Beautiful Night and Day

Last nights sunset and today's spectacular light and clouds are my offering this week for skywatch friday.

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The Colors of Winter (SkyWatch Friday)

My Skywatch offering this week has been a surprise to me. I've just found out the past couple days just how colorful winter can be around here. A little sun can do some stunning things in the winter. I couldn't pick just one, so here are my 5 favorite from the past 24 hours.




A monochromatic snowfall in the early evening.




A contrasting of the starkness of the snow and the tree against a pastel colored sky.




Clouds holding back the light from the right side of the sky.




I like this one because of the yellow clouds and the large shaft of light that is actually going up from a setting sun.

A pink and blue late afternoon moment. The pink is reflecting on the snow covered lake.


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For those of you looking for my latest art, I apologize but I've been working on holiday orders and those are a secret until after the holidays. I have lots of ideas in the works and will be working through the holiday season so keep watching.

SkyWatch

This photo was taken a few weeks ago when the trees were in full color. The sky that day had very thin but textured clouds that diffused the sun in a very interesting way. It made photography a little challenging.

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Coming or Going

20" x 20" Original Oil on Canvas: "Autumn Storm"

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This is the scene I witnessed a week ago. Dark brooding navy sky behind brilliant sun lit autumn trees. It was spectacular and I decided then I wanted to paint it on a large canvas.

I'll leave it up to the observer whether this is the oncoming storm that brings an adrenalin rush, or the sweet relief of a receding storm that leaves the air so fresh.

Break In The Clouds

We had a few days recently of heavy rains and one afternoon I took this photo through a wet window. I liked the hole in the clouds. It reminded me of someone looking down to see how much water was down here.

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Pillow Clouds

I thought these clouds were interesting. Looked like a perforated cloud blanket. They appeared on the 15th of this month.

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SkyWatch Friday "Patterns"

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This week was one great week for skywatching. The clouds had all kinds of patterns going on and hardly a day went by that I didn't see something exciting. I didn't always have a camera along to capture what I saw. You'd think I'd learn. All of the next three were from last Sat. The center one was in the afternoon and was a lot more impressive in person. The other two were from that evening right over our house.

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Sky Watch Wave

I took this photo last night. I picked it for SkyWatch Friday because it looks like waves rolling in. The light was what caught my attention in the first place. That and the awesome color. This one is worth a double click!

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SkyWatch Friday

I really love how the clouds do their own dance so to speak in this evenings display. The differing colors and shapes made for a "wow" sky shot. I knew this would be my offering the minute I saw it!

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Sky Palette

While having a delightful discussion with my two favorite artists and their manager last evening, I was treated to the most beautiful and interesting art in the sky. The clouds formed stripes and dashes that let in light in the same manner. It's much more impressive in larger photos.

This beautiful scene came between two strong storm systems that dumped more rain than we really need. We've been very fortunate in this area to not flood at this point.

Sky Watching

I spent a quiet Saturday afternoon on a project in my loft studio. I wasn't paying any attention to the outdoors when I suddenly felt I should turn my head and look. The bright beautiful sunny day had turned into what you see above. I grabbed my camera of course and then looked to see what the weather forecast was. Severe storm headed our way. Hail, 60-70 mph winds and rain.

The clouds were just too interesting to ignore!

Within minutes the winds arrived and the waves picked up. Rain pelted the windows. Strangely though the birds kept coming to the feeder. I saw several red winged blackbirds land and fly off.



These two came for an early dinner when the winds calmed down a little but it was still raining pretty good.



When things got quiet I went off to start our dinner when I noticed this. It looked a bit frightening but I didn't see any cows or semis flying through the air and after a few photos decided it was not as it seemed.

The next interesting cloud formation was this cotton ball looking sky.

Nothing beats a good sunset!!