Thursday, April 16, 2009

MULTI COLOURED SKY - SYKWATCH

Rainbow Sherbet Dip Anyone?




Cracking sky . Never had one since like this. Been here 6 years too. As you may recall I grabbed G, and the camera(not that he wanted to be dragged out at that times of night with hayfever through a field, bless) and bolted over to the Poyll Dooey nature reserve about 10pm and rattled off about 50 images as quick as you like before the last light faded. Not my usual leisurely stroll over to the meadow. Actually broke a sweat to capture these, which is not good for the world's laziest photographer you know!


The last time I showed the others from the night someone commented that they call these skies Rainbow Sherbet Dip skies. I have seen that same statement a lot recently. I like it. It really sums up this multi coloured against the silhouetted trees. Yes there is a lone bird in there too, which isn't in the others. Notice though what colour you don't see? Green. There are reasons, but that's for another times. As usual no pixels were hurt in the making of the images. Just captured, not manipulated. I'm sure I'll get another sky like this again here, just might have to wait another 6 years. To see others click the sherbet colours below and dip in. Fill ya boots!


Not 1 but 4 skies
Ellan Vannin
Ramsey Ripple

Here To Infinity










114 comments:

sheri amor said...

you are a photographer? that's nice? do you go on pictorial?

Rune Eide said...

You have got a whole rainbow of dips for a visitor to dip into.

PS We could all become dipsomaniacs...

Loran said...

Yes, please, more rainbow sherbet!

duopastorale said...

Fabulous!!
My Skywatch

Merisi said...

SkyWatch for dessert?
Count me in! :-)
Beautiful sky.

indicaspecies said...

Rainbow shertbet dip indeed. It tastes great! Thank you for sharing.:)

Carver said...

Wow, that really does look like sherbet dip. Fantastic, fanciful sky!

Steffi said...

Wonderful photo
!Really beautiful to see!Thank you for sharing!Have a nice weekend!

Mo said...

I can so relate to the dragging one's loved one at great haste to grab some amazing light before it goes. Generally puts me in a big debt in the brownie points dept. Still I'm sure you can pay yours with a few JD's or what G's tipple is. All I can say is it was worth what ever it cost to race across that field to grab images like these.

crocrodyl said...

Wonderful! Love the colours!

SaraG said...

WOW, that is an incredible looking sky!
Thanks for sharing.
Happy SWF

JuJu said...

The silhouette adds weight and an anchor to the scene. Far out and tripping.

bowledover said...

Just you and the bird flying high. Fantastic SWF post. Have a great time tomorrow.

Photo Cache said...

absolutely loving the colors.

Anonymous said...

That's quite intense, my favorite Ramsonian! :)
Wonderful!
Cheers, Klaus !

maryt/theteach said...

Babooshka, I have my spoon ready! I love sherbert! :)

Sandra said...

One can never get enough of these fantastic sky photos! Greetings from Croatia.

Sylvia K said...

Fantastic shot! Dramatic colors and gorgeous as always! And say hello to Mr. Jack Daniels for me, okay?

Virginia said...

That's pretty spectacular B. Looks good enough to eat! HA Give my regards to Jack D.
V

Hilary said...

My Dad would always say, "Red sky at night, Shepherds' Delight" - have no idea what this means but maybe an old English rural saying.

Great pictures Babooshka. Love your site.

Anne said...

Nice picture, and great text!!!

Love from Norway

VALKYRIEN said...

I can see it is not only the Viking sky that can have great colors! :) Must have been wonderful to see such fire in the sky!

kden said...

WOW, I agree that the colors are similar to my husband's shot. Fantastic shot, well worth the work I'd say.

Elisabeth's bright side said...

That was a very dramatic 4th of July!

Gemma Wiseman said...

What an incredible sorbet and fairy floss display in the sky! Absolutely stunning!

Laughing Orca Ranch said...

Mmmm! I've got dibs on the raspberry sherbert! Yummo!

Beautiful photo today!

Happy Skywatch Friday!
~Lisa
New Mexico, USA

Unknown said...

Nottingham's sky was grey all day today, so nothing from me this week. Don't think I've even got one to recycle!

Enjoy your hangover & have a good weekend.

cara said...

Dib-dabulous!

Bim said...

Well made sherbet. Delicious.

Gill - That British Woman said...

that is a lovely sky, and a lovely photo,

Gill in Canada

ms426d said...

Absolutely amazing!

Anonymous said...

Weird how my mouth has started watering at the thought of sherbet... That is a beautiful sunset, and well worth all the effort in capturing in it! Thanks for your kind words earlier, too. And enjoy your long weekend :D

B SQUARED said...

I love the title, so apropos.

Naturegirl said...

Holy Moly!! Now that's a sky!! WOW!!

imac said...

Tis a wonder to see the sky like that.

Just posted the last episode of Baker n Potts story

Dewdrop said...

Yummy!!! Awesome sky on fire... love the flair. Archive or not, it rocks. Glad you took the effort!

Anonymous said...

What a fantastic sky and so many colours just beautiful

Tarolino said...

Sherbert and cream doughnuts. Mmmm.

I love your description and it is spectacular. Your note about not hurting any pixels made me chuckle too. But yeah! It was well worth breaking a sweat for.

vincibene said...

Fantastic gorgeous picture!

marley said...

Creamy doughnuts and sherbert dip! Double yummy! Lol.

Loved this sky back then and love it now. Round of applause for the shot and the sweat! :)

Gill - That British Woman said...

in answer to your question. Eastenders we are around September 2006. Coronation Street we are a good nine months behind (I think) Liz and Vernon are splitting up at the moment.

Gill in Canada

Jack and Joann said...

Yes, you are making us crave sherbet. Good post!

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

What a beautiful sky. Great variety of colors. Thanks,

manxbabe said...

I saw it but didn't photograph it. Wish I had. It makes the rain we have worth it.

Unknown said...

Very beautiful shot, speechless. Just makes me smile.

skywind said...

Oh, such a beautiful sky. So amazing.
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PJ said...

This is lovely sorbet, my SWF palette is officiallly cleansed.

Lew said...

Tasteful by which ever flavor you name it!

Secret Mom Thoughts said...

Gorgeous sherbet sky.

Arlene said...

Thanks for the info "rainbow sherbet dip" - will remember that. at times we have our skies down here painted that way.

Thanks for sharing!

Happy skywatching.

Brian Miller said...

amazing pic! beautiful sky.

George Townboy said...

Stunning. And I DO remember.

Jim said...

Awesome colours.
Sydney City and Suburbs

The Write Girl said...

It is truly a rainbow sky. You always capture the loveliest photos of the sky : )

earthtoholly said...

Blueberry, raspberry and orange sherbert, I think! Gorgeous and yummy!

Martha Z said...

Beautiful skies, worth a little sweat.

Unknown said...

Lady B, this is a beautiful shot, you would love it here as we get skies like this alot throughout the year. I also grab the camera and run whenever a beauty like this comes along, the Hubster thinks I'm nuts!

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Babooshka: What a beaty, such a wonderful colored sky. You could lok at it forever and still see more.

Connie T. said...

Beautiful colors spilling across the sky. Great sky photo.

Anonymous said...

A very apt name for that stunning sky. Good capture, even if you had to run for it. For skies like that, I might run too!

Rob said...

Gorgeous sky! but you knew that already. Thanks for practicing safe pixilating. We need our pixels un-manipulated. hooboy, too much Jack Daniels. he's onlyt one of the three wise men, you know. I'm a good pal of Jim Beam. Not too sure about that johnny Walker character, though. OK, ok, I'll stop.

Anonymous said...

That is one amazing rainbow sherbet sky!!! Those colors are fantastic. What I'd give to have half the great photos in my archives as you do!!!

Shadow said...

Loving the sherbert sky! Thanks for the warm welcome.

Sally in WA said...

Like raspberry sherbet in the sky. The colors are just beautiful.

Copenhagen said...

Beautiful sky...thanks for sharing.

GreensboroDailyPhoto said...

Oh woman of the 60+ comments:

The colors hover at both ends of the spectrum (red + purple) of light. We are in there, somewhere in the middle.

You one is far north is the last light is fading at 10pm!

raf said...

Wow, you really did get all the rainbow colors into your sherbet dip, Baboosh. Splendiferous Sky Watch!

Firefly the Travel Guy said...

An absolutely stunning sky. Sunrise and sunset give one so many options for photos and is by far my fav photos to take

Anonymous said...

Stunning

Olivier said...

vendredi, éclat de lumiere dans le ciel des DP, magnifique

Raghu Menon said...

wonderful mix of colours. great photo.

Anonymous said...

A beautiful dramatic sky :)

Janice / Dancing with Sunflowers said...

What stunning colours!
Janice.

Maalie said...

Beautiful sunset!

Regina said...

Wow. You are always good. I like the colors..

Fabrizio Zanelli said...

It's a brilliant sunset. Of course, talking about one of your photo, it's stunning as usual !

Pearl Maple said...

You do manage to find the most incredibly beautiful skies to share with us all.

Thanks for your kind comments on my post earlier.

Unknown said...

What a spectacular photo. Have you photographed a colormap :)

Kathleen McQueen Wright said...

BRAVO!!!

Gattina said...

What an amazing sky ! I think I would have stand there with my mouth open before taking my camera and shoot !

Adrienne Zwart said...

This is gorgeous!

Jan K. alias Afanja said...

You caught some fantastic colours in the evening sky. It's beautiful.

Arija said...

Fabulous palette of colours!

Small City Scenes said...

Now THAT is a sky no matter what else you say. MB

Daryl said...

Sherbet skies! I like that and say to Mr Daniels for me!

Indrani said...

Whoa! The colors!
Mesmerizing.

Halcyon said...

Just gorgeous!!! I love the purple hues. How lucky you are to live in a place with skies like this. :)

Happy Friday!!

Lowell said...

Very striking...the colors we get in the skies depends some on the dirt and other junk in the air. These colors were common when we were in Colorado last September.

Gorgeous and well-composed photo!

syel said...

yummy rainbow sherbet! love this one!

mannanan said...

I've seen some fantastic skies since coming to live on this fantastic island. This has got to be one of the best. Nailed perfectly i would say.

Erin said...

another scoop for me...i just adore rainbow sherbert.
absolutely a fabulous capture.
have a wonderful weekend.

Jim Klenke said...

wonderful shades of color

2sweetnsaxy said...

Wow! That is absolutely stunning. I don't know that I've ever seen those pinks and blues so deep and rich before. Awesome!

Carole said...

Excellent descriptive name. Wow.

Me said...

Gee I'm "only" the 95th to comment ...lol! I'm sure I've already said how much I love your sky pics,the colours are simply stunning! And may I add great music taste too (checked ur profile! :P love the Smiths!!!)

Jilly said...

Sherbet is the right word! What a sky. It's like fire or lava moving. Incredible.

-Chris- said...

Very nice, I like the reflection of the sun against the clouds. Nice catch

Lisa Wilson said...

Oh my gosh, that is just amazing!! So glad you took this photo, especially since it may be once in a lifetime. "As usual no pixels were hurt in the making of the images." You crack me up! Have a great date with Mr. Jack. ;)

Baruch said...

Great sky - awesome colours!

D said...

well, yay, I'm comment number 100 Is there a prize? No? Well, this skywatch is prize enough for me! Beautiful.

SandyCarlson said...

That's an amazing shot. It is a bowl of ice cream just telling us to go get a spoon!

Sacred Ruminations said...

Magnificently marvelous! Makes me want to eat some sherbet right now!
Hugs and blessings,

Pat said...

Have licked my screen clean, trying to sample your sherbet sky.

EG CameraGirl said...

WOW! This sky definitely resembles sherbet! NICE!

Anonymous said...

I remember this sky. I took some images but they were blurred like the birds.

valeria said...

Oh my, this is spectacular!

ViennaDaily said...

With lots of Vitamin C please! thanks!

kRiZcPEc said...

All work and no cakies is not good...hmm...that's a catchphrase!
BTW, think I'm just as, if not even lazier, lay back as you are. I have loads of excuses not to take my cameras out with me. no time, bad weather, bad day, no mood, being stuck. LOL.

lv2scpbk said...

wow! Wonderful colors and looks so dramatic.

Priyanka Khot said...

a beautiful coloured sky!!! Kudos for capturing this one.

Miranda McAfee said...

mmmm Sherbet! Wonderful color. As always, you amaze me :)

abc said...

Great photo. I like the contrast between the sky and the silhouettes of the trees below it.

Misty DawnS said...

Holy cow that sky is INTENSE and absolutely GORGEOUS! Wow!

Lessie said...

Wow -- those colors are amazing.

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