The Sky.

I painted this scene from a photo taken in Northern Ireland.

Gene, I love the colors of the sky at sunset, especially over the Gulf Of Mexico.

This is an image I took on my commute home from work one evening. I had worked late and was a bit irate, then got to pull over and take a cool photograph.

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Hi, Gene,

That's a beautiful red sunset! For some reason, I would never have thought of Ireland, looking at that vivid scene. :-)

I always enjoy looking to the sky -- day or night. I'm especially intrigued by a 'daytime moon' accompanied by clouds . . . big, fluffy clouds.




Equally intriguing are those huge clouds that look heavy enough to tumble out of the sky!



As long as there's a sky above, I'll never run out of subjects to photograph! :-)

Beautiful skies ! Thanks.

...Marlene, I can't see yours ?

Yes, Phyllis! Gulf of Mexico skies are the best! ; ) I grew up on St Pete Beach, FL. Yet for some reason I have no images of any of its skies to post. lol

The daytime moon always fascinates me too, Wendy. My kids always wondered about it. Doesn't the moon know it's supposed to be in bed?

That's because the link I provided is Abbie's new rule on opening new image threads. They need approval first.

Not mine, but it is beautiful.

This was taken while sitting in my back yard gazing up at the sky as the sun was setting.


I saw this while driving home from work one day. I found the closest place to pull off and jumped out of the car to get this shot before the clouds closed up again.


I was getting ready to leave for work and saw the beautiful colors in the clouds and sky. I drove down the street to the pond so I could get this shot before the color faded.

@Valerie -- The moon is like me; it prefers staying up 'round the clock!

@Marlene -- I just assumed Gene has the proper permissions in order. To think we could all be just outside the local law . . . ;-)

lol @Wendy.

I think the rules are that if you post an image you have to write something about your post as well.

ahhh,
there's the fine line, Jessica!
Do a bunch of one liners, making a statement about an image posted, constitute a discussion?
I think what Abbie is looking for are discussions where images can be added as adjuncts to the conversations......I could be wrong, heaven knows I've read and reread those rules enough. and am still not clear.
Risking derailing this image thread, I'll bow out now

I'm always fascinated by sun dogs. It's the ice crystals in the clouds that act as prisms. I saw this one as I was traveling through the eastern Sierras in winter and had to stop and take a slice.

Here's another take -

I like the fluffy cotton candy clouds. Like a kid I am trying to find "hidden objects" in them, lol.

Gene good choice.........I love the sky, it's one of my favorite things in nature to observe, I never get tired of looking up, every day it's different and changes right before your eyes!

Kathleen, those images are gorgeous! Never knew what sun dogs were. Thought it was the name of Keanu Reeves' rock band :)

I love skies in photos. They can add so much to the mood of a landscape for example. I think there can be a big difference if a photo has been taken on a cloudy day, or simply blue sky. Not much PS done here, it nearly is straight out the camera. Not sure if a blue, blue sky had been too boring in this one. Well, lol, it also depends on the daily mood of oneself!



Mario, yours does indeed look stormy!

Thanks Meike! I love stormy weather, especially if I'm near the beach. I love rainy days and nights, thunderstorms and lightning. I don't often get up early in the morning but on this day I did and I captured this wonderful sky, it made getting up early worth while.

The first photograph was taken minutes before a rainstorm one late afternoon in my hometown of Plymouth, Massachusetts. After the rainstorm, we were treated to a beautiful double rainbow.

Mario, this different colour combination is amazing!

I'd just finished a 12 hour shift watching over the blimp and knew that the evening's sunset would be impressive. Instead of heading back up to Atlantic City I drove out across the edges of salt marsh towards Ocean City and found a good spot to catch the light reflected in the marsh. Then back to the hotel.

Edwin.........that is a beautiful & colorful picture.

I also love photographing the Sky. Here is one from last summer:







And here is another one from a few years back:





*Awesome idea for a thread Gene!!




:) Marilyn

I find the sky to be an endless source of inspiration. Here is both an abstract photograph and an acrylic painting of two very different views of the sky.

1st: A gorgeous sunset over the Chesapeake Bay at the Bay City community on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

2nd: An image of silhouetted trees with a sunset backdrop against Hearns Pond in Seaford Delaware. The moon and faint stars were added for artistic enhancement.

3rd: A silhouette image of a sunset viewed from a pier at White's Cove in Pasadena, Maryland framed by a pulley and wench system rigged for hauling up a live box onto the pier. The live box is not connected to the cable in this image.

It always amazes me that almost every color possible can be seen in the sky, from time to time. It is always beautiful !

1. A natural, unaltered photograph of a beautiful cloud formation that looks like a dog.

2. A digital painting of a swirling, wind-swept sky and the silhouette of a golden-leaved tree.

3. A digital painting of glowing funnel clouds above the snow-covered southern Rocky Mountains.

I love watching the sky.

This image of the sky was all gray only 20 minutes before it turned bright red! It was amazing! High Point State Park NJ



Lavallette NJ Lots of blue clouds at dusk.



Just being at the right place at the right time! Seaside Park NJ



Beautiful clouds over the Empire State Building taken from the Hoboken Waterfront



Great shots everyone! Have a wonderful day!

All lovely & interesting skies.......

Becky, I like the dog cloud. I always look for things like that in clouds.

Some skies do the most unreal things...

Thank you Gene :-) The sky and cloud formations are endlessly fascinating to me... I live in the mountains in northern New Mexico - great skies up here!

Clouds going by Little Table Mountain.

Just uploaded today. - This image of a spectacular glowing sunset on the horizon at the Outer Banks in North Carolina. I added the flying pelicans which I captured with a different camera for artistic composition...

This panoramic vista in Southern California was full of color and dynamics...

Sometimes skies are mindbogglingly powerful sights

Don't have a pic but yesterday my sky was brown and you could not see the sun. All the smoke from the mid wa fires came here, with ash falling just awful.

Image of the sky's reflection on Hearns Pond in Seaford Delaware.

New Mexico requires no Photoshop.

I will always love and be amazed at those beautiful sunsets !

( In Texas, our sun sets in the west too ! ) ............lol

Even the blackness of the night sky can amaze. Sunsets can also be spectacular!

An image of a golden sunset and silhouetted treeline, back-lit clouds with a fantasy flavor added for artistic enhancement. Imagining a view from an earth like planet on the other side of the galaxy!

I've always loved the night sky ever since I was a kid with a telescope. I try to get out every chance I get and right now I'm trying to decide where to photograph the Blood Moon next month. Usually what I do after I've narrowed it down to 3 locations is to check the weather reports a couple of days out and head to the location that has the best forecast.

2D image composed of an actual sky capture but in addition, sunbeams and birds were added with the use of Photoshop paintbrushes.



2D image of a sunset over White's Cove in Pasadena, Maryland. The clouds are lit up red by the sun except for a patch of blue and the trees are silhouetted in the horizon.



2D image of a sunset at dusk over Pasadena, Maryland. I digitally added the birds, moon, and light beams for enhancement effects.