Clouds
I love ‘em. And clouds make great photographic subjects. Simply put - they are impressive.
Taking photos of clouds is a good way to practice using the various settings on your camera. The light can be so different from day-to-day that you will be able to flex those creative muscles and try out exposure and speed settings, and compare the available auto settings to manual modes.
Daydreams
Big, white fluffy clouds provoke day-dreams and whimsy. Lying on the grass and staring up at the clouds is a past-time I rarely make the time to enjoy these days. But how much fun did it used to be finding animal shapes in clouds? It’s also an incredibly easy - and free - way to de-stress from the daily grind.
Sunset
Clouds at sunset are gorgeous. The array of colours can be breath-taking. Especially at this time of year, with the soft winter sun setting. And with the rain we have finally had (yay!) there are countless numbers of clouds in the evening, all catching the colours of the setting sun.
This is my view on the way home from work each day during the winter months.
A thin layer of cloud produced a beautiful pink sunset.
A Queenstown, New Zealand sunset.
Storm clouds
Still a while to go until storm season…
Do you like to photograph clouds?
March 14th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Further to my previous comment (you know the one - on a future post?!?!) have you seen A Pig With Six Legs? I haven’t but I heard about it on the afore-linked podcast so had to JFGI and find the picture. And it is a pig with six legs!
Re: the clouds at sunset you have on your commute - I have but one word: envious!
You do realise what this means, don’t you? I am going to have to go find and upload the picture I took of some clouds at sunset when we were camping in Wales. (Having a barbie! :lol: A neat Antipodean link there ;-) )
In answer to your finishing question - no I haven’t photographed many clouds, but I have noticed that since I got photographically inspired this year I am certainly admiring them a lot more.