Cirrostratus and other clouds / by Mister Tom

A post for the cloudwatchers.

I have been reading the Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, and in a very geeky way been finding it very illuminating. It is sharpening my admiration of the beauty of skies, and in learning to classify clouds and their behaviour I am keener to photograph them and capture their 'ephemeral beauty'.

Follows are my efforts to capture the swiftly changing skyscape of high cirrostratus and cirrocumulus.

Cirrostratus 1

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Cirrostratus 2

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Cirrostratus 3

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Cirrostratus 4

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Cirrostratus 5

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Cirrostratus 6

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This is midmorning Altocumulus Stratiformis with some thin low level stratus, AKA in this case: 'radiation fog'.

Altocumulus Stratiformis