The clouds are likely stratocumulus it is a little hard to tell because the image is taken from a position where it is hard to differentiate the shapes and positions of the clouds. the environment was slightly unstable.
Nathaniel Wheaton
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Flow Vis Guidebook
- Introduction to the Guidebook
- Overview 1: Phenomena. Why Does It Look Like That?
- Overview 2: Visualization Techniques
- Overview 3: Lighting
- Overview 4 - Photography A: Composition and Studio Workflow
- Overview 4 - Photography B: Cameras
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Focal Length
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Aperture and DOF
- Overview 4: Photography D: Exposure
- Overview 4 - Photography E - Resolution
- Overview 5 - Post-Processing
- Clouds 1: Names
- Clouds 2: Why Are There Clouds? Lift Mechanism 1: Instability
- Clouds 3: Skew - T and Instability
- Clouds 4: Clouds in Unstable Atmosphere
- Clouds 5: Lift Mechanism 2 - Orographics
- Clouds 6: Lift Mechanism 3 - Weather Systems
- Boundary Techniques - Introduction
- Dye Techniques 1 - Do Not Disturb
- Dye Techniques 2 - High Visibility
- Dye Techniques 3 - Light Emitting Fluids
- Refractive Index Techniques 1: Liquid Surfaces
- Refractive Index Techniques 2: Shadowgraphy and Schlieren
- Particles 1- Physics: Flow and Light
- Particles 2: Aerosols
- Particles 3: In Water
- Particles 4 -Dilute Particle Techniques
- Art and Science
- TOC and Zotpress test
- Photons, Wavelength and Color
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Nice pic and clouds Nathaniel! If I can offer an opinion, I think the right side of the image distarcts a little bit and cropping out the building corner could add a lot fo value to your image
Nice storm clouds Nathaniel! You’re right — it is difficult to describe the cloud types here, though there are certainly some cumulus clouds. Maybe there are some hidden cumulonimbus or congestus clouds, but we can’t fully tell from this angle.
I like the contrast between the outgoing (or ingoing) dark storm clouds and the clearer sky appearing in the top right of the image.