Superhero Photo Challenge: Clouds

I have a confession. The clouds have been so delicious in my neighborhood lately that I haven't been able to resist taking photos out of my car windows while driving. I know, I know, so bad! But I can't resist those yummy, puffy, poofy clouds. They are magic. (The clouds above were taken with my camera phone)

For this week's photo challenge, let's see your most stunning cloudscapes. 

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[Mod Girl]

An outing to the country, my boys climbed a haystack and we watched the clouds float by.

http://modobjectathome.blogspot.com/2009/03/day-off.html

[marty]

Last year we would get these really amazing clouds...but little rain.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martyhadding/2574140398/in/set-72157603717439236/

[melody is slurping life]

I always watch the clouds.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melsphotophun/2691660504/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melsphotophun/2854196646/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melsphotophun/469519245/

[jas]

I, too, find white cottony clouds against the blue sky irresistible. Here is my flickr set of clouds http://www.flickr.com/photos/ironacres/sets/72157615706755436/

[Carmen Torbus]

You too huh? I must confess, I do this all.the.time.

I swear the Universe speaks to me through the clouds and the stars. Clouds make me giddy!

My lucky number: http://distractedbydesign.blogspot.com/2009/02/youre-flame-and-im-candle.html

South Florida Sunrise: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmentorbus/3350946609/

Heart Revealed: http://distractedbydesign.blogspot.com/2009/02/oh-just-to-be-with-you-is-having-best.html

Love affair with the sky: http://distractedbydesign.blogspot.com/2008/12/love-affair-with-sky.html

Silver Linings: http://distractedbydesign.blogspot.com/2008/10/silver-linings.html

[S]

A reflection of the clouds in a window drew me in one day.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandis_art/3328530856/

[Georgia]

what a great cloud shot—i can't believe camera phones these days! they have come a long way! (not that it's the camera as opposed to the photographer responsible for the shot being good.)

i just used this photo/link for my comment on the shutter sisters hope post a couple of days ago, but i guess i can use it again. i'd try to use a different one, but this is my favorite of my cloud pictures. i took this while on the moving train to Chicago—not quite the danger that is involved with taking it while driving, but i have taken my share of those kind of shots, too. :)

http://itsjusthowiseethings.blogspot.com/2009/03/dear-georgia.html

ps. there are some amazing photos of clouds at the Cloud Appreciation Society web site. http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

[alice]

This was my favourite cloud of late:

http://peapods.typepad.com/peapods/2009/03/the-weather-report.html

:)

[Marcie]

Some early morning clouds and sun:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=280

[Jess]

http://fifthlampdown.blogspot.com/2009/03/superhero-photo-challenge-clouds.html
I went through my photos and found my faves.

[Karine Ardault]

Beautiful clouds.
African skies are beautiful.
http://karineardault.typepad.com/karine_ardault/2009/03/clouds-shutter-sisters.html

[Jen]

I am a cloud freak! I love them...I think this is one of my favorite shots:
http://americana.visualblogging.com/archives/11454_1807447140/310613

[Cristi]

There is just something fascinating about clouds! Here are a couple of my favorites on my flickr stream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/3107200799/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristic/3270012538/

If you haven't heard about the school boys that sent a camera above the cloud level, you should check these out as well.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/scenes_from_30000_meters_above.html

[margie]

i took this photo just last week in florida. it was such a wonderful sunrise, so full of hope.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/margela/

[CDScott]

I have never paid much attention to the clouds...but I will now that I have seen all these inspiring shots! Here are the few that I have noticed in the past.
http://courtneysablogger.blogspot.com/2009/03/hey-you-get-off-of-my-cloud.html

[Liz]

This is from just a week or two ago, the clouds were so interesting that day and I snapped a ton of pictures but this was the best in my opinion. The funny thing is that about two hours later, the sky was clear and blue!

http://inventingliz.blogspot.com/2009/03/sky-scraper.html

--Liz

[shelli]

We've got pretty blue skies here today, but here's my favorite clouds photo that I took last summer on vacation:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/spabis/2610638559/in/set-72157605811901074/

[Jean M Fogle]

I love beach sunrises! The clouds are different everyday.
http://pixels-n-pen.blogspot.com

[Amanda Johnston]

Oh, wow! We all love clouds :). Here are two of my favorites:
http://endlesslightcreations.blogspot.com/2009/03/sky-scape.html

[cindy k]

here's a couple of mine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71443419@N00/3000793874/in/set-72157605284477233/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71443419@N00/2679535165/in/set-72157605288042723/

[ELK]

one of my favorites to see each day.....clouds are so amazing! Thanks for a wonderful challenge:

http://www.redorgray.com/2009/03/fluffy-by-redorgray-on-flickr.html

[Charlane]

I love cushy, smooshy clouds

[Amy N.]

i'm just glad i'm not the only person who takes photos of clouds. :)

[Puna]

I love looking at clouds and I find them just as mysterious at night.

http://lifesignatures.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/a-mysterious-full-moon/

The photos by the Shutter Sisters are wonderful...

[Toni | Daily Vignette]

The clouds in this shot helped to set the mood:
http://dailyvignette.com/2009/03/17/the-forgotten/

And they made for a glorious sunrise reflection on some ice in this shot:
http://dailyvignette.com/2009/03/14/sunrise-reflection/

[Bridge]

love the clouds...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/2524979405/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/2877522008/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/2876687269/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/2876678409/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/2407080530/?edited=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/2474441847/

[Kath]

http://3yrplan.typepad.com/photos/kaths_photos/2008-07-17_1806.html

I live in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada - we have great light and great skies!

[Jenfoi]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3503/3216580516_7ebfa1e3dc.jpg

This winter, I caught these clouds in the morning with the sun rising in our backyard.

[Heather]

I always marvel at clouds and know if I went digging I'd find many in my files. This one is a snapshot I keep by my workspace of my husband and 4yo playing in the waves on a cloudy day in Maine.

http://heatherk.typepad.com/photography/2009/03/19-saturdays-from-now.html

[Sharon]

This picture has a lot wrong with it and technically it isn't that good, but the clouds are so ridiculously cool, I keep coming back to it. My 5yo begged me to take the picture, and I just snapped it to make him happy, Now it makes me happy.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/queenofsheba/3373343340/

[sharon]

I am taking photos through my car window a lot as well. I just use my point and shoot so I don't worry about settings.
(this is my first time posting to shutter sisters)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36537128@N08/3372773255/

[Jessica]

http://www.jessicatorresphotography.com/2009/03/21/day-32/

I actually think it is kind of hard to take cool cloud pictures. I mean, sometimes they all come out looking the same - and they are never quite as beautiful as they are in person. But there are great ones listed here! Fun challenge!

[mnkathy]

Quite an amazing camera-phone photo! They are quite luscious!

Here's mine. I've posted this one a million times before, so I apologize in advance, but it's my absolute FAAAAAVORITE of all time cloud photo!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25773211@N07/2480600563/

[Vanessa]

a big fat cloud just hanging there...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessa_r/3001496188/in/set-72157607450910728/

[Alejandra]

Clouds with a punch of red.
http://fotografias-fotografias.blogspot.com/2009/02/red.html

[Kelly]

I haven't shot that many cloudscapes, but this is one of my favorites, catching the clouds on fire...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8702729@N02/3274237853/

[divrchk]

I snapped this one a few weeks ago. http://www.flickr.com/photos/divrchk/3323871613/

[kimberlee]

One I got from our gorgeous day today.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59339563@N00/3373427787/

[Brenda]

Clouds up high. I took this of my middle son while we were on a family vacation in Hawaii.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/onebeach/132006263/

It was a whole family vacation. My parents, my sis and family, my bro and family.

[jag]

Cotton candy clouds... Love 'em! Perhaps I'll remember to look to the sky a bit more this week...
This shot inspired a Quote Note:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2905235153/in/set-72157607328527864/
xox

[Melissa]

I took this last summer from the car too! I have to admit...my husband was driving.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollymelly/2917305263/

[jody]

I caught some great clouds in Nevada this past week on our vacation to Vega's =)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodyangel/3366278927/sizes/o/

[GayleV]

I am just learning to appreciate the beauty of clouds. Here is one from January--taken from the car (hence the blur.)
http://momandcamera.blogspot.com/2009/01/winter-sunset.html
Love this blog and all the wonderful inspiration from these posts! Thank You!!

[Lecia]

eerie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_day_that_is_dessert/3337134090/

beautiful: http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_day_that_is_dessert/3337142474/

[merrymishaps]

I love clouds too. Especially at sunset.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/merrymishaps/2975803257

http://www.flickr.com/photos/merrymishaps/2727085514

http://www.flickr.com/photos/merrymishaps/2726260729/

[joanne]

the cloud photos have been wonderful... and the clouds have been just glorious around here the last couple of months...

here's one to share:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joiafly/3341223191

[Hei Yan]

A heart shape cloud! :D

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kt1171/3306102770/in/set-72157613988094822/

[missphom]

clouds are magical. the clouds here in jacksonville can be so darned lovely.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30886156@N07/3374762301/

[claudia]

When I first moved to MN I noticed that the clouds always looked low enough to touch. Still trying to capture that feeling through the viewfinder... Here are a couple from last year I still love.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2437416499/in/set-72157604676449621/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2443890795/in/set-72157603642653724/

[tricia]

Im also a big fan of those big floating balls of fluff:)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29526024@N03/3375141671/