The cloudscape made up for my labored progress on today’s 20 mile ride.

Taken from above Penrith golf course.

Chasing around, trying to find a shot facing North (where the clouds were)

Coventry | Earlsdon

Cloudscape

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A low-res, flatbed scan of a 6x7 (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inch) transparency

This was the scene the other day when I arrived up atop Battery 129 with friends MattyD90 and Chip Shotz (links to the right). Having met and abandoned the newly-reopened Palace of Fine Arts like a losing lottery ticket after I explained the way the fog was ( because I had spent an hour up there before the meet-up), there was absolutely no argument about where we all wanted to go.

The scene was one of a thousand cars and photographers and one woman with an extremely bright flash, although not strong enough to illuminate the city where it was being pointed, blinded me for a minute as I looked at the front of my lens to check for fogging. But, that's to be expected.

More importantly, I think many people had a really uplifting experience that day, due to the natural, as well as artificial, beauty and charm of the sights. I know the three of us did.

Thanks for looking!

In Singapore

Landscapes made of clouds, seen in the infrared part of the spectrum during flights more than eight kilometers above the ground.

NEX-5, IR modified (> 700 nm)

Taken during westerly wind 40 with G55 mph. Temperature was in the mid 60'sF with relative humidity ~25%.

Could these highest clouds be cirrocumulus lenticularis undulatus?

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Olympus digital camera

Some lenticular clouds with nice warm colors.

Picture of the Day

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Sometimes the sky is just as interesting as the landscape

Oklahoma

Yesterday afternoon, we went out and it was still very hot. I took the photo with my Nikon D800E AND THE 60MM F/2.8 MACRO LENS. THANKS TO THOSE WHO VIEW, COMMENT AND FAVE MY PHOTOS.

Scopes of the Jinal ridge near Kislovodsk

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

from China Southern Aeroplane on our way to China for an 8 day holiday.

Cloudscape

Now, with a little help from Michael Lawlor - THX -, I think those clouds are undulatus asperatus aka asperitas. Anyway, it was a fascinating spectacle with skies like a mixture of snowdrifts and puff pastry, and at the end with a brilliant cloudburst.

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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

Banff National Park

Evening clouds on Normandy Hill, Rugby

Albuquerque

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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Clouds pass above picturesque houses we pass by during our walk. North Shore Auckland, New Zealand - 12-7-13

This is from the same place like the pic from yesterday. With those clouds above and ib b/w it looks more dramatic and thats what i 'd like to show you! Thanks for your comment!