Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Illinois Skies (aka Pictures That Don't Suck)

I did actually get some nice pictures from my camera. I happen to like cloudwatching, so I shot some photos of the sky during the first shoot. I think this camera will do an adequate job of photographing clouds. Following are some pictures from the evening of May 29, with a westering sun. Unfortunately I missed the bright orange penny of the sun caught between cloud and ground, as I was helping jump-start the lawnmower at that time.

This is a view of clouds to the east of Fieldhaven.



This is a view of clouds to the south of Fieldhaven.



These are pictures of clouds to the west of Fieldhaven.







You can see that it took a little practice to get the horizon line relatively straight. Earlier pictures were worse about that. The 30-second limit on aiming does not help.
Tags: illinois, nature, personal, photography
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haikujaguar

haikujaguar

June 4 2009, 20:34:07 UTC 12 years ago

It is comforting to me! Like Florida. :)

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je_reviens

je_reviens

June 5 2009, 00:47:33 UTC 12 years ago

I've lived in the mountains and I got claustrophobic, never able to see the horizon and only parts of the sky. Natives to that area told me if they spent too much time on th ePlains they get -- what is it, agoraphobia? Fear of wide open places.

I love the big sky. I love seeing the horizon. To me it feel sspacious and open, like the world goes on forever and ever, with no end at all.
fayanora

fayanora

June 5 2009, 07:48:36 UTC 12 years ago

More boring than unnerving. But then, I was raised in flat land. Only now do I live in a mountainy area.
je_reviens

je_reviens

June 5 2009, 00:45:56 UTC 12 years ago

LOL -- yes it is!

That's why we need skyscrapers.
ysabetwordsmith

Hmm...

ysabetwordsmith

June 5 2009, 02:45:04 UTC 12 years ago

In contrast to places like Tennessee, California, or the Grand Tetons, Illinois is pretty flat. But it's not really flat. I've been to places that are FLAT, parts of Montana and Nevada. Here we have low rolling hills and dips, which are more perceptible when a) you are walking up them or b) heavy rain has caused the fields to flood. Also parts of Illinois are broken into upland forest and riverbottom; those are essentially pleated into near-vertical ridges around a waterway. Very pretty.

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ysabetwordsmith

Re: Hmm...

ysabetwordsmith

June 5 2009, 06:39:09 UTC 12 years ago

Wow, those are handsome mountains!

If I get a chance to photograph indications of slope in my area (like the next time it floods), or better yet the upland ridges near Lake Charleston (about 15-20 minutes away), I'll post some.