Thursday, August 7, 2008

SKYWATCH FRIDAY (Over Lake Michigan)



I thought these were verging on the abstract with the horizontal bands of colour. We had violent storms a couple of days ago and now the weather is slowly clearing.
These pictures were taken over a couple of hours yesterday evening and you can see the gradual improvement.
As the sun slowly broke through the clouds, the first couple of sail boats appear............
Soon to be joined by more as the first patches of blue sky appeared
Until eventually there was a whole flotilla of white sails and more blue sky than grey - HURRAY!

Photo Credits - CJT

18 comments:

bobbie said...

What a great series of photos. And the last is really lovely!

Kelly said...

Great series of pictures! They are all great! I love the sailboats...

Jane Hards Photography said...

I love those little boats. Lovely collection.

Photo Cache said...

I thank you for this collection of delightful images.

Michele said...

Oh this is a great series! I love the sailboats on the water!! Your photos are fantastic... =)
Mountain Retreat

Anonymous said...

Look at how small those boats are! I loved that last shot!

My SWF photos are posted in these blogs:
Jenn Was Here and Shutter Happy Moments.

Please drop by if you have some time. Thanks.

kesslerdee said...

Beautiful pictures- a really nice series!

Louise said...

Very nice photo series.

Gemma Wiseman said...

These clouds have a magical tone of blue-grey! delightful!

Anonymous said...

That is a cool shot i like it. Happy SWF! TC

Anonymous said...

oh I like your series of pictures for sky watch. Nice capture.

dianasfaria.com said...

I loved looking at them all and then being surprised by the boats!

Petunia said...

Simply and the best!

Petunia's SWF

Rose said...

Wow! That was a fabulous series...love how it ended with all those sailboats.

Celeste said...

Bobbie - thanks for dropping by, glad you enjoyed the shots.

Kelly - Thanks! It was quite a relief to see the sailboats after the bad weather we have been having.

Babooshka - thanks for dropping by, I was trying to show the contrast between the white sails and the grey sky.

Photo cache - thanks, glad you liked the series and thanks for dropping by.

Celeste said...

Michele - Thank you so much, having seen the amazing quality of the photos on your post, your words of encouragement really mean a lot, thanks for dropping by.

Shutterhappyjenn - My appartment is 21 floors up so everything tends to look rather minature! Helps to contrast with the enormity of the sky.

Dee - Thanks for dropping by, happy that you enjoyed my pictures.

Celeste said...

Louise - Thanks, glad you enjoyed them.

Greyscaleterritory - Thanks, I must be honest I am ready for a bit more blue now and a bit less grey! Thanks for dropping by.

Genny - Thanks, glad you liked it.

TommyV - Thankyou for dropping by, very happy tht you liked the shots.

Celeste said...

Lilyhydrangea - Thanks, I was suprised that the boats came out so quickly after the storm!

Petunia - Thanks for dropping by.

Rose - Thankyou, I am so glad that you enjoyed my shots.