wild sky

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

-excerpt from Ring Out Wild Bells by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

We can think of nothing more true than the infinite possibility of a brand new year. Today, as we ring out 2010, share with us shots of your own wild sky. It is often said 'the sky is the limit' after all and we love the sound of that.

Comments

[Marcie]

The sky IS the limit:
http://marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=1381
http://marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=1382

[Trevellion]

Believe in yourself and yes, the sky is the limit........or is it?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9970083@N02/5303217758/

[hurworld]

The sky makes the shot, to me anyway.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hurworld/3481267929/

Happy new year everyone!

[Jennifée]

So lovely to look at images of wild skies now that the sky here is a flat and low uniform grey.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85057042@N00/4489115261/

Happy new year - I'm so glad I discovered Shutter Sisters in 2010!!

[Kat]

That is a beautifully dramatic sky! I love the processing, it really enhances the photo.

Here is one of my recent favorite skies:
http://www.kateyeview.com/2010/12/into-sunset.html

And I'm with Jennifée - finding Shutter Sisters in 2010 was a great thing for me too! Happy New Year, Felice Anno Nuovo!

[Puna]

My husband flies and I love the sky images he brings home.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2010/11/november-17-morning-glory-at-my-window/

[kristin]

sunset.
fire in the sky.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/5155763857/

[Becky Sue]

So glad I discovered the "Picture" series and Shutter Sisters in 2010! Tracey and you all have done so much to help me improve my photography. Thank you!

Here's one of my favorite wild sky pictures from 2010.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslaflam/5101548521/

[Kathy Winter]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathywinter/3195512060/

[Kristy Life-n-Reflection]

Great take on New Years! Incredible color!

[Line]

best wishes for 2011!!

http://gagazinecantons.blogspot.com/2010/12/retrospective-et-bonne-annee-2011.html

[melissa]

tracey, this photo has my heart. completely.

[Winn]

Happy new year!

I don't have wild sky. :(

[michelle]

Happy New Year! Here are a couple of my favorites:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50099518@N05/4845004997/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50099518@N05/4845622328/

[Patti]

happy new year. i 'found' a poet to go with my sky. wonderful way to start the new year. Antonio Porchia couldn't sell his book of poetry, so he gave it away at libraries and became famous. Give abundantly! happy. happy.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stakos/5309828306/

[Kara]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ketchuplover/4806755845/in/set-72157623326104555/

This sky fills me with possibilities ~

[humbird]

Love the treatment of this photo!

Driving on a 28 mile dirt road last fall near Red Lake Wildlife refuge to take photos of Trumpeter Swans (who had not yet arrived) and stopped to take photos of a storm moving overhead, in contrast to the sunlit gold prairie grasses, and a lone mailbox. Solitude and drama.

Happy New Year's!!!

[humbird]

Helps if I post the link...

http://humbirdhum.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/the-mailbox/

[Audra Van Vliet]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellsbellarina/5152562971/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellsbellarina/5153168532/

[Elizabeth]

Lovely.

[Betty Thompson]

Happy New Year!

http://www.shutterbugmuse.com/2006/12/04/spacious-skys-amber-waves/

http://www.shutterbugmuse.com/2009/12/28/188/

[rawqueen]

A fabulous sky shot! Thank you! Here is one of my fave sky shots this year. One Love & Happy New year!
http://somethingblu.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/ten-reasons-every-day-should-be-fathers-day/

[Lesli Joe]

This is a hymn in my church hymnbook. I've always loved that it was a poem from Tennyson.

Here is one of my favorite sky pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestepfordchild/5216267753/

[Ashleigh]

I LOVE skyscape pictures! I have been so thankful for discovering Tracey and her Picture class series. Looking forward to Picture Winter! My photography has greatly improved from Picture Fall, merci beaucoup!

You ladies inspire me so much!! I couldn't chose my favorite but here is a sampling of some pics from my deck :D

http://www.bleuoiseauphotography.com/Nature/skies/Skyscapes/14902922_BzaE5#1112522642_b6uyy

Have a great New Year!
Ashleigh

[WorthIt!]

I love the peacefulness of the sky after a storm.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52055227@N07/5309757741/

Happy New Year to each and every one of you!

[brandi]

well, I don't have a wild sky but this is the sky today, the last day of 2010. I think a beautiful end to a beautiful year.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dandelionseeds/5310351544/

[Denise]

One of my favorite sky shots.

Taken on the first 4th of July that my boyfriend and I got to spend together, after 2 years of dating. It was a special and very fun evening.

2010 has been a good one. Hope everyone has a great 2011!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deniselivingston/4774217295/#/photos/deniselivingston/4774217295/lightbox/

[tara]

Happy New Year!

This sky shot makes me want to follow to wherever is next ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/impossibletask/4397213212/

[Dotti]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48337138@N04/5310197061/

I love taking sunset photos. Here's a recent one taken just over a month ago off the Na Pali Coast of Kauai. It's a fitting tribute to the old year as it goes off into the sunset. (Yeah, I know: Pretty corny!)

Happy New Year to all you Shutter Sisters out there! :D

[Deanna]

I thought a sunset was appropriate for the last day of the year.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djinjoe/5311007058/

[Texan Mama]

Have you ever gone outside and said, "It smells like it's going to rain"? Am I the only one who does that? I don't know exactly what the smell is, it's just a smell. I've read that the nose can detect hundreds of different scents, and that they conjure up memories more powerfully than any of the other senses. I believe it. Every time I smell sawdust I am taken back to my dad's workshop where I would play with his pieces of scrap wood and tiny brad nails, "building" my own masterpiece (a misshapen box, a sign with my name carved in it, etc.)

Anyway, sky... with rain.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/texanmama/4391114214/
(taken with my point-n-shoot. Nothing spectacular...)

[otherjackson5]

The sunset reflected in the moon roof of my car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/otherjackson5/5116023812/in/set-72157625241976446/