Ethereal Fire Dragons in Flight - a photo on Flickriver

            On location in Anza Borrego State Park to capture Milky Way images above the formation known as the Pumpkin Patch, the temperature was searing at 98°F around sunset, with very little air movement at ground level.

As I waited for nightfall, the few clouds in the sky put on quite a show with the assistance of the sun in its final throes of the day.  To the west, these lower stratus clouds took on a brilliant red hue, contrasting nicely with the pale blue sky and white altostratus at higher elevation.

But, what really worked for me was the appearance of the two closest clouds, which had a somewhat ominous look of Chinese style dragons in flight, the lower one having  just pulsed its wings and stretched out for full speed, while the upper rears its head in a beckoning cry.

Recognition:
Accepted for Display - JAN 2023 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.

Taken in: United States / California / Ocotillo Wells (show map)

Taken on: September 24, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/8.0, 1/1000 sec, 62mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	62mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.1 (Windows)
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