Entries from 'clouds'
flower overload
- Aperture: f/4
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/83 s
- Focal Length: 18.1mm
- Camera: COOLPIX P7000
On Saturday we went to Kew Gardens, the royal botanic gardens. It was freezing cold, but the cherry (and other) blossoms were out and really, really beautiful, as were the many flowers in the impressive greenhouses. We walked around for a few hours and even went up the tree top walk, all in a mix…
painting the sky
- Aperture: f/2.8
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/487 s
- Focal Length: 6mm
- Camera: COOLPIX P7000
The rains have started and lately, the sky has been full of the most amazing clouds in all shapes and colors you can imagine. I caught some of the spectacular formations on my way home the other day, from the parking lot and outside the car window, and made it home just before the sky…
a day at the lake
- Aperture: f/3.5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/1054 s
- Focal Length: 9.7mm
- Camera: COOLPIX P7000
On the last day of summer we drove to Austria and spent a day at the Schwarzsee, a little lake near Kitzbühel. The sun was still warm and so I got into the water for a little swim before enjoying some coffee on the lakehouse terrace nearby. In the afternoon, we went for a walk…
Sunset Saturday XXXXVII
Evening sky with big clouds and beautiful colors at our house. The past week we’ve been settling back into life here and trying to get into some kind of routine. Our garden is green like never before and our dog seems really happy to have us back. Things are pretty much back to normal, with…
Sunset Saturday XXXXII
The sky is on fire. A burning, red evening sky over Gaborone. These days, the light over here is just incredible. The rainy season has started for good and different layers of clouds break the sunrays in various colors, making it most spectacular during dusk, like this flaming red, orange and pink. Photo taken by…
winter skies
These days, there are quite a few clouds in the sky, casting shadows over the land and adding to the feeling of winter. The big, low-hanging cloud formations sometimes look like they actually belong into one of these massive oil paintings. Then again the clouds will open up to show a piece of blue sky,…