Friday, May 04, 2007

More Sky-Fi Than Sci-Fi

No Need For Cloud Seeding Just Yet

Photographs copyright: DAVID McMAHON


These photographs were taken about eleven hours apart in time, and about 35 kilometres apart in distance. The first one was taken at dusk on Wednesday night in Melbourne’s south-east and the second was at dawn on Thursday morning, in the central business district. Yesterday we had some long-overdue rain, even as the city’s water catchments fell below 30 per cent for the first time. But the good thing about lots of scattered cloud is that you invariably get a great range of colours to shoot.

9 comments:

Bart said...

Wow, I bet the local sailors were freaking out. "We have no rhyme for both red skies at night AND morn! What do we do!?"

Also, I replied on my own posting to you, but just in case you don't notice it, I took the first "Bart's Eye View" from my cell phone.

david mcmahon said...

Hi Bart-Man,

As someone who was raised on the ``red sky in the morning'' wisdom, I know where you're coming from.

Look forward to seeing more of the ``Bart's-Eye View'' series. Nice cell phone shot.

Cheers

David

Shrink Wrapped Scream said...

Now that's my kind of picture! Thanks for sharing them, they belong on a wall somewhere, don't you think?

Anonymous said...

I Like this one David - you should call it 'one click at dusk, another at dawn'. Sounds like the movie title to the photographer's version of the cowboy western....

stay cool

gautham

david mcmahon said...

Hi Carol,

Thanks for the pat on the back. Kind words indeed. Hmmm, yes, maybe on a wall on the Louvre, perhaps!

Take care

David

david mcmahon said...

Hi Gautham,

What a great thought - you're so right. It's like you'd imagine a desert scene straight out of one of the Westerns.

Thanks for that comment.

Cheers

David

karoline in the morning said...

i luv sky shots...they are so unpredictable and each one is totally different...so, to be able to capture the intense colors with todays fab. cameras is truly a delight. good job david..

k

david mcmahon said...

Hi Karoline,

Exactly. The colours of each sunset are so different. It would be impossible to capture two that are exactly the same.

Thank you for droppping by and leaving a comment.

Cheers

David

Codinome Beija-Flor said...

Linda imagem.
parabéns