Choices

Sky Watch Friday

Life's Choices

Life's choices are like clouds.
Sometimes the way is clear,
to decide between black and white.

Occasionally the choice is grey,
and we call on experience,
prayer, and common sense.

We may be tempted by.....
beautiful oranges and yellows.
Make your choices wisely.

Photograph by Martha on the way home from work.
Nikon S51 - As photographed 08/21/2008

Photograph by Martha
Poor free verse by Troy

How do you make your choices?
Prayer, Experience, flip a coin?
Leave a comment.
Inquiring minds want to know!

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see Tom's new SkyWatch site here.

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Alaska Sunday XII

A view to enjoy

Just a single photo today taken by Martha on our adventure to Alaska.
The mountains, a quiet lake, and some fantastic clouds in the sky.
Center weighted metering focusing on the clouds.
Black and white converted to sepia.
Three favorites in one photo.



Scenic Photo Along the Way
(Click to enjoy the photograph)


Alaska Sunday is a collection of photographic remembrances of our driving trip from Texas to Alaska.
18,000 miles, 16 weeks, 16 western states including Alaska and four Canadian Provinces.
No chronological order, just anything of interest that got in front of our cameras.

Photo by Martha
Processing by Troy

North into the Brooks Range

SWF


One of my favorite shots going up into the Brooks Range. The Brooks Range is north of the Arctic Circle and north of the tree line. I especially like the pure white clouds in the really clean air. Clouds coming up over the mountains are always exciting. You never know what to expect.

Blue Sky and Clouds
Over the Foothills of the Brooks Range
(Click on the Photo for a Restful Scene)

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Troy and Martha

Sky Watch Friday IV

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Clearing Ahead

It's a good sign when you see a little blue.
I like the sky reflections in the photograph.

Muncho Lake, B.C., Canada
(Click to see the reflections in the water a little better)
It was almost pitch black behind, and really dark overhead.


By the time you see this, we will be on the road down to the Gulf coast for 4 days.
We won't have internet, so I'll answer comments and catch up when I get back.
I'm looking forward to seeing all the great Sky Watches.

Troy and Martha

Sky Watch Friday II

Sub-title: Fish bones Clouds

Stratocumulus vertebrates

Stratocumulus vertebrates

Uncommon fish cloud
Swimming now in blue sky sea
Look up to see it.

Haiku © by my brother J.S. Mullens

The other day at lunch, I was filling up with gas and Martha told me to step out from under the covered area and look overhead. I only had my cell phone to take the photo with. It did a pretty good job.

These clouds were forming on the back side of a huge storm which we later learned was producing tornadoes. These clouds were almost directly overhead and it was clear to the West and really stormy to the East. I certainly am glad the storm was moving to the east.

If these were higher they could be called “Cirrus fibratus vertebrates”

Stratocumulus – low level
Vertebrates – having vertebrae
Cirrus – curl of hair
Fibratus – possessing filaments

I don’t know the altitude, so I can’t give them their exact technical weather name.

A nice atlas of cloud names can be found at:
http://tinyurl.com/5ojf7q

Photo with Palm Treo 755p
Troy and Martha

Sky Watch Friday

I can't resist any longer. I guess I'll have to join Sky Watch Friday. Since I hold a Private Pilot's license, I think clouds are important and useful, as well as beautiful.

I'll post more about my thoughts on this later.

Contrail Shadow on Clouds
(Click on photo & scroll down)

The contrail looks like a snake, but the shadow is straight.

For the photographers that are interested, the camera data is:
Nikon L14 (which I always carry in my pocket)
Auto setting which produced: 1/1000 ", f4.6, ISO64, zoomed to 6.3mm focal length

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Troy