Thursday, October 2, 2008

Sky Watch Friday #12

These were taken in February of this year during a period when we got a lot of rain here in Southern California. I'm tired of this heat and I'm hoping we'll get more of that much needed rain.




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28 comments:

Gemma Wiseman said...

Both images are simply stunning! So much drama!

Dirkjogt said...

Both nice pictures, well done!

BNS said...

I can sympathize. We need some rain here, too! Love the shot with all those birds.

Bobbie

Carletta said...

LOVE it in black and white!
Hope you get the rain.

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

I love the "dark" in these...

Anonymous said...

The first photo is just so dark and forbidding.

I'll swap your sunshine for the rain we're having right now :0)

Thanks for dropping by.

earthlingorgeous said...

Oh Wow! Look at those birds in flight! Great shot!

DeniseinVA said...

Beautiful photos, so many birds in the second photo. Sure hope you get that much needed rain soon.

me ann my camera said...

Very beautiful, although the reminder of rain makes me hope for sunshine today for we have had much rain recently and the ground is full of minature ponds on my lawns. I love the sky full of birds also for that looks much lioke a migrating sky, or gulls!

Unknown said...

I love that firt photo the best. We could use some rain here in North FL. too.

duopastorale said...

Nice sghots. Pop over here, it's quite cool.
My Skywatch

The Birdlady said...

Those are really beautiful...And the smiling camel is great!

John Theberge said...

It was 36 degrees when I got up this morning, a tad cooler than your part of the world.

Mary said...

These are great! I love the composition of that first one with the touch of sun, the spooky clouds and that tree on the side. The bottom one really shows the huge flock of birds! We need rain here, too. I know it will come soon and then I may want it to to away again, but we are really dry.

EG CameraGirl said...

Yep, rain sure can be beautiful! Happy Sky Watch!

Tootie said...

Since you needed the rain, those were happy clouds. :-) I guess the birds were happy too?

A Blog In The Rough said...

very nice pictures! Not sure which one I like better, they're both really neat, thanks for posting them :)

Leedra said...

Love the first photograph, I like fence rows,and although it doesn't exactly look like an old fence row with this light it still gives that appearance.

JunieRose2005 said...

These are great! I especially like the one at the top!




Junie

Kyle said...

"Rainy days and Mondays always get me down."

...But beautiful SkyWatch Friday images like these more than make up for it. Absolute gorgeous!

Oh, and regarding the "blocked" post... I've seen plenty of your comments elsewhere and a couple at my site, and I've never seen anything that seemed negative or offensive in the least. In fact, you always seem to go out of your way to be positive and encouraging in comments. Sorry it happened, but don't blame yourself!

MaryAnn Ashley said...

Great images...the movement of the birds is epecially interesting too... bust out the umbrella, rain tomorrow:)

Anonymous said...

Wonderful pictures.
I specialy love the light in the first picture.

Anonymous said...

That first one is very dramatic. I like them both, though they are very different.

PeacefulChaos said...

both photos are breathtakingly dramatic in their own ... what an eye you have!

Gretchen said...

Those are really great shots! Love all the birds. :)

Mary said...

Oh, these are beautiful shots! Happy SWF. :)

Anonymous said...

I'm running late again. Beautiful shots! Love the birds in the second photo. The first one looks like a storm brewing.

kjpweb said...

I'm late for these gorgeous shots!
But they still are. Gorgeous that is.
;) Cheers, Klaus