The great canvas

I talked a little in my last post about sunrises. The skies above us are ever-changing. How often are we too busy, too hurried, too stressed, too focused, to look above to the heavens and see the beauty there?

Photographing the sky can be tricky. In fact, as I reviewed “December photos” to choose the photos for this month, I at first thought this was some through-the-car-window shot that I’d grabbed from the side of the road. But upon closer inspection of the photos “next” to it on the “roll,” I realized that the lighter areas are indeed blue morning sky showing through fiery clouds. The exact angle that the sun is reflecting off of those clouds, including the darker areas, is mesmerizing. These spectacular colors surround us all winter. So if you’re tired of winter’s grays, I suggest a bit of relief can be found just before sunrise, on a semi-cloudy day. Just look up.