Late Afternoon Sky

313 - It's amazing how different the sky is from minute to minute and day to day. Here, shortly before sunset, there are highlighted bands of cloud, but towards the bottom of the image a wall of thicker cloud.

It seems unlikely that this is the cloud bringing the promised snow - the latest forecast is that snow won't arrive here until Monday.

[Amy]

beautiful!

[Hazel A]

The low cloud looks like a sea of soft marshmallow. Is your shot B&W or is that the natural colour of the sky?
I was hoping that the snow will hold off until Wednesday as that is our jan2013 word for the 16th and it is much nicer when it is newly fallen

[Paul Godfrey]

Wow, that is a nice sky. Great colours.

[Malc Bird]

Wow Ian - great capture, light and colour - and the Seagull(?) obliged

[Lee]

Great shot.

[Molly]

Beautiful light: those low clouds do look as if they contain a lot of moisture.

[Alison]

fab capture ~ love the low and high clouds here ~ I woke up excited expecting the snow only find drizzle :( ... I so want to make a mini snowman and take a photo LOL ... Monday here too apparently

[Hazel A]

Just viewed this again on my iPad instead of my laptop and it looks quite different. The sky looks much more menacing viewed on the iPad

[Therese]

Beautiful!!!

[Judith Johnson]

It looks like one those old fashioned paintings of a turbulent sea. Excellent shot.

[Christine]

Stunning!

[Lizzy Bean]

fav...fav fav fav. this is superb!

[Tony]

Amazing capture Ian, the sky is an awesome subject when there's some light and clouds about.

[Pyrrhula]

It`ve fool me. First I thought the clouds below are the waves of a ruff sea.
A beautiful pic. of wonderful clouds

[Sebastien]

Great light! You should move the bird a the rightest third (just kidding)!

[David Hinchley]

Great shot- really moody.

[Colin]

Very atmospheric.

[bkb in the city]

Great sky shot Ian

[Roslyn Brown]

Spectacular shot Ian, I love the colours...

[Ian Fisher]

@amyamoeba

Thank you Amy, glad you like it!

[Ian Fisher]

@purplehaze12

Thank you Hazel, this was natural colour, although it does look almost sepia in tone! No snow yet - it might wait for you.

[Ian Fisher]

@godders

Thank you Paul, glad you like it!

[Ian Fisher]

@malc

Thank you Malc - I hadn't even noticed the gull when I took the shot!

[Ian Fisher]

@gamelee

Thank you Lee, glad you like it.

[Ian Fisher]

@dolphin

Thank you Molly - those fierce looking clouds didn't come our way in the end, fortunately!

[Ian Fisher]

@alisonp

Thank you Alison - it would be nice to take snow shots for a change.

[Ian Fisher]

@purplehaze12

Thank you Hazel - that low band of cloud looks almost like a tidal wave when enlarged enough!

[Ian Fisher]

@monkeykid

Thank you Therese, glad you like it!

[Ian Fisher]

@busylady

Thank you Judith, it certainly looked rather threatening.

[Ian Fisher]

@chris17

Thank you Christine, glad you like it!

[Ian Fisher]

@lizzybean

Thank you Lizzy, and thank you for the fav!

[Ian Fisher]

@tonydebont

Thank you Tony - the sky, like your sunrises, varies so much from day to day.

[Ian Fisher]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Pyrrhula - that low bank of cloud does look rather like a tidal wave!

[Ian Fisher]

@sebasnikonfreak

Thank you Sebastien - I hadn't even noticed the bird when I took the shot, and when I did, the sky had lost much of it's beauty so too late to try again.

[Ian Fisher]

@boomersworld

Thank you David, I love the way the sky is in a constant process of change.

[Ian Fisher]

@isleofmanlandscapes

Thank you Colin, glad you like it.

[Ian Fisher]

@bkbinthecity

Thank you Brian - I love the variety of sky shots that are possible.

[Ian Fisher]

@roslynjoy

Thank you Roslyn - it was a marvellous sky as sunset approached.

[ladyjane]

Lovely moody tones - nice capture of the seagull, too!

[Steviepix]

Truly beautiful. Great capture. The light has been truly amazing over the last couple of days. Should be snow soon!

[Tanja Carda]

Amazing shot, the clouds are very moody looking but yet this is still peaceful and relaxing...well captured Ian =)

[Ian Fisher]

@ladyjane

Thank you Ladyjane - I hadn't noticed the gull when I took the shot, but I quite like it in there!

[Ian Fisher]

@steviepix

Thank you Stevie, we've had some wonderful skies recently, but I've resisted including a sky shot every day!

[Ian Fisher]

@tanja_1211

Thank you Tanja - I loved the variety of cloud types in here too.

[Tara]

Amazing Ian. Very dramatic and I love the lone bird. The clouds are wonderful. Instant fav for me.

[Caren]

Fantastic shot!!! The clouds are amazing and I love how you captured the bird in the shot.

[Ian Fisher]

@tara11

Thank you Tara - I hadn't even noticed the gull when I took the shot, but I quite like it there.

[Ian Fisher]

@clmiller

Thank you Caren, I love looking at dramatic skies. I hadn't even noticed the gull when I took the shot, but I quite like it there.

[Brian]

That's incredibly pretty. Well done.

[Ian Fisher]

@brianl

Thank you Brian - it was a magic moment that soon faded