Post your sky photos here

PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
edited July 13, 2011 in Landscapes
I was inspired to start a thread dedicated to sky photos after admiring Ivar's beautiful stormy sky on another thread. There must be tons of great sky captures among all the members here. How about it?

I'll start with a pre-storm sky I saw last Saturday. It was so amazing that I stopped in a Walmart parking lot to try to snap it. I'm a newbie so I've done nothing to the photo because I don't know what or how to do that yet.:scratch
The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
... I'm still peeling potatoes.

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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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    Ivar
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    Love that photo Ivar. Love NL too!
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • RayLarsonRayLarson Registered Users Posts: 199 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    Narragansett Beach, Rhode Island last Friday. The night of the RI Philharmonic Concert on the beach
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  • pjb923pjb923 Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited July 17, 2007
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    These are all fantastic!clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    pjb923 wrote:
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    That 1st one is my most favourite colour in the world. Thank you for posting it.
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • JGDJGD Registered Users Posts: 315 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    Sky, Salt Lake City
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    Jim Green Canon 5D: Proceed W/Caution, I tend to get carried Away:dunno
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  • Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    Bayville, Long Island, NY
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    And some HDR in the same area:

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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
    A few...
    Ok, sorry... more than a few.

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  • loiloi Registered Users Posts: 141 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2007
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    all the photos here are beautiful....please feel free to comment on these..
    thank you
    "We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains." Li Po
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
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  • hamsterhamster Registered Users Posts: 361 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Amazing photos everyone! We don't get much sunset action in the summer, but this one's from tonight! (There hasn't been a cloud in the sky for weeks!)
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  • leaforteleaforte Registered Users Posts: 1,948 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Front Yard Tonight

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  • pyrtekpyrtek Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
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    Bernard
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  • z_28z_28 Registered Users Posts: 956 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Real, genuine colors - not enhanced.
    Actually it's Katrina approaching Florida east coast (as category 1 yet)
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  • greenplasticdavegreenplasticdave Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited July 18, 2007
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    Love the colours on this one and especially the colours in the tiles. Good work.
    Here's one of mine. Taken on the west coast of Scotland.
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    Brisbane.
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    Cheers

    -Dave-
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  • thebigskythebigsky Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Here are a few where the sky features predominantly:-

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    Really enjoying this thread, great idea and some fantastic contributions.

    Charlie
    Landscape & Flower Photography
  • InternautInternaut Registered Users Posts: 347 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    I don't really point my camera at the sky just to take a picture of the sky, but here are some photos with sky that I've taken over the last year:

    The long and winding road from Nadi to Suva.

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    The view from the balcony of room 261, the Holiday Inn, Suva.

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    Camera in one hand, beer in the other from the pool side bar at the Holiday Inn, Suva (thank goodness for IS):

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    Would like to post something more recent but conditions haven't been the best (sun sets in the wrong place).
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Clifton Springs
    Cliftons Springs, Victoria Australia :D .... Skippy


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  • HiSPLHiSPL Registered Users Posts: 251 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
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  • pyrtekpyrtek Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    greenplasticdave wrote:
    Love the colours on this one and especially the colours in the tiles. Good work.
    Thanks!
    Bernard
    http://bertold.zenfolio.com
  • pjb923pjb923 Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Thanks Patti. Thank you for creating this thread.

    There are some amazing sky shots here. I just have time to comment on a few.

    Phil U., that snow shot is amazing. clap.gif All of your shots are great, but there is just something about that one.

    pyrtek, I love your 2nd shot, and I knew as soon as I looked at it, that it was taken with the Sigma 10-20mm. My favorite lens. Nice work!
    -Paul
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    My Photo Blog
  • pyrtekpyrtek Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    pjb923 wrote:
    pyrtek, I love your 2nd shot, and I knew as soon as I looked at it, that it was taken with the Sigma 10-20mm. My favorite lens. Nice work!

    I love that lens. I'd sooner part with an arm or a leg than with my
    10-20. Thanks for the nice compliment. :)
    Bernard
    http://bertold.zenfolio.com
  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    pjb923 wrote:
    Thanks Patti. Thank you for creating this thread.

    There are some amazing sky shots here. I just have time to comment on a few.

    Phil U., that snow shot is amazing. clap.gif All of your shots are great, but there is just something about that one.

    pyrtek, I love your 2nd shot, and I knew as soon as I looked at it, that it was taken with the Sigma 10-20mm. My favorite lens. Nice work!

    You are most welcome. I did it for purely selfish reasons - to learn from all of you. :D

    Yet another newbie to photography question. What is special about this Sigma lens and why is it your favourite?

    Pyrtek, where was the 2nd photo taken? It looks like Holland. Am I correct?
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Patti wrote:
    You are most welcome. I did it for purely selfish reasons - to learn from all of you. :D

    Yet another newbie to photography question. What is special about this Sigma lens and why is it your favourite?

    Pyrtek, where was the 2nd photo taken? It looks like Holland. Am I correct?
    The logo in the right flag made me believe it was Germany, but it is actually Poland I think?
    Ivar
    www.ivarborst.nl & smugmug
  • pyrtekpyrtek Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Patti wrote:
    Pyrtek, where was the 2nd photo taken? It looks like Holland. Am I correct?
    Close, relatively speaking, but it's not Holland. It's Gdansk, Poland. It's from the
    roof of one of the biggest churches in the world (Mariacki Church). It looks like
    this and like this from the ground (I'm posting just the links so as not to mess
    up the theme of the thread). It's a magnificent structure.
    Bernard
    http://bertold.zenfolio.com
  • pyrtekpyrtek Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    ivar wrote:
    The logo in the right flag made me believe it was Germany, but it is actually Poland I think?

    You posted the correct answer while I was composing my reply. :)
    Bernard
    http://bertold.zenfolio.com
  • pjb923pjb923 Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Patti wrote:
    What is special about this Sigma lens and why is it your favourite?

    The Sigma is currently the widest non-fisheye zoom lens available on a Nikon Digital camera. Shooting at such a wide angle is a challenge, but can result is some pretty amazing shots. It's great for landscapes, but also gets in pretty close when you need it to. I have a small gallery from when I first got this lens and was playing around in my house.
    http://paulberge.smugmug.com/gallery/873704#39488171

    And here are 2 more with some sky taken with my Sigma.
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    -Paul
    My Smugmug Gallery
    My Photo Blog
  • pyrtekpyrtek Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2007
    Patti wrote:
    Yet another newbie to photography question. What is special about this Sigma lens and why is it your favourite?
    It's ultra-wide. It lets you get shots like these: 1, 2, 3, and so on. The
    combination of very wide viewing angle and the possibility to get very
    close to your subject make it really special. You normally shouldn't take
    portraits with such a lens, but it can be really funny sometimes. :)


    Edit: I noticed pjb923's reply after posting mine. His second picture is also a great example of an UWA lens in action.
    Bernard
    http://bertold.zenfolio.com
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