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Monday, July 15, 2013

Thematic Photographic 252 - Cloudspotting

Tip of the spear
London, ON
June 2013
When I was a kid, I spent too much time lying face-up on the front lawn, staring at the sky and trying to find shapes in the clouds above. I doubt I was much different from any kid at that time. It was, after all, a pre-Internet, go-outside-and-play world where kids weren't hyper-programmed by over-protective parents and the world seemed a little less mean-spirited.

Key word: seemed. I'm sure it was plenty nasty and scary. We just didn't seem to notice it as acutely as we do today. Maybe ignorance was indeed bliss.

These days, I don't lie in the grass as often as I probably should. First, I worry about bug bites. And other, ah, stuff. Second, it would embarrass our kids. Third, I get nauseous.

But that doesn't mean I can't wander around with a camera and point it skyward. As I did on this evening a few weeks ago, just after a major tornado-warning-spawning rainstorm had swept through the area. The sky becomes an amazing place in the wake of a southwestern Ontario storm - or, I'm guessing, a storm wherever you happen to live. So please consider this my challenge to y'all to get outside over the next week to take in the overhead show.

Your turn: Take a cloud-themed pic - remember, how you interpret the theme is entirely up to you - and post it to your blog, website or other online "spot". Leave a comment here letting folks know where to find it, and be sure to visit other participants. New this week: Bonus points for anyone who shares the #ThematicPhotographic hashtag on Twitter and Facebook*. Head here for more background on Thematic. And don't forget to have fun with it. Because fun is what this is all about.

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13 comments:

  1. 21 Wits1:15 AM, July 16, 2013

    I am a fan of cloudspotting since childhood as well! So bring on the clouds people! Here's mine

    http://twincitiesblather.blogspot.com/2013/07/thematic-photographic-252-cloudspotting.html

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  2. Cloudia2:27 AM, July 16, 2013

    Carmi, I posted some flavorful clouds here:

    http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/2013/07/in-clouds.html



    Aloha from Wacky Waikiki

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  3. photodoug10:41 AM, July 16, 2013

    Carmi, here we is our spotted cloud.

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  4. Max Sartin1:44 PM, July 16, 2013

    Beautiful picture, the way that one strip of cloud caught the light while the rest remained subdued. Great theme too. Here's mine.

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  5. Bob Scotney2:26 PM, July 16, 2013

    I must have had my head in the clouds with these.
    http://bit.ly/13rk3Fq

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  6. Michèle et Jean-Claude6:20 PM, July 16, 2013

    Great theme as usual! Here is my contribution. Thanks Carmi!

    http://cheznousottawa.blogspot.ca/2013/07/photographie-thematique-252-nous.html

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  7. fredamans9:54 PM, July 16, 2013

    Beautiful and yet threatening streak across the sky.

    http://fredamans.blogspot.ca/2013/07/cloudspotting.html

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  8. Alexia11:57 PM, July 16, 2013

    Great theme, Carmi, and I love your shots. Sadly I haven't got any pictures in my clouds, just clouds in my head

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  9. Unknown12:16 AM, July 17, 2013

    I love clouds! I have too many shots to choose from, so I will send you to my latest post... and since I am contrary, it is cloud streaking more than cloud spotting.

    And I always link to my Facebook with my posts... does that count for bonus points?

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  10. Gilly5:06 AM, July 17, 2013

    I love clouds, but Carmi, you chose the one week when we have had blazing sunshine in a clear blue sky! However, I have searched my archives and here are mine. http://gillymaccsphotos.blogspot.com

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  11. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©1:16 PM, July 17, 2013

    Here are some clouds from Columbus.
    ~

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  12. Max Sartin12:13 AM, July 18, 2013

    Here's some more I took this evening.

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  13. 21 Wits12:20 AM, July 18, 2013

    After another beautiful day of cloudspotting, I had to post more!

    http://twincitiesblather.blogspot.com/2013/07/thematic-photographic-cloudspotting-two.html

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