Trees & Clouds

I was out for a walk yesterday when I saw these trees all in a row. I thought they looked cool with the neat clouds and blue sky in the background. Just a basic photo for today, but don't worry, I have more tilt shift and brewfest ones coming. ;)

Fake HDR Clouds

While sitting outside enjoying the sun I saw some cool clouds. While I was looking at them I thought they would probably be fun to play around with in Lightroom. I spent a little time trying to give them that HDR look. I really like how this one turned out! The clouds look neat, the sun looks like a Phoenix, and the stuff at the bottom has a cool look. :)

Cool Clouds

I've been on a cloud kick lately because there have been so many cool clouds lately! Here's some more. I really like the spring green of the trees and how blue the sky is (no photo retouching done).

Angry Clouds

The other day it was beautiful, then over about an hour the clouds rolled in, some looking VERY ominous like they were going to unload buckets of water on us any second. Fortunately we were able to get inside before the rain started. :)

Spring Tree and Clouds

We had some good, big, puffy storm clouds the other day. I thought the tree starting to bloom in the Spring looked cool against the clouds. :)

Clouds Behind Trees

I was walking back from the train and saw this. I thought it looked cool with the trees acting as a boarder on the bottom to the big, puffy clouds in the sky. This is 2 rows of 6 photos each stitched in Photoshop CS4 (don't have CS5 - yet). I did a little manipulation in Lightroom, though not much.

In this 2nd one I took the same photo from above and pulled the Clarity slider in Lightroom all the way down. I really like the effect this produced. I like both equally but for different reasons. :)

Big Cloud

I was watching the kids play and ride bikes (something I do every day after work if it's not raining) when I looked up and saw this really cool looking cloud. Just had to take a picture of it. It was cool how it ran the same direction as our street, looked like if it dropped down to the ground it would fill the street perfectly.

Clouds at Home

It was a lovely day out, I was sitting in my usual spot so I could watch for cars coming while the kids were riding bikes. I looked up and the clouds were looking really cool. Once again, I took the photo with my Droid and it came out ok, but rather blah. So I punched it up in Lightroom giving it a little fake HDR treatment - or should I just say I tone mapped it? Either way, I like the end result! :)

Puffy Clouds

Riley's friend had a birthday party at this cool wooded area by us. While walking the trails I looked up and saw these cool, puffy clouds.