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Dirty Clouds

            The bears sat on the sofa waiting for the man to take their photograph… again. Outside it was cold, dull, and windy.
“Posh, why is it so dark in here today?” Asked Barnaby.
“It is because of the dark fluffy stuff up in the air. I think it is blocking out the shiny, heat, orange thing, that should be up there somewhere.”
“Why are they there, these dark fluffy things?” Asked Bertie looking out of the window.
“I think as they float over the blue background, they scrape the tops of the hills and mountains and so get themselves mucky. It seems to happen from time to time. It would be better if they were higher up and then they would perhaps keep clean.” Posh said wondering where all this was going to end up.
“You know, I have been having a long thunk about all this and I think I have the answer.” Said Sky smiling at his friends.
“What do you suggest, Sky, you are a genius, so I guessed you would work something out.” Said Barnaby smiling at his hero.
“Well, I think we could do one of two things to brighten the outside up. The first thing would be, we could collect the man’s cleaning things and then have Ellie fly us up there and we clean the fluffy things until they are brilliant white and shiny again.” Said Sky looking for applause that didn’t come.
“I can’t honestly say that I like that idea too much as I have little arms and am sure they would tire quickly.” Said Bertie.
“So, what is your other suggestion, Sky?” Asked Barnaby.
“Well, this idea I got from watching the man. I noticed that when that white bit above our heads gets a bit greyish, the man gets a pot of white stuff and goes it over the greyishness, so it becomes white again. I think if we got a pot of this white stuff and had Ellie take us up there it shouldn’t take too long for all four of us to slap this white stuff all over it.”
“I don’t like the sound of that, Sky, I mean, have you seen the state of the man after he has whitened the bit above our heads? He ends up looking a white speckled hooman from the roller thingy he used.” Said Bertie.
“Also, Sky, that grey dark thingy in the air is big and I don’t think we could get a pot of the white stuff that big to fit into Ellie’s ellicopter.” Said Posh Bear hoping that would end this discussion.
“Ah, I wondered who would spot that flaw first. I do have an alternative plan and that is we fly up there with Ellie and use the whirly things of the ellicopter to blow the greyish stuff away. Just to help we could all take a deep breath and help by blowing very hard until it goes.” Said Sky not wishing to be beaten that easily.
The man had just finished setting up the camera and tripod when the clouds parted a little and the sun came out.
“Wowsers, Sky, you scared it away with your brilliant idea.” Said Barnaby clearly very impressed.
“Yes, I thought it would fly away once we agreed on how to move it on.” Said Sky looking as surprised as everyone else.
“Worrying though.” Said Bertie. “I didn’t know it could hear us from that high up.”
“I suppose it must have been the wind that is blowing that took your words up there, Sky. Right now, let us get this nonsense finished with and get the man out of our way. Smile everyone and hope he gets it done in one.” Said Posh Bear.
“Good thinking, Posh, then we could go on a honey hunt and see what we can find.” Agreed Sky as the other bears all smiled and nodded their heads in agreement. 



   

Taken on: July 14, 2024

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Camera: Sony SLT-A77V, f/7.1, 1/60 sec, 30mm (=45mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A77V
Lens:	DT 16-50mm F2.8 SSM
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	30mm (35mm equivalent: 45mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	On, Red-eye reduction, Return detected
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
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