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Landscape III


Landscape III
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Copyright: Tairi Tappo (uduputuk) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 28 W: 24 N: 42] (226)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05
Categories: Sky
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-28 8:34
Viewed: 763
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
There are different types of clouds... but did you know who named the cloud types? Here's the story. Clouds held a particular fascination for a young Englishman named Luke Howard (1773-1864). His father had sent him to grammar school at Burford, a village to the west of London. But Luke was more interested in the books about nature than in volumes of the Greek and Latin classics.
Before 1800, observers spoke of clouds only as "essences" floating in the sky. Clouds had no names and were not well understood. The nature and behavior of atmospheric gases, such as oxygen and nitrogen, were just being investigated in the laboratories of Great Britain and Europe.
In Luke Howard's school years, high-level dust from volcanic eruptions in Iceland and Japan caused brilliant sunrises and sunsets. To Howard's logical mind, clouds and complicated halos must be the result of cause and effect in the natural order. Luke wanted to know more.
At the age of 20, Howard returned to London to work as a pharmacist. As a hobby, he joined a group of scientists, known then as "natural philosophers," who called themselves the Askesians (searchers after knowledge). Each member, in turn, read a scientific paper to the others. Luke Howard's turn came one night during the winter of 1802-03. His paper was titled, "On the modification of clouds." In our current language, modification means classification. This paper was so well received that it was published and it has become a classic in the history of science. Today we still use the basic scheme that Howard presented that night and the Latin names he assigned to the clouds. (source)

cloud types

I belive there're cumulus clouds on this image. Am I correct?
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Hi Tairi,
Superb landscape. very pleasant colors and light,well done.TFS.

hAyAti

A nice landscape, well done picture but boring. Next time put something, a rucksack for example in foreground. I have something alike on TE: a rock in foreground then mountain and sky; being impressed by the landscape I forgot to put my rucksack on the rock and now looks boring.
P.S. On TE is posted a variant without rock in foreground – same boring.

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7745)
  • [2006-10-31 18:41]

Hi Tairi
Nice landscape shot. Good colours, DOF, sharpnes and POV.
Well done

osse

Hi Tairi,
I like these clouds against the amazing blue sky, nice shot!
Greetings,
Vanilla73

Hello Tairi,
This photo is very impressive specially, pure blue sky.
Very nice captured!! Wonderful colour tone, I like that very much.
Best wishes,
Kevin

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