Liquid Sunshine

[AlanLichty]

The typical weather pattern in the NW from late November through the end of January is often consistent. So much so our TV weather-droids come up with euphemisms like "liquid sunshine" and "gray shine" to describe what tomorrow will look like. This was from last January when I was up the Columbia River Gorge looking for my entry in the "Clouds" weekly FocalWorld photo contest and was my alternate entry.

Twas a dark and stormy day:

Stormy Gorge

• AlanLichty
• Aug 20, 2018

Mid January liquid sunshine in the Columbia River Gorge.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

This image lent itself to a nice black and white, Alan. Nice composition too.

 

[AlanLichty]

This image lent itself to a nice black and white, Alan. Nice composition too.

It's actually not a B&W - that's what happens on a dark day with a storm like this one rolling through

 

[Ben Egbert]

The gorge has a weather pattern all its own and a transition to near rain forest to near desert. I like the river curve here and the clouds.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

It's actually not a B&W - that's what happens on a dark day with a storm like this one rolling through

Now that I look closely I can see the green in the trees.

 

[JimFox]

I like your liquid sunshine Alan. That is really cool a nice foundation to the shot and then just an image of endless clouds with just enough detail to make it interesting. Here in SoCal if we do get a sky full of clouds it is usually just a flat gray sky with no detail at all.

 

[Michael Liskay]

Maybe because I live in Northern Oregon and know the Gorge so well but I wanted just a bit more of the river! (Maybe)

 

[AlanLichty]

Maybe because I live in Northern Oregon and know the Gorge so well but I wanted just a bit more of the river! (Maybe)

This is from the Oregon side of the Bridge of the Gods looking back towards Portland/Vancouver.

 

[Bart Carrig]

Liquid sunshine, i love the term. Can't wait to give it some northeast application, as you've done well here.

Bart

 

[BarryHamilton]

Excellent work, Alan. Fine b&w and I like the minimal comp.

 

[MonikaC]

Nice job, Alan. That communicates what I remember of so much of the weather when I lived in Eugene. A nice day was a light grey sky. A not-so-nice day was dark grey. My friends would head out for a weekend with bikes, kayaks & climbing gear so they were set for whatever the weather brought.