A tale of two skies

Britain is an island of tempestuousness at the moment. Sultry air has been pushing in from the south, leading to dramatic thunderstorms. While many people have been capturing impressive lightning strikes, I photographed what threatened to be the prelude to a storm.

On one side of the sky, there was beautifully pink-tinged sundown. But on the other side swirled dark, foreboding clouds. They eventually came to dominate the rooftops over my west London street, sweeping the tranquil sunset away. There was an impressive shower of rain, but the full sound and light show seemed to pass us by this time.

Everyone loves a sunset, but I am taken with the texture of the black clouds. Which do you prefer?…

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6 thoughts on “A tale of two skies”

ckponderings on July 20, 2014 at 12:26 said:

Great set of images, and some beautiful colours, Mike! :)

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- mikeosbornphoto on July 20, 2014 at 12:28 said:
  
  Thank you Richard. A very convenient shoot, just outside the front door! I must say I totally favour the black clouds. And hadn’t noticed that plane getting into shot…
  
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  - ckponderings on July 20, 2014 at 13:24 said:
    
    The plane really sets that image off! :)
    
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    - mikeosbornphoto on July 20, 2014 at 13:34 said:
      
      Yes, the joys of being relatively close to the Heathrow flight path! I did one of those before… https://mikeosbornphoto.com/2012/06/11/flight-path/
      
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Cos on July 20, 2014 at 09:55 said:

Beautiful skies!

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- mikeosbornphoto on July 20, 2014 at 09:57 said:
  
  Two very different moods under the one sky!
  
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