This weeks skywatch photograph comes from my recent trip out west. It was one of those trips that you just couldn't buy a cloud on. Skies were nothing but blue without a spot of white.While leaving the Grand Tetons and heading back to Yellowstone rain started moving into the area. We just happened to notice the sun coming through the clouds striking this group of Aspen trees with the dark clouds overhead.
I hope you enjoy this and every other sky watch Friday post today, to find more just click the sky watch link on the lower left of my site.
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Good Morning, Bradley. I love this photo and the many others you have on this blog. Especially the one of that wolf. It looks like you are so close to all your subjects. How do you stay calm? I would be afraid the animals would come charging. Your hockey pictures below are really nice. I tried to watch hockey a few times on TV but, I could never see that puck because it was sliding around so quickly. Naturally I gave that up. Anyway, I love you blog. Keep up the good work. Have a nice day. Happy Sky Watching.
Hello Michele, thanks for the kind words. Sometimes I am close, sometimes it is just that I am shooting with a big lens or the image has been cropped in. Staying calm is normally not a problem, it just requires learning the wildlife you are shooting. understanding their habits and anticipating their moves. I willnot put myself in harms way, to many people forget that the first part of wild animanl is "wild".
When I first started to watch hockey I did not like it myself, but after attending in person and setting close to the glass it becomes a different game. You feel like you are part of it. For these Bears games our seats are in row 4, so we fell like we are part of the action.
Thanks again Brad
very beautiful
Mine SWF post in HERE. Hope you have time to visit. Thanks.
The sky is wonderful. The trees are spectacular. The shadows and light are stunning. The whole package is breathtaking!
Oh man, that is stunning. I love the contrast in color and texture. Absolutely beautiful.
Oh, wow! this is a wonderful shot. Love that lighting.
Great shot. Love the strong saturation and contrast against the storm clouds. It's a great part of the US to photograph.
Nice "Sky Watch" today.
Come visit our Sky Watch over, Cooks Inlet, Alaska.
Troy and Martha
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awesome colors!!!
Beautiful Autumn colour!
very good lighting contrast between trees and clouds.
Happy SW Friday!
dark clouds make it unique.. great photo. Happy weekend everyone.
Wonderful picture with fantastic colors!
Happy SWF!
Wow! Lovely yellow against the sky.
You certainly captured this beautifully.
Let's go Caps! Oh, and a beautiful skywatch shot, too.
(I was a Caps season ticket holder in the Rod Langway, Bobby Carpenter, Scott Stevens, Mike Gardner, Dale Hunter eras.)
Trees like gold :-))
I thoroughly enjoy this photo with dark skies and glorious fall colors.
I bet you enjoyed your trip out west.
Happy skywatching.
Thats a lovely photo, enjoyed it very much, in fact it is quite similar to mine this week.
Ray
AMAZING photo!! Love the colors.
Thanks for sharing.
Take care
Wonderful use of light. Great photo.
Marnie
That's an angry looking sky there. I wouldn't want to be one of those trees.
Bradley, so good to see you back, You have really captured the light on the birches and accentuated by that dark sky, they shine like the sun itself.
Michele cried wolf, where oh where can I find it, I love wolve, and that wonderful beaver lower down of course.
Breathtaking. I love this shot. Fall is a wonderful time for photography.
Excellent shot. Strong colors and dark clouds. Dramatic and beautiful. Almost like the fire and clouds in Mordor (LOTHR). Have a great weekend, Bradley
The yellow leaves are stunning against the moody sky.
Brad: You did a nice job of catching the yellow of the Aspens against the greying sky.
Wonderful unusual hues.
What an amazing photo! The clouds look so ominous. Great shot!
The lighting on the aspens is stunning, Bradley! I love that even the undergrowth is golden!
So glad you caught that glimpse. What a wonderful shot! Yellow leaves sunlit with the darkening sky. Phenomenal.
This moment of light photo is very beautiful! Really an autumn experience!
Yikes... that's just stunning!! Now that really hit the eye with such amazing contrast colors of the yellows, oranges against that perfect sky coloring! Awesome job!
Yes, I'm doing better now... thank you. I think I'm finding a good med that seems to be getting my epilepsy under control... keep your fingers crossed.
~Michele~
Mountain Retreat- Canada
That's a terrific shot. You really caught that moment when the trees lit up! Love it!
Lovely earth colors!
Lots of drama in that sky.
Oh my goodness this is a great shot, love the colour contrasts
Beautiful image, Bradley. Those aspens look like pure gold underneath the dark, forbidding clouds.
Have a great weekend!
~Kyle
Love those grey clouds in that blue sky. Make for a much more dramatic picture with those gold leaves.
Great photo for sky watch friday. The striking contrast of colorful trees against a changing sky is impressive.
Thanks for sharing your photos with us all in sky watch friday and your kind comments on my post earlier.
Your photos are gorgeous! I love the one of the falls in Yellowstone, looks just like I remember it. And the aspens, the color! Perfect!
This is such a wonderful capture with the sun shining on the tree tops like that!!
Oh, wow! Really cool shot!
Paz
Lovely shot. Looks like a storm brewing!
wow! i love it! :)
like a storm coming! :)
A fantastic photograph, with fabulous colors! I enjoy it a lot!
beautifully captured. I love this time of year with all the wonderful colors
Great picture. I like the contrast of the trees against the gray clouds. Thanks for sharing.
Love the colors Brad, great photo!!
WOW! Look at that! Nice grayish skies in those autumn colour trees!~
Mine are upHERE and HERE. If you get a chance ;) Happy SWF!
Wow, when you finally found a cloud, it was surely a dramatic one! Beautiful! Happy SWF. :)
Amazing colors! Great choice!
Love the colours of the trees and the way they are swaying
ola!... that is one of a kind SWF! thanks for sharing this, i was fascinated but the view, check out mine HERE
lovely color of the tree.
Wow! The yellows really pop in this photo. Beautiful. :)
Love the way the sun is hitting the trees. That yellow really pops. Look at those clouds. Gorgeous photo! Fantastic thanks for sharing!
Thanks all for the great comments, it was another wonderful sky watch again this week.
I really like this. You've got that great, bright burst of gold right in the center, the shadows below and the gray skies above. Really nice! :-)
I love the yellow trees! What a cool picture.
Hi Brad,
I really like the colors of the leaves contrasted against the clouds in the sky. Outstanding!
I also like the Market at Washingtonburg post. The B&W is especially good as it gives an old time feel to the scene.
Wonderful! Nature at its best and you have captured it perfectly.
That is a gorgeous view. I love the tricks of the light of which Autumn is mistress.
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