October « 2008 « BIG SKIES

October 27, 2008

Sky Season

Filed under: Photograpy — Tags: clouds, moon, rain, sunset, twilight — Thin Smek @ 3:35 pm

There is a slight resemblance to the New Zealand Fern in the structure of the upper cirrus…?

Rainy storm clouds swiftly overtake the lesser and slower moving common clouds with a high wind

I have not been keeping up with the posting schedule lately, and I am suprised at how rapidly uposted images accumulate on the to do list! I see so much cirrus these days that I have to decide whether I should snap that cirrus or wait for a better vista! The nor’wester season is now full on with an arch every now and then. This spring season is perfect for the amateur photographer (me)!

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October 13, 2008

Winner of Selwyn Times weekly photo contest- my storm cloud image

Filed under: Photograpy — Tags: clouds — Thin Smek @ 1:41 pm

You may recall this photo of a storm cloud in an earlier post. I entered this in a weekly reader photo contest at Selwyn Times for the first time and I won a double movie pass. I was quite pleased to get the prize first time, and competing against adults, too!

Below is a more recent picture in the same newspaper. Here is the original picture from my post.

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Kids, lambs, chickens, blossoms, mountains, and more…

Filed under: Photograpy — Tags: lambs, mountains, sheep, snow — Thin Smek @ 1:07 pm

Just about all the subjects of these photos are here because of Spring, kids, snowmelt, lambs sleeping, blossoms, cropping, etcetera. I found road lights on at midday, and saw the usual Sunday glider trip. I really believe a picture can speak a thousand words, so sign off.

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October 7, 2008

Sun Fanatic

Filed under: Photograpy — Tags: sunset, twilight — Thin Smek @ 4:56 pm

When I got up one morning half a week ago, I looked to the sky and I saw a roughly diamond shaped cloud with crepuscular rays radiating from below and a sun-like reflection in the sky above. I ran outside with the camera and took quite a few photos of it and the surrounding clouds. There was even a rainbow in the west! I was sure the diamond in the sky was part of the giant pot of gold that I had discovered at the rainbows end…or at least the photographer’s pot of gold! The rest of the day was great for photos, too.

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