Clouds

[Wings]

I love clouds. Storms are awesome. Shows us your weather shots. Clouds, skies, bring it on.
This was tonight
http://wings.smugmug.com/photos/3076643-M.jpg

[gotta]

Awesome picture Wings. I'm also a big cloud fan. Here was a fast moving squall with 30mph winds and driving rain.

Regards, Eric

[ian408]

I love clouds. Storms are awesome. Shows us your weather shots. Clouds, skies, bring it on.


That looks a lot like a large smoke cloud--rather errie.

Great shot!

Ian

[Wings]

No smoke at all, just a localized bunch of stormy clouds pushing up from the south. This was a few minutes earlier
http://wings.smugmug.com/photos/3076640-M.jpg

[wxwax]

No fair, Wings, you get great clouds where you are. We scarely even get tornadoes down here.

[komet]

No fair, Wings, you get great clouds where you are. We scarely even get tornadoes down here.You want tornados? Move a couple of hundred miles west!

[wxwax]

I know, but the southern season is over. Time for Tornado Alley to heat up. Might be a dangerous May... we're way behind for tornadoes this year.

In St. Louis we got green skies oten enough... and once I saw what might have been a 'shelf' cloud racing in. Haven't seen a green sky here, I don't think.

[zero-zero]

Took these from my in-laws' house the other day early in the morning. The valley tends to be foggy, but this time I liked the rainbow effect in the sunlit areas:

http://zero-zero.smugmug.com/photos/3081486-M.jpg

http://zero-zero.smugmug.com/photos/3081517-M.jpg

[rutt]

http://wings.smugmug.com/photos/3076643-M.jpg
Really great. Can you tell us the details about camera, lens, filter, postprocessing?
I'd love to get better cloud shots.

[rutt]

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/2130377-M.jpg

Shot from an airplane window about 8am landing in San Jose, CA.

[Wings]

Really great. Can you tell us the details about camera, lens, filter, postprocessing?
I'd love to get better cloud shots.
Uhmm...there are no details. I just point and shoot. Here's the stuff smugmug says about camera details, that's the best I can do-I'm clueless:
Photograph Details Date Taken: 2004-03-25 18:46:21 Make: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD Model: X-2,C-50Z Size: 2560x1920 Bytes: 1116814 Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 80 Focal Length: 7.8mm Exposure Time: 0.0031s (1/320) Flash: 24 Exposure Program: Creative program Exposure Bias: 0 DigitalZoomRatio: 100/100 ColorSpace: sRGB

[Wings]

Took these from my in-laws' house the other day early in the morning. The valley tends to be foggy, but this time I liked the rainbow effect in the sunlit areas:

http://zero-zero.smugmug.com/photos/3081486-M.jpg

http://zero-zero.smugmug.com/photos/3081517-M.jpg
Awesome Roberto!

[wxwax]

Took these from my in-laws' house the other day early in the morning. The valley tends to be foggy, but this time I liked the rainbow effect in the sunlit areas:


:bow Absolutely spectacular, Z-Z. Those clouds look like huge waves from a stormy ocean, breaking onshore. Fantastic images. :clap

[komet]

:bow Absolutely spectacular, Z-Z. Those clouds look like huge waves from a stormy ocean, breaking onshore. Fantastic images. :clap
Agree. At first glance I thought the first pic was a large wave breaking. Excellent pics!

[aero-nut]

Low clouds just above the Kern River in California.

[aero-nut]

Cloud pics involving sunsets. All taken with an Olympus C100,d370.


http://aero-nut.smugmug.com/photos/2705528-S.jpg
http://aero-nut.smugmug.com/photos/3097637-S.jpg
http://aero-nut.smugmug.com/photos/3097644-S.jpg
http://aero-nut.smugmug.com/photos/3097647-S.jpg
http://aero-nut.smugmug.com/photos/3097657-S.jpg

[wxwax]

I love clouds. Storms are awesome. Shows us your weather shots. Clouds, skies, bring it on.
This was tonight
http://wings.smugmug.com/photos/3076643-M.jpg

Don't you dare pretend you don't take good pics. You have a good eye, wingsie.

[gotta]

storm clouds at sunset

[rutt]

storm clouds at sunset
So great it's humbling. It's the same feeling that keeps me from posting my shots on fredmiranda.com.

I love to shoot sky pictures, but I've never had one turn out 1/10th as good.

[SavannahMan]

This is a new cloud being born.....

http://savannahman.smugmug.com/photos/2450753-M.jpg

...it looked pretty painful.

[aero-nut]

This is a new cloud being born.....



...it looked pretty painful.


Very cool! Hot springs are amazing.

[gotta]

Here is a full moon with some low clouds drifting by. I was waiting for the sky to clear so I could view Mars.

[gotta]

So great it's humbling. It's the same feeling that keeps me from posting my shots on fredmiranda.com.

I love to shoot sky pictures, but I've never had one turn out 1/10th as good.I would bet you have some great photos. I've had my digital cam for a little over a year. I've taken 2,500 pictures with it. I used an SLR for 30 years, but it took a while to get my confidence with my new digital. The great thing is, you can practice all you want for free. I'd love to see some of your pictures, and thanks for the compliment.

Regards, Eric

[wxwax]

I'm sure Rutt does. He's obviously very experienced.

I love that moonlit clouds shot, man. Another lovely shot.

[Wings]

Thanks for the compliment waxie, but really I think mostly I'm lucky :nod

Fantastic pics, keepem' coming guys!

[ian408]

Thanks for the compliment waxie, but really I think mostly I'm lucky :nod

Fantastic pics, keepem' coming guys!
Luck or not, that set is a great set of pictures! So much so, that I had
to edit them into a framed set :)

[aero-nut]

Sorry if these are not good pics. Took it a few years ago with another cheap Olympus. I'm just a novice. I was trying to experiment a little with light contrasts.

Thunderstorm over Albuquerque, NM. Taken from Sandia Crest.

http://aero-nut.smugmug.com/photos/3102432-S.jpg

http://aero-nut.smugmug.com/photos/3102445-S.jpg

[Wings]

sunset over Denver
http://wings.smugmug.com/photos/2817012-M.jpg

[Wings]

This is a fire cloud from the Hayman Fire. Pic was taken early in the afternoon. Within a couple of hours, the clouds got so thick the sun ended up almost completely blocked out and it looked like nighttime.
http://wings.smugmug.com/photos/3102676-M.jpg

[wxwax]

Thanks for the compliment waxie, but really I think mostly I'm lucky :nod


:nono Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. You've posted too many good shots to be lucky. And I think you enjoy it too. Which means you might be on the verge of tapping into a new creative outlet.... and yer pocketbook. :rofl

[gotta]

Here's a picture taken the same night as a previous one I posted in this thread.

Regards, Eric

[Wings]

:nono Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. You've posted too many good shots to be lucky. And I think you enjoy it too. Which means you might be on the verge of tapping into a new creative outlet.... and yer pocketbook. :rofl
You're right, I am enjoying it. I love being able to combine it with one of my passions, which of course is exploring on my bike. I don't think I'll ever really get good with it like some of you though because I'm bored with instruction manuals. I have no idea what all this little camera knows how to do. I'm getting a little bit curious because of all those great shots people here post, I love those close ups of the running water and the awesome detail with those cool lenses some of you have. But no matter where this takes me, I'm really enjoying the journey!

[Wings]

Here's a picture taken the same night as a previous one I posted in this thread.

Regards, Eric
Lovely-makes me long for the ocean, the smell of salt in the air and the cries of the seagulls.

[damonff]

These are awesome 00!

http://zero-zero.smugmug.com/photos/3081486-M.jpg

http://zero-zero.smugmug.com/photos/3081517-M.jpg[/QUOTE]

[lynnma]

Here's a picture taken the same night as a previous one I posted in this thread.

Regards, EricLovely shot Eric, beautiful color and I really like the composition.
Lynn

[gotta]

Thank you Lynn, I'm fortunate to live in an area that affords such pictures.

Regards, Eric

[Argusphoto]

This was taken from an airplane window as we were leaving Denver Airport.

http://wallyworld.smugmug.com/photos/2221556-M.jpg

[FreeUps]

Ahhh DIA, the sexiest airport around. Makes me miss home! :rofl

[Wings]

This was taken from an airplane window as we were leaving Denver Airport.

http://wallyworld.smugmug.com/photos/2221556-M.jpg
Excellent!

[ian408]

AP, nice color, good subject. Reminds me of a snow capped mountain
range.

[Argusphoto]

AP, nice color, good subject. Reminds me of a snow capped mountain
range.
That is exactly what the architechs had in mind. The material is translucent and glows at night.
Here is the only other picture I have of the exterior of DIA. The was taken about '93. No clouds but a decent shot.

http://wallyworld.smugmug.com/photos/3184509-M.jpg

[click]

Huge thunderstorm building up behind a mountain:

http://www.gillcouto.com/webstuff/clouds01.jpg

[Argusphoto]

Guanella Pass near Georgetown, CO just before a storm.

http://wallyworld.smugmug.com/photos/3187850-M.jpg

Even though the clouds are not distinct, they caused some interesting lighting.

[lynnma]

Huge thunderstorm building up behind a mountain:

http://www.gillcouto.com/webstuff/clouds01.jpgwow.. amazing clouds, nice shot.
Lynn

[rutt]

Great clouds everyone. If you love extreme cloud pics make sure to take a look the the current National Geographic to see what extreme limits of this sport are.

[wxwax]

Huge thunderstorm building up behind a mountain:

http://www.gillcouto.com/webstuff/clouds01.jpg

Intense shot, man.

[Wings]

Awesome! I love them!!!

[gus]

Awsome click !! I would rather shoot clouds than any other subject...they totally change every 5 mins.

Here is my morning shot of my balcony a few weeks back. We are going into winter & it has the best skys.

http://humongous.smugmug.com/photos/2855598-L.jpg

[click]

Clouds are fascinating in stills but they really come to life in time-lapse videos. Check these out (http://www.gillcouto.com/video/timelapse/index.html), done with the same Coolpix 995.

[Rolling Stone]

From my driveway

http://dirtdog.smugmug.com/photos/1418593-L.jpg

[lynnma]

From my driveway

http://dirtdog.smugmug.com/photos/1418593-L.jpglovely clouds dirt dog.. wish the power lines would vanish but clouds don't park on cue:D

[Rolling Stone]

lovely clouds dirt dog.. wish the power lines would vanish but clouds don't park on cue:D
I had the choice of just shooting it or getting in the car, traveling up the mountain about a 1/2 mile and missing the formation. In those last five minutes of sunset, we takes what we can get. My friend in the keys was boasting about his sunsets and I just had to slam him with this one. Powerlines be damned!!

[Argusphoto]

We were expecting bad weather but it missed us. The sun shone through a hole in the clouds.

http://wallyworld.smugmug.com/photos/3242298-M.jpg

[ian408]

Here's a couple of Yosemite clouds.

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/1404086-M.jpg
http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/1401660-M.jpg

[lynnma]

Here's a couple of Yosemite clouds.

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/1404086-M.jpg
http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/1401660-M.jpgI really like this second one Ian... beautiful:D

[lynnma]

I had the choice of just shooting it or getting in the car, traveling up the mountain about a 1/2 mile and missing the formation. In those last five minutes of sunset, we takes what we can get. My friend in the keys was boasting about his sunsets and I just had to slam him with this one. Powerlines be damned!!
:rofl

[Argusphoto]

Sloss Furnace and downtown Birmingham, AL with beautiful sunset. The proximity of this pig iron mill to downtown was why Birmingham used to be called Smoke City. There was no Photoshop work, the sky actually was that color.

http://wallyworld.smugmug.com/photos/3308893-M.jpg

[wxwax]

Now that's different. Argus, where ya located?

[Argusphoto]

Now that's different. Argus, where ya located?Birmingham, AL
I have quite a few panoramas of Birmingham at http://wallyworld.smugmug.com/gallery/47838

[Wings]

Another Saudi pic
http://wings.smugmug.com/photos/3367000-M.jpg

[wxwax]

Another Saudi pic



:scratch Saudi? I missed a turn, I think.

[damonff]

Some clouds in Maui...

http://nomadstudios.smugmug.com/photos/2952050-L.jpg

http://nomadstudios.smugmug.com/photos/2950986-L.jpg

http://nomadstudios.smugmug.com/photos/2951544-L.jpg

[Buddy]

http://buddy.smugmug.com/photos/10728-M-1.jpg

http://buddy.smugmug.com/photos/20856-S-1.jpg

[Azure]

http://azure.smugmug.com/photos/3394371-L.jpg

[chuckh]

I tried to capture the obscured sun framing large cumulus clouds:

[chuckh]

Spring clouds #2

[chuckh]

I like this one the best as it has a hint of possible danger.

[gus]

Buddy that bottom one is outstanding....im a bit of a sunset/rise fan.

[chuckh]

Buddy that bottom one is outstanding....im a bit of a sunset/rise fan.
Thank you Humungus!

That was taken about 3:15 pm in the afternoon with lightening threatening to the West.

[SeeMoon]

Sunrise in Holland this morning:

[gubbs]

Inspiring stuff!!

[nikon90]

Okay this is my first post with a photo attached. I'm not really very good with this computer stuff yet so I hope it looks alright. I took this photo 14 years ago with my Pentax K-1000. I have always loved this photo so I thought I'd share it first.

Wow, that's huge!! Sorry I'll try to make it smaller next time.

[gus]

Sunrise in Holland this morning:
thats a cool shot

[SeeMoon]

Thanks!

[lynnma]

Okay this is my first post with a photo attached. I'm not really very good with this computer stuff yet so I hope it looks alright. I took this photo 14 years ago with my Pentax K-1000. I have always loved this photo so I thought I'd share it first.

Wow, that's huge!! Sorry I'll try to make it smaller next time.nice shot nikon, huge is fine as long as it fits into the file size (and it obviously does) so post away..:D

[StarDreamer]

Here are a few sky/cloud shots I have taken over the past couple months.:clap

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/MyHeroRS/AwesomeSkyPICorangenamecopy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/MyHeroRS/PuffyCloudsname.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/MyHeroRS/AwesomeSKyname.jpg

[nikon90]

I took this the other morning as the sun came up over the Mojave desert in California. Morning in the desert brings the best photos. Its the only morning drive shift I look forward too.

[nikon90]

Here are a few sky/cloud shots I have taken over the past couple months.:clap

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/MyHeroRS/AwesomeSkyPICorangenamecopy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/MyHeroRS/PuffyCloudsname.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/MyHeroRS/AwesomeSKyname.jpg

Nice shots Wendy!!! :D

[wxwax]

Yes, I like the mammatus shot in the middle. I learned more about mammatus clouds last week - usually found around rainy or stormy weather.

[snapapple]

Have you ever seen a hailstorm from this perspective? One of my favorite "catches".

http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/2716402-L.jpg

[snapapple]

And this is the sunset after the hailstorm.

http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/2716405-L.jpg

[snapapple]

Taken on my morning walk.

http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/1078895-L-1.jpg

[wxwax]

Taken on my morning walk.

http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/1078895-S-1.jpg

Beautiful. Any way to lighten the foreground just a tad, show a bit of detail? That's a terrific image.

[wxwax]

Have you ever seen a hailstorm from this perspective? One of my favorite "catches".

http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/2716402-S.jpg


Oh man, that's cool. You should submit it to weather.com, I'm sure they'd use it as a photo of the day.

[snapapple]

I didn't know weather.com had a photo of the day. Thanks for the idea.

[Buddy]

http://buddy.smugmug.com/photos/7926689-M.jpg

[pathfinder]

Here are a few sky/cloud shots I have taken over the past couple months.:clap



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/MyHeroRS/PuffyCloudsname.jpg


Interesting - the inverted cloudy look - I shot this frame about 25 years ago - look familiar?
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/7781739-L.jpg

[ehughes]

From this morning

http://ehughes.smugmug.com/photos/8065329-M.jpg

[wxwax]

From this morning

http://ehughes.smugmug.com/photos/8065329-S.jpg

Lovely shot, great light.

[Guzzler]

From my backyard:

[wxwax]

From my backyard:
That's a cool mix of ominous and sunny. Izzat a storm coming up?

[Guzzler]

That's a cool mix of ominous and sunny. Izzat a storm coming up?
Eh... typical Monsoon type clouds that pop up here in Arizona. Sometimes they are really awe inspiring, sometimes just dark and gloomy. Mornings can be nice and clear, then the afternoons we get stuff like above.

That day we just got clouds, no rain :cry

[MainFragger]

This is a pictures of the woods and lake at the Churchville Nature Reserve in Pennsylvania.

MainFragger

[RocketMan]

I really like the feel of this one and the way your eye is immediately drawn to the reflections of the clouds in the water, interesting perspective, makes for a much more interesting "cloud" shot.

RM

[miketaylor01]

I just recently posted this under sunsets in this section but I had to share it again here just because of the reason I took the pic. This was taken at FOB Speicher outside of Tikrit in Iraq. Clouds here are almost notexistant for most of the year. Like you might see a could in the sky once in a whole month. So in the 7 months ive been here this pic was taken due to the rare opportunity it afforded. I lvoe this pic but I would like to know what you all think about the fact that it is slightly out of focus. Mind you it was taken from the back of a moving HMMWV... Hope you all enjoy..

http://miketaylor01.smugmug.com/photos/8654201-M.jpg

[hutchman]

Nice shot.

It's very hard for me to put into words the feelings I have towards you and the rest of our men and women in the armed forces. You are giving a portion of your life to protect the freedom we have come to take for granted in this country. Freedom is not a right, it is a gift. Thank you for your service to this country and all it stands for.

Send more pics too!

Hutch

[Argusphoto]

Taken 10/28/2004 arriving at Charles de Gaule airport from Warsaw from a Boeing 777. Probably around 10000 feet. The clouds were in layers. On the ground it was a gray day.

http://wallyworld.smugmug.com/photos/10600449-L.jpg

[jwear]

this is very plain shot but i was in the right place x marked the spot

[snapapple]

this is very plain shot but i was in the right place x marked the spot

Very strange cloud design. Kind of spooky.

[wkwork]

We had some strange clouds this weekend in Dallas. Light on top, dark in the middle and some wierd little hump-backed porpoisey clouds down on the horizon. :)

http://www.dgrin.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2668&stc=1