Tuesday, February 1, 2011

First Day of the Month - Winter Skies


In January I discovered an exciting blog photography meme started by Jan at Murrieta 365 . This meme appealed to me because I need to work on taking better photos, which do a lot to enliven and illustrate blog posts. Here's how it works:

Jan is calling her new meme First Day of Each Month. Here are her directions: "The goal is to capture one thing repeatedly on the first day of each month. It can be a landscape, a person, an animal, a project; whatever your focus is fine. It can be a record of where you are each first day of the month." Interesting exercise, right?

I decided to photograph Kentucky sunsets. However, here at the first of February I'm expanding the focus a bit and doing Kentucky skies. For the past few days I've been snapping the cold winter skies--outlines of bare trees against steel grey skies, shades of pale rose in the evening, very little sign of the sun recently. Except! Here's what I woke to on Sunday morning--just a day or so short of February 1 when the official photo was to be taken for Jan's meme. I couldn't not share this beauty and, after all, rules are made to be broken , right? So, here we have Kentucky Skies -- taken on January 30, 2011:



Even if you're weary of winter who could not feel glad to see a sunrise such as this? If you'd enjoy seeing some more beautiful photography from all over and on many subjects, just click on Jan's webpage for a list of other First of the Month players.
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11 comments:

  1. joanygeeFebruary 1, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    I love photos of skyscapes and yours look dramatic yet beautiful all at once. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Living LifeFebruary 1, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    Bravo, Faye! These are fantastic photos of the Kentucky sky. Simply breathtaking! I love taking sunset/sunrise pics. I nearly forgot about Jan's meme. I will try to post one later in the day.

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  3. Jan n JerFebruary 1, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    Great shot Faye, thanks for the reminder...like Mother like daughter!!! I also forgot! I am heading over to Jan's blog now to sign up. Keep on snapping!

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  4. JanFebruary 1, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Love these, Faye. It's perfectly alright to expand the focus of your posts. Thanks for joining in.

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  5. EG CameraGirlFebruary 1, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    Beautiful sky, Faye! I'm a big fan of sunsets so will be waiting to see what the rest of the year has in store.

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  6. pipFebruary 1, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    I Love these photos... just beautiful!

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  7. Gemma WisemanFebruary 2, 2011 at 6:09 AM

    Indeed, stunning skies with magical glows of light! Very beautiful!

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  8. SherrieFebruary 2, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Hi!
    Yes that is a beautiful sunrise. We haven't seen the sun for a week. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    Food for Thought
    http://100sweets.blogspot.com/2011/02/first-of-month.html

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  9. kayerjFebruary 3, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    a beautiful sunrise does make you feel happy. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on

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  10. CoffeedoffFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    Beautiful photos, lovely skies.

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  11. PamelaFebruary 7, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    so pretty.. an excellent choice I can now confirm!

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