SkyWatch Friday: SkyWatching at the beach

I didn't participate in SkyWatch Friday last week because I was at Atlantic Beach, NC and didn't take or want to use a computer.

I fear this will be an extremely long post because the conditions were perfect for skywatching.

The shots I'm using are from three different days.

There was a chance of thunderstorms every day but none materialized.

Since it wasn't a long trip and from the look of the grasses, plants and trees there had been sufficient rain this summer, I was glad we didn't have rain although I also enjoy storms at the beach.

One good thing about a chance of rain is there was an abundance of beautiful clouds.

I think clouds are very beautiful to watch form and change.

Much of the time the ocean was a very vivid blue.

There was a great variety amongst the different clouds.

There were also a lot of birds to add variety to the sky.

Since I picked so many shots to use I fear I'll run out of things to say.

There were several small fishing boats just past the breaking waves.

I love watching sea oats waving against the sky.

The beach wasn't crowded which I always like.

I think the wispy cloud looks like a dancer with long legs.

I like the mix of darker and lighter clouds.

I guess I could skip words in between the photos but I like to break the shots up a little.

When I started my other blog, which was my first one, I used photographs as breathing spaces in between the words.

Now that both of my blogs are primarily photographs, I use the words as breathing spaces in between the photos.

The gull was flying with a kite.

At first I thought the kite made it harder to shoot the birds.

However, after my brother in law mentioned the kite could be an opportunity, I started trying to get shots of the birds flying with the kite.

I love to shoot sunsets at the beach.

Although the sun set on the other side of the cottage, on the sound side, the clouds gained some color at sunset.

I upload my photos to flickr and add the image address to the post as I compose it.

I keep thinking I must be nearing the end of the photos I uploaded for skywatch.

However, each time I click the button for the next shot another one I picked for skywatch comes up.

I think this must be the most shots I've ever put in a post.

It takes more time to pick fewer shots because I have to spend more time figuring out the ones I think are the best.

It's quicker to pick a whole big bunch of shots which seems counter intuitive.

The part that takes more time with a big bunch of shots is thinking of something to say in between.

Thank goodness, I finally made it to the last shot because I'm getting tongue tied, or is it finger tied.

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