus and Cirrocumulus floccus. Taken late afternoon with iPhone 11 Pro Max.

Picture of the day x 6

with a silken streak of color behind the coastal clouds...

Sent from my head.

There are some views that are just begging to be photogrphed. Places where you'd like to just wander off, wild camp, and spend days exploring. Unfortunately you don't have the time and have to settle for a couple of shots from the roadside.

This small black cloud was moving fast while all around it was moving slowly. It may have been a galerna in the process of forming.

We aren't particularly known for clouds, so I was quite excited when I spotted these in the sky in the late afternoon as I was taking out the trash.

Note: A knowledgeable friend says they are cirrus clouds.

52 Weeks: the 2021 Edition - week 7: Weather

I was holding out hope for some real rain this week, but alas, it wasn't meant to be.

121 Pictures in 2021 - #17. Cloudscape

365:2021 - #49

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From left to right, Altocumulus stratiformis, Cirrocumulus stratiformis lacunosus, and Altocumulus stratiformis translucidus perlucidus.

My ongoing project of skyscape photography and cloudscapes