Matterhorn Manticore

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 14, 2014515 views17 comments

In my previous post of a sunset over the Matterhorn, Gary Phillips thought it looked like some kind of dragon. I too felt that as I watched, which is why I took this picture of just the cloud formation. To me it looks like some mythical beast, possibly looking back at the Matterhorn (which is just out of the picture to the right). (5D3, 70-200 f2.8 @ 73mm, 1/13s, f/13, iso 100, tripod and cable release)

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 14, 2014 at 10:44 AM

The bright orange rim lighting and it's complimenting blue sky make this one for me. A beautiful abstract which could substitute for a Rorschach test.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on January 14, 2014 at 11:01 AM

This is amazing! I can look a long time at photos like these, and this is the reason why we should always keep an eye on the skies above us.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 14, 2014 at 11:09 AM

I've never seen those clouds around the Matterhorn...those clouds remind me of an image taken by Raphael Rojas a couple of years ago...... You did a good job capturing those clouds and its colors. Great details as well. Amazing clouds

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on January 14, 2014 at 12:15 PM

Wonderful colors and feeling of movement in this Mark. Like the light on the edges of the clouds. Wonderful abstract.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 14, 2014 at 12:24 PM

Most excellent dragon, indeed. the rim light is fabulous, and the color and cloud shapes, spectacular.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on January 14, 2014 at 2:01 PM

wow

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Comment posted by Daniel Finchum on January 14, 2014 at 2:22 PM

One of those feelings where as if I am laying on my back on the grass, gazing up into the sky and imagining all sorts of creatures flying by. Colorful, beautiful, unusual, and funky all at the same time.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 14, 2014 at 3:46 PM

Mark, That is one amazing cloud! Wow!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on January 14, 2014 at 5:13 PM

The formation is really complemented by these strong wonderful colors, Mark. What a wild exhibit of nature's wonderful cloud formation overall.

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Comment posted by Jon Daining on January 14, 2014 at 8:48 PM

I see the dragon now! Again, these clouds are very unique, thanks for sharing!

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on January 15, 2014 at 1:05 AM

Odd, dramatic dangerous looking clouds.
Unique and well done.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on January 15, 2014 at 9:54 AM

That cloud is just insane. Great abstract . I' m pretty sure I've never seen anything like it. I still prefer the one with Matterhorn included but both are keepers.

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Comment posted by John Williams on January 15, 2014 at 12:52 PM

Amazing edge lighting you caught in both this and the prior. I think this would work well for a dragon's breath too. The darks are dark enough to make this look like smoke, subtly lightening them might make it look more like clouds without removing too much drama.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 15, 2014 at 4:41 PM

Another very nice image in this series Mark..
With this light & 'flow', I could almost imagine this as a closeup section of lava lamp

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on January 16, 2014 at 2:13 PM

Beautiful capture Mark, love the rim light, the colors are amazing. Beautifully seen and presented.
John

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 18, 2014 at 7:56 PM

Art in the sky!!! Awesome Mark!

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 20, 2014 at 5:37 PM

That's pretty wild!

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