CSSS: Storms / Thunderstorms (Virginia)
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This was a few days ago, just before the arrival of a thunderstorm, which are the clouds on the right, and the remaining sky on the left that caused this break in the cloud and the Sun rays were spectacular in fact, more so than I could actually demonstrate. This was with the Tamron which I feel is the better lens for sky captures.
Halfway there folks, I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you! :)
Ramping down to the main dock / Ramping up the array of colours in the sun setting sky,
Capturing my own perspective, behind a ramp leading down to some of Steveston docks.
A variety of moored vessels include, commercial fish boats, schooners, tugboats and more.
The scenic, Steveston Heritage Fishing Village is a charming & ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC on the Mighty Fraser River
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Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
I 💖 Steveston
** Best experienced in full screen
Capture this evening along Middle River down several piers from my Dad's. It was decked out nicely for the holidays. Looked nice against that late evening sky. Captured handheld at higher ISO. Liked the results with the reflections.
With sky replacement (but still Nottinghamshire) using Photoshop. The map location shows the tree taken from a public footpath on the outskirts of Oxton (28th February) with the sky captured in Mapperley Plains at sunrise of the 23rd of February (see post 2 photos ago).
Is there anything more beautiful than the golden moon in the night sky???
Captured last November 9th, 2022, the moon was draped in velvety clouds which gave it an ethereal look.
Nature is the greatest artist...
Bangkok sky, captured from my car window:)
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My last of the sky captures. A dramatic Mount Ararat in Turkey during an overhead flight at 36000 feet. It is a truly beautiful beast of a mountain.
Lake Toplitz is located in the Austrian Alps in the Salzkammergut region and is known for its layered water structure, World War II Nazi history, and traditional wooden boat tours.
Surrounded by cliffs and forests, this small, secluded lake reaches a depth of 103 m.
Fish live only in the top 18 meters; water below 20 meters has zero oxygen, high salt content, and holds sunken logs.
Nazi Past: Served as a naval testing station during World War II (1943–1944).
Sunken Treasure: Infamous for rumored sunken Nazi gold and actual recovery of millions in counterfeit British banknotes from Operation Bernhard.
Perfect mirror reflections of towering forest canopy, scattered summer clouds, and bright blue skies capture the secluded, pristine tranquility of this unique alpine waterscape.
Given the advancement in Lightroom program since I took this capture back in 2015, I wanted to revisit and process with the sky capture feature for masking, and applying the dehaze to bring out more details within the sky and Milky Way.
That meteor was a very bright one to the eye. Once in a trillion shot ... right spot right time.
At times I wish I had had my Sigma 14mm f1/8 lens for this capture, as this was taken with the Canon 17/40mm f/4 lens. Hence this was captured at ISO 8000 and 30 seconds. So the movement in the stars is more than I am used to now versus the Sigma 14mm at f1.8, ISO 6400, and 10 seconds. That lens is a prime and much sharper than the 17mm as well.
But ... at 10 seconds, there is good chance I may have missed the meteor in the sky. So the 30 seconds may have allowed for this capture in the end after all.
Food for thought ...
"The Brain — is wider than the Sky —
For — put them side by side —
The one the other will contain
With ease — and You — beside —
The Brain is deeper than the sea —
For — hold them — Blue to Blue —
The one the other will absorb —
As Sponges — Buckets — do —
The Brain is just the weight of God —
For — Heft them — Pound for Pound —
And they will differ — if they do —
As Syllable from Sound —"
- Emily Dickinson, The Brain is Wider than the Sky
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I had fun watching this yellow-rumped warbler hovering in the sky, capturing little gnats. It looked rather angelic to me with the wings spread and light coming through the feathers. You can see one of the gnats on the left in this shot.
Just a single wake line and a solitary wing bridging the gap between sea and sky.
Captured during the precise moments of twilight, the composition utilizes a high-contrast palette of deep indigo and soft amethyst to explore themes of isolation, scale, and human transit.
A lone vessel glides through a vast, liquid canvas of deep indigo, cutting a delicate path through the silent expanse of the sea. It moves under the gentle watch of an ethereal twilight sky, where the horizon dissolves into a soft tapestry of pastel pink and amethyst light. The ocean mirrors the heavens, cloaked in rich, velvety blues that evoke a profound sense of solitude, peace, and timeless wanderlust.
The yacht leaves behind a gentle, chalk-white wake, a temporary scar of human presence on an otherwise pristine, eternal canvas.
To the right, a seabird hangs suspended in the air, a fleeting silhouette that accentuates the immense scale and quiet majesty of the open water. For a brief moment, the bird matched the yacht's speed, a silent companion bridging the gap between sky and sea. It balances the weight of the ship and breaks up the expansive water adding a touch of natural life.
The clean, modern lines of the ship stand in perfect balance with the soft, geometric division of the horizon, blending human engineering with nature's quiet artistry.
Massive expanses of blue and purple frame the yacht. This amplifies a powerful sense of isolation, scale, and quiet solitude on the open water.
The vessel occupies the lower right quadrant. It moves toward the left frame, leaving a clear "path" that creates a natural narrative flow.
Shot from a cliffside high vantage point, this angle flattens the horizon line into a clean, geometric divider, keeping the composition visually balanced.
"Amethyst" perfectly identifies the rare, high-contrast violet and pink gradient in the sky, while "Meridian" directly highlights the crisp, geometric horizon line that splits the canvas in half. A peak point of splendor capturing a luxury vessel navigating the absolute peak of twilight.
The moon looked pretty crisp there in the late day sky with sunset here in Maryland. The atmosphere is much clearer this evening, but with half a moon filling the sky, capturing night sky objects would be very difficult.
The Storm Of Seth by Daniel Arrhakis 2014
Once in centuries come a great storm to the desert Lands Of Dhaarhan ... strange and beautiful ... hauntingly beautiful ... the ancients called it the arrival of Seth ...
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Work of manipulation made with 3 photos of real sky captures.
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A wonderful day dear friends ! Thank you once more for your visit in these last days, nice comments and invitations ! Much grateful to all of you ! : )
So sorry i am trying catching up but in these latest times I'm a little slower and more busy than usual !
This was the first night sky capture I took on this latest trip out west with the new Rokinon lens. Was hiking along in Canyonlands and could see the glow of the Milky Way there rising above the trees along the ridge.
A sky captured just before my last photo somewhere in Arnold/Woodthorpe area, but without an interesting silhouette. Then whilst on a walk at the weekend this tree stood out on a path leading from Oxton to Epperstone Park. I photographed an underexposed shot of the tree, then flattened the horizon as the original tree was on a hill sloping up to the right, removed some power lines before replacing the sky with the Sky Replacement feature of Photoshop. The location shown is for the tree.
On this particular evening while we were visiting the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, the skies started to clear. Decided to go out and get some sky captures along the rim. This was one of the early captures with the clouds as they were still clearing from the sky. Liked the way they were obscuring the Milky Way ... and the sky was lighting the clouds some there as well.
The light on the bushes on rim rocks was from the Lodge there on the north rim.
The lights across the abyss of the canyon is the South Rim visitors center and hotels.
The north rim, with only the cabins and camping ... is a much quieter place, and we really enjoyed our two days spent there.
The Medieval Castle of Paphos...
.....Το κάστρο αγκαλιάζει το λιμάνι και την προκυμαία....Εδώ που η ζωή περιδιαβαίνει αμέριμνη , καθώς ΕΔΩ οι διακοπές διαρκούν όλο το χρόνο.....
....Το μεσαιωνικό φρούριο με το λιμάνι είναι η πιο χαρακτηριστική εικόνα της Πάφου....Το κάστρο λες και συνεχίζει , ριζωμένο πάνω στα βράχια , να μένει πιστό στο καθήκον του....Να προστατεύει το λιμάνι από τα κύματα της ανοικτής θάλασσας , όπως έκανε παλιά με τα κύματα των κατακτητών....
...ΚΑΙ ΤΟΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΡΑ το λιμάνι ήταν προορισμένο να προστατεύει.......!!!!!
.......ΧΤΙΣΤΗΚΕ αρχικά τη βυζαντινή περίοδο , καταστράφηκε και χτίστηκε ξανά από τους Λουζινιανούς....τον 13ο αιώνα... , το κατέστρεψαν οι Ενετοί και το ανοικοδόμησαν οι Τούρκοι όταν κατέλαβαν το νησί......
.......Τώρα από τις πολεμίστρες του Κάστρου απολαμβάνετε ειρηνικές εικόνες , του λιμανιού , της προκυμαίας με τους φοινικες και πίσω το πέλαγος που γίνεται χρυσό το λιόγερμα........
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Can you barely discern the mortals strolling by the beach? Yes, they are humans, not ants! Their figures’ tiniest size creates a sense of scale needed to comprehend the mere vastness of the sea and sky captured in the frame.
This is the North Sea that is only a small part of the Atlantic ocean. So, this shot is nothing but a glimpse at the enormous vastness of the latter. The water-edge pictorially defines the ocean as finite.
Scheveningen historical beach, The Hague, the Netherlands.
Field of oilseed rape at Duffus.....
Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c.1140 to 1705. During its occupation it underwent many alterations. The most fundamental was the destruction of the original wooden structure and its replacement with one of stone. At the time of its establishment, it was one of the most secure fortifications in Scotland. At the death of the 2nd Lord Duffus in 1705, the castle had become totally unsuitable as a dwelling and so was abandoned.
Spectacular clouds over Duffus Castle......
Mottes were common in Scotland the 1100s and 1200s, before they were replaced by stone castles. They were fortifications, usually consisting of a wooden keep on top of an artificial earthwork mound. Some also had an enclosed courtyard or bailey, containing additional wooden buildings, protected by a ditch and palisade.
Duffus Castle was a fortress–residence for more than 500 years, from the 1100s to the 1700s. The stone castle we see today was built in the 1300s, replacing an earlier timber fortress.
Once one of the strongest castles in Scotland, it was reduced to a decaying ruin by the time of its abandonment in 1705. But the castle remains an impressive sight, situated on a mound rising out of the flat Laich of Moray.
Two stitch image to get the wider view there of the Milky Way splaying out over the arch in the night sky.
Captured with the Rokinon 14mm at f/2.8
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Story: Beneath the jagged peaks of Vestrahorn, the Arctic night ignited in waves of emerald light. A powerful aurora arc crowned the mountains while its glow streamed across the wet black sand, transforming the shoreline into a mirror of the sky.
Captured during my February 2026 Iceland Photo Tour — a moment where earth and cosmos aligned in pure northern magic.
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4sec / f:2.8 / ISO 5000