Photography challenge

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Blue skies are rubbish. They all look the same & you'll never see a pig with 6 legs or God's gaping anus in a clear sky. So... this fortnight's theme is CLOUDS.

As always you're encouraged to interpret the theme however you like, but if you do go out and photograph real live clouds in the wild you'll find loads of information about what species they are on The Cloud Appreciation Society's website.

Have fun, it's not every week you're encouraged to walk around with your head in the clouds.

Rules?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

1. It's not a competition. You're only challenging yourselves & I won't be picking a winner.
2. Use what you've got. Your ideas & execution are more important than how good your gear is.
3. Lurkers will be frowned at, join in.
4. Funny/clever titles are encouraged.
5. Advice giving & asking for help is encouraged too. Some folk are better/more knowledgeable than others, share ideas.
6. You can tell people about this. It's not Fight club, if you know someone who'd like it let them know. After all the original photo challenge was one of the reasons I stuck around, it was something to be a part of while I got a feel for you lot

7. Really there are no rules, just try & stick with the theme.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I'll try and do one specifically for this, but that will require something other than utterly overcast skies. In the meantime, I love the clouds in this:

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

I like the duck sitting on top of the hill.

Whereisit?

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 13:09

That's clearly a dragon.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

A duck sitting on top of a dragon?

Rather it than me.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Grim... wrote:

That's clearly a dragon.

It's Serenity, clearly.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Wullie wrote:

I like the duck sitting on top of the hill.

Whereisit?

A lay-by, The Mojave Desert.

4thDimension · **Joined:** 11th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 332

Click image for bigger, natch.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16625

I think this was probably a bit of a storm up in the mountains:

4thDimension · **Joined:** 11th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 332

Bastard

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Ooh, nice, both of you. Good catch on the seagull.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 13:32

Did someone say blue sky?

I took this in Spain a few years ago five minutes after a storm

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 13:46

Christ, you all went out and took those quickly.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 13:50

West Coast of Ireland. Very beautiful day and the beach was deserted. It was literally only me for as far as the eye could see and the Atlantic really is green.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Grim... wrote:

Christ, you all went out and took those quickly.

Aye, I was beginning to think I might have to put proper rules in the rules

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16625

Sorry. Here's one from today:

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

You said no rules! Facists.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 14:30

Craster wrote:

You said no rules! Facists.

What's a facist you fascist?

sdg · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 16:07

I just uploaded Sunday nights photos so here is one which has pretty clouds.

Mr Burrrrt · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 16:53

Glider being towed by a plane near Budapest under some clouds.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 17:07

Slightly cheaty, but I did take these on Sunday at the Greenwich Beer & Jazz Festival...

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 17:39

superdupergill wrote:

I just uploaded Sunday nights photos so here is one which has pretty clouds.

7.16Mb! I think it's about time you learned about compressing images SDG

I like the Jack o' lantern in the foreground.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16625

I just went out for a bike ride to Blackpool and back and took my camera. Thought I'd get some pictures for this here thread. The clouds were rubbish, though. Properly shit. If the theme had been "brown and grey" or "shell suited cunts jeering at passers-by" then I could maybe have come up something.

sdg · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 18:08

DBSnappa wrote:

superdupergill wrote:

I just uploaded Sunday nights photos so here is one which has pretty clouds.

7.16Mb! I think it's about time you learned about compressing images SDG

That's a lesson I'd like to learn, I'm a bit uesless.

DBSnappa wrote:

I like the Jack o' lantern in the foreground.

It's a bit creepy. The creepiest thing about it is I'm almost certain there wasn't one there.

I was about to start name checking my favourite photos from this thread so far but when I looked back I realised I like all of them, so a wee round of applause.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Here's a photo of a picture that I found on my HDD from ages ago.

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NervousPete · **Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 22:57

Eek! Wullie - that scary cloud-dick weirdly freaks me out, maaaan!

Also, I'm not sure if we shouldn't rule out putting up photos already taken. It's a bit hard to discern which is new and taken for the challenge, and what's been lurking out on a HD drive for some time. (Although there's some mighty old cloud pics to be sure ye've got there.) At least I think old ones should be spoilered and new ones posted sans spoiler, so we can see what's what. It's just a bit of a shame as some of you have mighty tremendous stuff that might cause people who want to take part think, "Pffft. Could never compete with that," and shrug shoulders and lurk instead.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 0:10

Righto, here's mine taken on my way back from the cinema. Underexposed as usual, that's how I always seem to end up doing photographs. Maybe should have fitted in more cloud but wanted the foreground too. Still, it's the cloud that gives it the slightly apocalyptic feel.

'The Crossing'

NervousPete · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 0:11

By the way, how do you guys post photos bigger than 980 pixels high?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 0:47

Wullie wrote:

Here's a photo of a picture that I found on my HDD from ages ago.

Attachment:

R0013521.gif

Is it Dimrill?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 13:47

NervousPete wrote:

By the way, how do you guys post photos bigger than 980 pixels high?

They don't - they attach them. Just paste the URL straight into the folder window that comes up when you hit browse.

nickachu · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 15:21

Wullie wrote:

Here's a photo of a picture that I found on my HDD from ages ago.

How is that 87kb.

I love it.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11895

A cloud:

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Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11895

Another cloud:

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JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Fri Jun 04, 2010 13:43

Clouds suck ass. So I got this, a rare sight in the U.K.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Mong.

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Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Ooh, good one Wullie.

nickachu · **Posted:** Fri Jun 04, 2010 13:59

That's lovely woolly.
I couldn't upload my whale cloud from my phone

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

nickachu wrote:

That's lovely woolly.
I couldn't upload my whale cloud from my phone

I'll stick it on for ye then. 2 secs.

EDIT

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nickachu's whale.jpg

Malc74 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:35

Some "official" clouds...

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...and some "clouds in the water" clouds.

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Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:49

When does this challenge end? Not submitted anything yet.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

End of the month.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:05

NervousPete · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:41

Here's one from me - not totally happy with it so it's not on Flickr, but I can't resist a good dilapidated roof top and the cloud blanket looked nice. So, um, here it is...

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Craster wrote:

End of the month.

Quote:

...this fortnight's theme is CLOUDS.

Anyway, here's a picture from earlier in the week.

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The front horse looks sillier than usual because it is made of two horses.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 22:25

The clouds have been playing nicely the last few days.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Clouds, you say?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16625

Apparently I took this on Saturday evening but due to booze I didn't even remember doing so until just now:

I don't know if it's just coincidence or some weird refraction thing that's going on with the sunlight.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:12

It's Gods bellybutton.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Wullie wrote:

Craster wrote:

End of the month.

Quote:

...this fortnight's theme is CLOUDS.

Oops. What's the next one then, Wullie, eh Wullie, eh? The next one, eh?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:19

'Snatch'

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