Sophie’s maze

Skies

Sky photographs come a close second after night shots in my photo album. ;-)

Blue clouds Orange clouds Clouds

Briton and Norman skies are ever-changing, and the clouds play with the light. They display a wide range of colours, like blue or violet, and burn orange at sunset.

Shadow Sun rays Storm Sometimes you feel like if you were gazing at a painting.

I love the way the sun cuts through the clouds, when you can see the sunrays.
At sunset, the sun can also cast the shadow of the clouds in the sky.

Sunrise Tree Rain Clouds approaching and hiding the sun. A patch of blue sky remains among the white, black and orange clouds.

A naked tree before soft white clouds, and the sun rising over the highway.

Line of clouds Golden Windy Wavy clouds in a windy sky. Golden clouds colour a beach on the Opal coast. Clouds in a line above the Goulet in Brest.

Rainbow Dawn Soft

A sunrise in a misty valley.

Sun and rain play and create rainbows, but I can assure you there are also sunny cloudless days…

Sydney Falling sky Australian skies

The sky falling down over Sydney. Orange clouds I had never seen before.

A weird white sky over Sydney harbour.

Desert Plane The sunrise seen from the porthole of the plane during my flight to Australia.
The sun rays coming from under the clouds

A veil of red clouds.

Tree and sunset Undulating cloud Sunset

An undulating cloud over the abandoned hoverport in Boulogne.
A tree standing out against the sunset in Régnéville, a bay in Normandy.

Equinox sunset Sunset A sunset seen from the highway.
An sunset at equinox on the quais of Rennes.

Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise

A sunrise caught while cycling on the way to work, another while driving to work.

Beluga Zeppelin Flying objects

Taken during Le Bourget air show, photos featuring a Zeppelin NT airship and the weird Airbus Beluga cargo carrier.

Moon Moon

Trying to catch the moon by day.

Pink and orange white horses Seen from my window

A growing collection of sunsets and skies shot from my Rennes west-facing window.

The sunset playing with white horses to make them pink and orange.

Dramatic Blue, white and yellow Sunset A typical cloudy sunset, maybe with the help of a little atmospheric pollution…

A blue, white and yellow sky, with plane traces.

The sun reappears in a dramatic way from under wild clouds.

Sun rays sunset Sunset Storm A sunset with the sun radiating through the clouds.

A storm, with leaded clouds pouring rain over the city, and a strange blue tinge to them.

Another sunset through horizontal clouds.

Sunset beam Red sun Blue sky, white and grey cloud A grey to white cloud and the blue sky, and a red sun setting under the clouds.
First catching my eye with a few beams, a sunset then exploded and then slowly faded away to leave only traces in the sky.

Red sunset Yellow sunset Tinted with orange A very red or orange sunset, depending on the camera I used.
A grey sky tinted with orange.
A yellow sun setting behind clouds.

Orange crescent Red and violet sunset Sunrise reflection A dark cloud leaving a crescent of orange in the sky, the reflection of a sunrise on a building.
A red and violet sunset, roiling, with a panoramic view, a detail of the colours of the sky, and of Rennes’ skyline.

Moon at dusk Sun under a cloud Sun on the horizon At dusk, the moon rises behind the Belvédère building.
At sunset, the red sun lands on the horizon, or emerges behind a blue grey cloud.

The blurred city lights are the last photo of this series, before we move from the flat…

Sunset light Seen from my window—2

…A small move in the same building, facing east, with a view of Rennes downtown and sunrises to replace sunsets. We also get sunset lights on downtown buildings.

White and orange sunrise Sunrise Orange moon An orange moon rises.
A grey and yellow misty sunrise. Another orange and white sunrise, with orange dominating as the sun rises.

Summer sunrise Misty sunrise Sunrise In summer, the sun almost rises above a church spire, but the sunrise is sometimes very misty.

Autumn sunrise Sunrise In autumn, the sun rises closer to the cathedral, late enough to allow me to catch the first light of day, sometimes from blue to pink.
Before setting, the sun disappears in the haze.

Haze sunset Rainbow Sun under the clouds Before setting, the sun disappears in the haze or under the clouds.
In the rain, a rainbow appears and strengthens once the sun shines.

Panorama A panorama at sunrise.

Pinnk sunrise A pink sunrise and another misty one.