Burning Sky by CoreyBlack
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I've been meaning to post a picture dedication for my Dad for some time now, but couldn't seem to pick the right one. When you have a 10,000+ picture backlog, simply choosing one of them can be a bit of a challenge. I wanted to post one of my old black and white photos from the '80's to commemorate my father turning me on to photography 25 years ago this coming June, but scanner issues have precluded being able to do that right now. So, I picked this one at random because I thought it looked cool. Hope you like it Dad.
I haven't done anything to this picture in terms of photo manipulation except to sharpen and re-size it. If I recall, this was the sunset through a slowly dissipating storm cloud. I made it off the balcony of my apartment in the Albany Park area of Chicago on June 23, 2010.
Comments (14)
Chipka
I love a good sunset and there are some good ones when you're far enough west in Chicago to keep most of Chicago out of the way. This is a perfect example of that. Skies are so dramatic around here in spring and summer and I love the fiery intensity of this. I love that you even left the angled eaves of your back porch in this...it lets me know exactly where you were standing, because I often lean over the railing in that spot in order to capture a great snap of one of the almost-frequent 777s that thunder overhead. They don't fly by often, but when they do, you feel it. I just love a passenger-liner airplane with enough legroom for beanpoles like me, Victor, or even Pavl, even though Pavl is only 5'11 or something like that. But anyway, back to this shot. I love the curdled sky, it's almost buttermilk, or whatever they'd call those bubbly, boiling cloud formations, and the color is nicely dramatic: I guess since Chicago is built on flat, flat land, we don't have big ol' mountains getting in the way and causing weather to make U-Turns and detours. As a result of this, you get super shots like this and on top of it all, it's a great dedication. Your dad really liked one of the shots I took of a Catalpa tree...I won't go into all of the details behind THAT but suffice it to say, anybody who likes Catalpa trees is pretty effin cool in my book. So there. I love this shot. And congratulations on 201 posts. I look forward to 201 more posts by the end of 2011.
eekdog
beautiful sky, them clouds look like mammatus clouds, rarely happens in our state, and they are a visual delight. super capture. Happy New Year / Steve
danapommet
Fantastic sunset and amazing color. Wonderful dedi for your father. Dana
blinkings
I know all about that picture backlog problem! And with 2 terabyte drives sooo cheap...well they just exacerbate the problem! Anywayz great colours here.
auntietk
Gorgeous! This bumps up nicely against your Tangerine series, and makes me think of Marmalade Skies. A beautiful dedi for your Dad. I send my thanks along to him for introducing you to photography all those years ago. If it weren't for that, I never would have had the pleasure of meeting you!
costapanos
This image just glows! love the intensity of the colors!
durleybeachbum
Absolutely superbly amazingly wonderful!
KateBlack10
Gorgeous dedication to Dad Corey! Stunning colors and love the POV. I'm with Chip, I love that you left the part on the left (ha!) - adds to the POV. Very cool!
jeanebean
It's right up there with the 40 Ford model. Thanks, Corey Love, Dad.
sandra46
SPLENDID IMAGE!
flavia49
wonderful tribute!
beachzz
Zowie---this ROCKS, those colors almost singed my hands as I typed this!
KatesFriend
Storms can do some truly fantastic things to light especially in the early evening when the sun is low. In this shot the air itself seems to be glowing in the left over energy.
kgb224
A gem of a capture. I have nearly something similar in my portfolio. One of my first uploads when i just started with photography in 2006. Used a 3mp Kodak point and shoot digital camera at that time.I just love the colors of the sky.