{"id":447,"date":"2010-10-29T01:24:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T09:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2010-10-29T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T16:55:59","slug":"amazing-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/29\/amazing-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During yesterday&#8217;s walk (my little dog tagging along) I got to view some amazing clouds. It was as if I was looking at one very large layer of cotton (thought of cotton candy too \ud83d\ude42 ) covering the sky.\u00a0 My dog typically likes to stop here and there to do his business, and I have to wait for him, and today was the other way around.<\/p>\n<p>It occurred to me that people might be thinking something odd was happening to me, standing right there looking up&#8230; turning my head to the left and then to the right and might even wonder what is he looking at? there is nothing to see! lol<\/p>\n<p>I thought about videotaping the clouds, and wondered if that would make them look two dimensional. I think to a non artist, it may seem trivial, to observe nature and really pay attention.<\/p>\n<p>As I was looking up I kept thinking how could I replicate what I see (and feel) in pencil, or watercolor, or even with the program <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-onsoftware.com\/products\/vue\/vue_8.5_infinite\/\" target=\"_blank\">e-on Vue<\/a>.\u00a0 Thoughts started to flow through my mind&#8230; I must really pay attention to the texture, and to the various layers of clouds&#8230; and how far are they from me&#8230;from the ground, and pay attention to the light.. how it passes through the clouds, can you still see the sky&#8230; yeah a little bit over there.<\/p>\n<p>I was really having fun, and my dog didn&#8217;t seemed to mind&#8230; I guess he must have been lost in his thoughts too.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t go back for the video camera, but did manage to take some pictures before the magical time disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>The picture below is the first one I took.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-452\" title=\"First Picture of Clouds\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds1.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking a closer look at the picture below, doesn&#8217;t it look like there is an upside down spider formed in the picture below top-mid left? or just my imagination.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-453\" title=\"Second picture of Clouds\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds2.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The one below shows an undulating layer of various layers of clouds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-455\" title=\"Third picture of Clouds\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds3.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This last picture was taken by looking straight up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds_aboveme.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-456\" title=\"Clouds above me\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds_aboveme.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds_aboveme.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.imageswithin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/clouds_aboveme-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many years ago I set to create an image for a magazine cover with a program called Vista Pro, similar to Vue but certainly not as advanced.\u00a0 The image contained clouds, a few trees and a hill, and it was quite the challenge to come up with something that looked &#8216;real&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday reminded me as well of that day, the attempts to try and duplicate what we have before us artistically by various different methods.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During yesterday&#8217;s walk (my little dog tagging along) I got to view some amazing clouds. 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