Yesterday we relocated from Narita to Akita by trains. I love Japan’s trains. clean, fast and smooth. Here are some from the window images. We shot through a storm as we crossed from Morioka to Akita.
For Hammad Rais’s Weekend Sky and Jez Braithwaite’s Water, Water Everywhere.
Earlier this week we had some haze from wildfires in the upper atmosphere. It gave a kind of eerie, other-world feel.
But the weather shifted and the past couple of days we’ve had some interesting rather choppy clouds.
For Hammad Rais’s Weekend Sky and the Lens Artist Challenge: Skyscapes or Cloudscapes.
Also, with a few words of explanation (below) for Hammad Rais’s Weekend Sky, and Jez Braithewaite’s Water, water everywhere.
The sky at dusk was unusual yeterday evening. The air was very clear and one could see to Mount Baker in the North Cascades, which is rarely visible because of moisture and smog in the atmosphere. Yet the soft edges of the nearest clouds are rain. This was taken from the ferry between Vashon Island and Southworth on the Kitsap Penninsula. The island in the foreground is Blake. Between the sound, the rain and the snow on the mountain I thought it suited Water, water everywhere.
…At least for now. They are predicting snow later today.
This is a a follow up to the Winter Storm Watch post. Here is approximately the same view this morning.
In the above photo you can just see the top of the mountain I mentioned in that post, Mount Constance. Zooming in you can see the snow from the storm:
A reminder of the cloud break up that the mountains cause (you can also see how the water is affected by the neutral density filter)
For Hammad Rais’s Weekend Sky challenge.
Keep warm and safe!
The clouds were moving consistently from south to north (left to right in the photos). I believe that the consistent shape break up is due to the Olympic Mountains, which arise pretty much straight out from the edge of the bulk head.
I set my camera up on a tripod as the first bank of clouds arrived, put on neutral density filters (CPL plus a six stop), set the aperture set at F/16, and ISO at 64. Then I took the above sequence of photos between 4:00pm and 6:25pm. The length of the exposures varied depending on the ambient light but generally went from about 5 seconds for the first shot, at about 4:00pm to 10 for the last one, which was during twilight.
Taps played in my head as we walked the beach just after sunset.
Day is done
Taps
Gone the sun
From the lakes…
From the hills…
From the sky.
All is well.
Safely rest.
God is nigh.
In a deep and dark December.
Today is mid-winter. Here is a gallery from this, the shortest day of the year. It’s being a chilly one!
Brrrr!
Hope you are all able to stay safe and warm this winter.
Tagging Hammad Rais’s Weekend Sky.
This challenge is simple: step back for a few minutes each week to find a lovely thing, a precious moment, anything you find lovely. Then post about it. You can just post a picture or you can go into detail and tell it as a reflection, story or poem.
It could be anything:
a smile…a rainbow…a flower…a kind act…a tasty treat
This challenge is simple: step back for a few minutes each week to find a lovely thing, a precious moment, anything you find lovely. Then post about it. You can just post a picture or you can go into detail and tell it as a reflection, story or poem.
It could be anything:
a smile…a rainbow…a flower…a kind act…a tasty treat
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