Amazon sky

Late afternon in the Oriente, the wild East part of Ecuador. After a

walk in the Amazon forest, we arrived to the banks of the Rio Napo,

which carries the melting snow of the Andes to the mighty Amazon

river. A river is your only chance to get out of the canopy and afford

a view of the sky: the most fantastic sky I ever saw.

 

I just lifted my camera and clicked, no thoughts about composition nor

anything. It was simply too stunning.

 

I would appreciate your comments on this image, and once you are at

that, your ratings.

Nice capture!

Still the head in the heights, Mr Mele !

 

Nice play with lights, shadows, and pastel colours.

The composition is also very powerful. I want to come with you next time !

I have a fondness for blue-topped, cloudy sunset reflecting skies. and this one puts me in the right mood. I also like that dark blue wisp of cloud at upper left resembling a copter hovering into the scene!

Excellent.

Good light and beautiful forms here.

Beautiful colors and shapes here. You've done a good job of turning the sky into an abstract composition.

Salvatore, Sometimes it's best to not think to much about a composition and trust your eye and intuition's first choice. I agree with Bob's comment.

 

Beautiful abstract!

This got quite a warm welcome, and I am pleased with it: I decided to include in my remote landscapes

@Howard No, the helicopter no! I cannot help seeing an helicopter now... that is unfair, after having made it in the thick of the forest to escape civilisation!

@Lionel Want to come along? Do you like sandflies? They are for sure going to like you!

@Robert Abstract? Sincerely that was the last of my ideas...it was rather meant to be documentary of the beauty of such cluoud formation, and also their incredible variety in shapes and colours... does it have an abstract value? I mean, one understand what it is and its scale... what's left to abstraction, then?

Salvatore, Although I know these are clouds, can surmise their scale, etc, I still view this not as "clouds" but as color and form with a sense of movement. That's why I personally view this as "abstract"

If you have the photographers eye and blood, you don't have to think much about the composition and still capture sights as you managed above. I would also add myself to the abstract-club. You used the beauty of Mother Nature as the start for your shot and though it's clear what it is, it still is abstract, disconnected with the time and location it was taken at... Jiri

One of our most primal outlets for imagination is the sky. There is a depth of color, range of intensity and variety of form to catch the mind at every level of engagement. But looking at a 2D picture of the sky is a greatly reduced experience. Not so here. You have a real talent for capturing the wildness of things. I would envy you, but then I think of the sandflies and those half-bat half-vampire things that leap out of trees and eat your head off (I saw it! On a late night movie!) and then I get up and get a beer.