(Thematic Photographic)
As soon as I read this week's theme is clouds, I knew I'd be using this one. It's my favorite shot from our trip to the Great Smoky Mountains in 2008 (
more photos from that trip here).
Here are some clouds from the Bronx River when we went to the zoo not too long ago:
(Click on photos to see them larger.)
I also recalled photographing the man-made clouds on an airplane a while back, loving the realization that that's what they were:
But the clouds here in the North East U.S.A. have looked like this for about three weeks straight, and they have no right to photograph so beautifully, the joy-sucking annoyance that they are:
But this weekend, the one where I wanted to photograph clouds, they lightened up for me and presented me with some joyous glory and breathtaking photographic opportunities:
Even managing to present differing incredibly beautiful colors from the front and back of my house:
And giving me an uplifting show in the evening:
Clouds where the pictures in them were so obvious (see the profile of a man, gently reaching out with a finger to touch the tree?):
(And a face of a grimacing man?)
But then those blasted storm clouds came rolling in again. Those are not puffy white clouds on a dark blue sky, but one giant dark blue cloud crowding out the lovely light blue sky behind it:
Thank you earth for providing me with beautiful clouds to keep my head in this weekend. And thank you
Carmi, for reminding me to do so once in a while.
Thematic Photographic: A weekly meme wherein a topic is given and people contribute links to their blogs where they have posted their contribution. To learn more about it, go
here.
