On the return journey I noticed that the wind speed had increased a little, and looking up I saw it had been stirring the high level clouds. In fact it had made an awe-inspiring arrangement of varied patterns. The best looking clouds were quite high in the sky, so I decided to photograph them along with the top of a single turbine. They are great examples of some of the forms that cirrus (Latin for curl, fringe or tuft) clouds can take. When I viewed the image on my computer I could see that some might think they are "Photoshopped" clouds, the result of my imaginings, or perhaps artful deformations of less spectacular formations. I can assure you they're not - in fact WYSIWIS (what you see is what I saw)! However, I did feel that traditional black and white with a digital equivalent of the old high contrast "red filter" would show them off to best effect, and to that small extent I have "enhanced" them. So here they are - one of nature's spectacles that quite made my morning!
photograph & text (c) T. Boughen
Camera: Olympus E510
Mode: Aperture Priority
Focal Length: 14mm (28mm/35mm equiv.)
F No: f7.1
Shutter Speed: 1/640
ISO: 100
Exposure Compensation: 0 EV
Image Stabilisation: On