CSSS: Storms / Thunderstorms (Arizona)
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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! :)
A first sure sing that shows that summer is over: starlings are moving to south above misty fields...
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...
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).
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 ...
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.
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.
"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
Capture and Edit by Orchid Arado
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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.
…and a chorus of clouds…
For today’s SoS group theme “over processed clouds”, I sharpened the haze and upped the contrast.
I take so many photos of clouds, and chose this evening sky capture for something different. The moon is June’s “Strawberry Supermoon” (actually a couple of days before its peak-illumination, full phase.)
Just a quick post today… Happy weekend flickr friends! I am chipping away at my ambitious to-do list, and look forward to checking in on your posts soon :-)))
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.