Sky Watch Friday!

contrasts and color

I know what you're thinking. Sky watch is supposed to highlight photographs of the sky, right? And this is a picture of a tree. A thousand pardons. Well, at least I got a little sky in there; does that count? ;-)

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Okay, so we had a picnic on Sunday, and I felt like that cartoon called Ziggy. You can probably tell from the photo that part of the sky was bright and beautiful. Other parts of the sky had dark, heavy, rain clouds. So we got rained on now and then, but each time, we knew it would quickly pass. I thought back to that cartoon character that had a single rain cloud pouring over him while the rest of the sky was clear for everybody else.

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Tuesday, I went back to the pond where I spotted the herons before. (Look carefully... you'll see one egret waaaaaay in the back.) The birds were too bashful to give me the exact pictures I wanted, but I came away with a few decent snapshots anyway... they're just okay. I even crept through heavy foliage to try to sneak up on them. I learned that I'm a lousy "sneaker-upper." Plus, I felt like I was wearing a thick, wooly blanket... of mosquitoes! Ah, well! It's good to be loved!

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When we (my son and I) withdrew and prepared to head home, I saw this scene and liked it so much I wanted to share it with you. It's mostly water (which is reflecting the sky), but the sunset lends it palette and I think that really does a lot for this shot.

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