AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Sea of Clouds


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Some sunlit skies and gathering cloud at Tootgarook, Mornington Peninsula
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Sky Watch prompt #7
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A hint of shadow in chameleon clouds at Tootgarook
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Walking in gentle light beneath soft rippling clouds at Tootgarook
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Clouds become like rippling waves at Tootgarook
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Rippling clouds over a smooth sea at Tootgarook
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ More rippling clouds at Tootgarook
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The sea of clouds is
A moody place ~
Where the waves of light
Stir
A strong
Undertow of
Shadow
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But somewhere
There is
A patch of blue
To find your wings
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Blue space in a sea of white cloud at Tootgarook
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53 comments:

Photo Cache said...

What a beautiful collection of cloudscape you assembled for us today. Photos #2 and #3 are my favorites.

Have a good weekend.

Maria Verivaki said...

a very cloudy set of photos - i like the stark tree stump against the sky background

Anonymous said...

Lovely photos - great captures for SWF:)

Merisi said...

Truly beautiful collection of sky and clouds!

Michele said...

I like the rippling clouds by the water's edge and the wire fence a lot... that one really peaked my interest! Pretty. The poem is beautiful.
Mountain Retreat

Anonymous said...

1,3 and 7 are the ones I like best, nice place Tootgarook. (watch the horizon, if I may be so free to say this, at some photos the sea is draining ;-)

Anonymous said...

These are all such great sky shots Gemma! Just beautiful...

Mayet said...

Beautiful photos you have here!!

Rosebud Collection said...

What wonderful pictures..Like you, I love the clouds/sky..something so peaceful about it..

A Wild Thing said...

The sky, the clouds, the sea...ahhh...life is good down under...all you need is chocolate!

sharon

Louise said...

Lovely clouds and water. I really like the one with the fence in the foreground.

Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardens said...

Lovely words and lovely pictures; shadows shrink away under this mass of white turbulence; interesting formations each different. Fine photography, Gemma.

magiceye said...

breathtaking compositions!

Anonymous said...

Love the tree silhouette. Nice collection, Gemma.

Anonymous said...

That's some great sun and some great shots! Thanks for stopping by Photonic Harmony, all the very best.

Randi said...

Wonderful SWF, makes me wont too take a long walk in your photos. I just have too dream away.

Jane Hards Photography said...

These have a marvellous fluid light so clear and airy. Gorgeous set of images.

Anonymous said...

Aren`t those clouds wonderful by giving a space for an imagination and a beauty. Your photos are telling just about it!

Have a happy weekend, Gemma!

Ces Adorio said...

Gemma, these are absolutely gorgeous skies. I am now convinced that almost everything in Australia is beautiful, even the reject lanes of past lives (post below). I love your poetry. I need to come back and linger. You have a lot of eye candy photographs and soothing beautiful words. Thanks for your visit.

me ann my camera said...

A wonderful series with meaningful words attached make this a lovely sky watch to view and enjoy.

Luiz Santilli Jr said...

All your photos are marvelous!
Great landscape in each capture!

Have a nice weekend!

Santilli

EG CameraGirl said...

I particularly LOVE the photo of the stump silhouette. Very nice.

Anonymous said...

What can one step do! You wrote me some lines and I found here treasures...
Only, that I have so little time to investigate all.

gaz said...

i could stare at these for ages. lovely scenery...

Pernille said...

Wonderful and peacefully shots. Love it. Nr 2 and 3 have to be my favorites:)

Happy Sky Watch:)

Mary said...

What a beautiful array of clouds! I love #3, with the lone figure walking along the beach. Lovely!

HFD60 said...

beautiful images...

JunieRose2005 said...

These are all wonderful sky shots!


I also like your writing!



Junie

Marina said...

I like the way that sea and sky are matching:)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful cloudscapes and colors.

Dewdrop said...

Clouds like rippling waves... what a terrific way to describe them, Gemma. Gorgeous shots.

PJ said...

I don't know which I like best, the photos of the beautiful skies or the sounds of the names of the places where you took them. Thanks for sharing your patch of the sky.

Lilli & Nevada said...

Beautiful set of clouds you have there, that last one looks like it could be snow in the distance

Louis la Vache said...

Very fine series for Sky Watch, Gemma!

"Louis," a sailor wannabe, particularly likes the ship framed by the trees.

Brad Myers said...

Good chioce for sky watch, the clouds are awesome.

MumbaiiteAnu said...

They are all gorgeous skies. Love the one with the tree stump.
Happy Skywatching.

Thank you for visiting
Mumbai Skywatch

Anonymous said...

I love your sky photos.

Paz

Carletta said...

A beautiful series of images with beautiful words to match.
The love the light on the water in that first one.

Thanks for visiting my bridge shot.

Reader Wil said...

Cloudsw come and go and change shape and even colours all the time. Thats why your poem goes well with your photos!

Unknown said...

Lovely set of shots for sky watch!

 gmirage said...

What a great set of cloud formation! Thnks for sharing each beautiful photo!

Kelly said...

What a wonderful set of photos! I enjoy the comments that you write for them! Great photos!!!

Rambling Woods said...

I would love to live close enough to take a walk on the beach..so peaceful..

Mary said...

All beautiful. I like the stump that looks like it's holding up the cloud. Mary

Mary said...

All beautiful. I like the stump that looks like it's holding up the cloud. Mary

peppylady (Dora) said...

I only seen the ocean a few times in my life and yet never seen grass grow on the beach.
The one below the ship I thought it was a storm coming in.

If get sometime and wish to stop on in.
The coffee is always on.

Anonymous said...

Excellent set of photos! I would have a hard time choosing a favorite. There are a couple where the clouds almost look like snow-capped mountains. Great job!

Pat - Arkansas said...

Love your Sky Watch photos this week, Gemma, and I love the place name "Tootgarook."

carlamaldita said...

love it! beautiful collection of photos!

carla

Anonymous said...

Hello Gemma, thanks for visiting my weblog. I am just taking part for the third time in Skywatch Friday and I am already hooked :-) Your pictures make my sigh, they are beautiful. Greetings from the Netherlands!

Torsdag 1952 said...

A beautiful collection of clouds and sea, god pastel colors

Jan said...

These are great Sky Watch Friday photos. I took the time to browse your blog, it is very nice. You are a prolific blogger, and very interesting.

D Herrod said...

very nice. Hope you are having a great weekend.

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