It would not be recognisable as a Port Macquarie skyline without the ever-present pine trees.
On this particular morning, the skies above them were my focus, as the cloud show was extraordinarily varied, in pictures and patterns, in colours and connotations, in figures and fancies.
I have often shared sunrises or sunsets, and feel obliged to do a little bit of that here, as the seascape sunrise is always a treat, but today what’s above those strips and swirls of colour are more interesting.
If you think blue skies are boring, and prefer the endless mystery of cloud shows, you might like The Cloud Appreciation Society, to which my friend and webmaster Fred Baker introduced me. Check it out.
Blue skies are made interesting by clouds, so a little bit of blue is allowed to peep through for contrast.
I kept almost tripping over as I walked about ‘with my head in the clouds’, looking up and twisting backwards in case I was missing another ephemeral wonder.
Whether the clouds were white or grey or both, they were making so many different images up there that I couldn’t keep up.
The display above Nobbys itself seemed to emanate from it, radiating like a bridal veil into the blue.
But today I think the unlimited shades and shapes of grey clouds have won me over; I almost want to delete that distracting bit of colour on the horizon…
Like here. From pearly grey to almost black, from wisps and lace to ripples and smudges, from haloes to heavy linings… I love these clouds!
Well Colleen, you are looking at it as an artist and photographer, whereas in this post I am looking at it as a cloud lover.
The warm colour on horizon provides that little bit of contrast that makes it overall more interesting.
Glad you appreciated it, Derek!
Excellent.