Photo of Altocumulus clouds taken on August 29th in Boulder, facing south. The Skew-T diagram for one hour before the photo was taken is also shown. The CAPE value is 389 which indicates that the atmosphere is unstable.
Cloud First // Matt Knickerbocker
Cloud First // Matt Knickerbocker
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Flow Vis Guidebook
- Introduction to the Guidebook
- Overview 1: Phenomena. Why Does It Look Like That?
- Overview 2: Visualization Techniques
- Overview 3: Lighting
- Overview 4 - Photography A: Composition and Studio Workflow
- Overview 4 - Photography B: Cameras
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Focal Length
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Aperture and DOF
- Overview 4: Photography D: Exposure
- Overview 4 - Photography E - Resolution
- Overview 5 - Post-Processing
- Clouds 1: Names
- Clouds 2: Why Are There Clouds? Lift Mechanism 1: Instability
- Clouds 3: Skew - T and Instability
- Clouds 4: Clouds in Unstable Atmosphere
- Clouds 5: Lift Mechanism 2 - Orographics
- Clouds 6: Lift Mechanism 3 - Weather Systems
- Boundary Techniques - Introduction
- Dye Techniques 1 - Do Not Disturb
- Dye Techniques 2 - High Visibility
- Dye Techniques 3 - Light Emitting Fluids
- Refractive Index Techniques 1: Liquid Surfaces
- Refractive Index Techniques 2: Shadowgraphy and Schlieren
- Particle Physics: Flow and Light
- Particles 2: Aerosols
- Art and Science
- TOC and Zotpress test
- Photons, Wavelength and Color
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Beautiful lighting!
Nice having the plane in the picture!
How funny to see the airplane! Awesome picture.
The colors are beautiful in this image.
I like how the airplane give the cloud scale
I like the spectrum of blue behind the clouds.
Cool – I like the 90 degree angle of missing clouds. It looked like someone cut a piece of the clouds out like cake
The editing really brings out the fine details, especially in the stratified layers at the bottom. I like how you’ve captured the sunset colors in the lower clouds. It reminds me of a dragon with its mouth open and the two “horns” at the top look like smoke coming out if it’s nostrils.
The gold in the corner of the image is really nice to look at. The editing looks great! Also its super strange that you took a photo at the exact same time as Meg
I like the flat irons in the original image, I would consider cropping it less.
The flatirons in this image are beautiful.
Love the airplane, once you find it it gives it a very unique look
The added contrast and vibrance to your edited photo makes the clouds stand out a lot.
I love the post-processing. It gives a great contrast between the light reflecting off of the clouds and the sunset in the back.
Great image! I like the hints of the sunset you have reflecting off your clouds.
I really like the pink hue you captured in this image!
I really like the the wispy clouds that you have coming in from the left of the image, I think it helps the image flow together.
I like the edit! The mountain in the bottom right adds context and depth!
The boosted contrast is beautiful! Great photo
It is incredible that you also caught the plane!
I think it was a good idea to crop out the street lights, it allows the focus to fall on the clouds and removes distractions.
What do you think about the current climate? How does it affect this cloud?
Nice job capturing the same (maybe?) plane as Meg did, I also think that the editing you did helps improve the visibility of the clouds in your image.
Good image, and good editing. I like the inclusion of the plane again on the same cloud as Meg’s picture, funny coincidence.
I like the editing done on this picture, it makes the picture and clouds pop out more
I like how you added coloring and contrast to the image. I think it helps you really see the cloud even better.