I Love the sky

ivar

I love the sky. I love clouds. I love flying in them, and I love seeing them.


The weather can't seem to make up it's mind lately. One minute the sun is shining and the sky is clear, the next minute you see things like this:

Andy

The best light is around the stormytime

Phil U.

Oooooo, super cool. That's a really inviting looking patch of land contrasted by really dismal looking weather.

jamesl

Sweetness! Almost looks surreal. I love the way that greens really pop out when the sky is overcast. I really enjoy shooting portraits w/ flash in these types of situations. The colors tend to be amazing. Great job on this one.

James

theinlawjosie

Awesome! I too love the sky and this is a very sweet pic my friend!

emmalou

Wow! What a fabulous shot!

hamster

Positively gorgeous.

Flyinggina

Beautiful shot. I love the greens, the gnarled tree on the edge of the lawn and that beautiful stormy sky.

Virginia

ivar

Andy wrote:

The best light is around the stormytime

Yep, I definitely figured that out yesterday

ivar

Phil U. wrote:

Oooooo, super cool. That's a really inviting looking patch of land contrasted by really dismal looking weather.

Thanks! The 'patch of land' is really just a garden. And the Ultra wide angle made it look a whole lot bigger than it really is I think the grass 'field' is only about 30-40 feet deep

ivar

jamesl wrote:

Sweetness! Almost looks surreal. I love the way that greens really pop out when the sky is overcast. I really enjoy shooting portraits w/ flash in these types of situations. The colors tend to be amazing. Great job on this one.

James

Thanks James! I've not tried portraits a lot, let alone in this weather, but I'll give it a shot if I remember. The scene above was really only visible for a few minutes, if that. I got lucky.

ivar

theinlawjosie wrote:

Awesome! I too love the sky and this is a very sweet pic my friend!

I knew I couldn't be the only one Thanks!

ivar

emmalou wrote:

Wow! What a fabulous shot!

Thank you, Emmalou, I'm glad you liked it

ivar

hamster wrote:

Positively gorgeous.

Hi Hamster, thanks for having a look and the compliment :curtsey

ivar

Flyinggina wrote:

Beautiful shot. I love the greens, the gnarled tree on the edge of the lawn and that beautiful stormy sky.

Virginia

Hi Virginia and thanks!

Both trees left/right of the grass are (70+ years old) apple-trees.
I have another tree which is actually my favorite, but not in this shot. It is an old wheeping mulberry.

Richard

I'm a little late to the party, but you know how it is with Southern Europe.

Wonderful light, calm and threatening at the same time. Very well done.

Cheers,

schmoo

Ivar, I love the contrast of blue (clouds) on green (growy things). You even like flying in threatening clouds like that?

ivar

rsinmadrid wrote:

I'm a little late to the party, but you know how it is with Southern Europe.

Wonderful light, calm and threatening at the same time. Very well done.

Cheers,

Hi Richard, thanks for your comment. The thread hasn't even been 24 hours old, so I don't think that qualifies as 'being late'

ivar

schmooo wrote:

Ivar, I love the contrast of blue (clouds) on green (growy things). You even like flying in threatening clouds like that?

Thanks Schmoo! Well, I love flying *around* these clouds

Angelo

beautiful shot!

I love how colors and textures are enhanced in this type of light.

pyrtek

Very spooky. I like it a lot. Looks like it could be used as an illustration for the
outskirts of Fangorn.

Patti

Fantastic
Your photo is fabulous. The colour contrast and light are somethin' else. You've captured that magical moment.

I love skies too. I caught a moment Sat. early am on my way to the market. Had to stop in Walmart parking lot and snap it. In seconds it was gone.

Is there a 'sky' thread here for posting pix? If not, maybe we should start one.

Thanks for posting this beauty.

caroline

ivar wrote:

I love the sky. I love clouds. I love flying in them, and I love seeing them.

The weather can't seem to make up it's mind lately. One minute the sun is shining and the sky is clear, the next minute you see things like this:

Just beautiful Ivar
Caroline

saurora

Gorgeous capture Ivar! I know it's all been said already, but I really love the contrast of the richly saturated garden (so peaceful and calm) and the menacing, dark clouds. It almost looks like smoke from a fire they are so black. Great shot!!!

ivar

Angelo wrote:

beautiful shot!

I love how colors and textures are enhanced in this type of light.

Thanks, Angelo!

Yeah, I should find storms more often. I might have to shop for a raincoat for my camera

ivar

pyrtek wrote:

Very spooky. I like it a lot. Looks like it could be used as an illustration for the outskirts of Fangorn.

I had to look that one up not much of a (science) fiction person. Thanks!

ivar

Patti wrote:

Your photo is fabulous. The colour contrast and light are somethin' else. You've captured that magical moment.

I love skies too. I caught a moment Sat. early am on my way to the market. Had to stop in Walmart parking lot and snap it. In seconds it was gone.

Is there a 'sky' thread here for posting pix? If not, maybe we should start one.

Thanks for posting this beauty.

Hi Patti, thanks for commenting!

I don't think we have a 'skies' thread yet. Feel free to start one

ivar

caroline wrote:

Just beautiful Ivar
Caroline

Thanks Caroline

I tried to take photos of the weather before, but they never really worked out for some reason. This was just at the right time.

ivar

saurora wrote:

Gorgeous capture Ivar! I know it's all been said already, but I really love the contrast of the richly saturated garden (so peaceful and calm) and the menacing, dark clouds. It almost looks like smoke from a fire they are so black. Great shot!!!

Thanks Susan!

It did look very weird and surreal in reality as well. I actually didn't do a lot to this photo. I masked the sky and enhanced the clouds just a bit. The rest of the photo is untouched.

In reality the sky was actually more dark, but that didn't transfer over to the photo that well.

Patti

ivar wrote:

Hi Patti, thanks for commenting!

I don't think we have a 'skies' thread yet. Feel free to start one

I think I will! Will you add this beauty to it?

ivar

Patti wrote:

I think I will! Will you add this beauty to it?

Just did