Never let it be said that I'm on time for ANYTHING! Just ask my husband. And my kids. But I digress people! This is week five of Thematic Photography, over at Carmi's place. As I'm sure you have deduced by the title, the theme is Sky. Do you realize how many pictures I took this week? Thankfully, I've got some to choose from but I'm sure you are grateful that I'll only be submitting one. Well, one of my own and then I'm going to also submit one from the ever so talented OWW, my other half.

Would you like to play with us this week? Here are the rules:

1. Carmi posts a new entry every Wednesday evening.
   
2. Each entry has a unique theme. This week's is...sky!
   
3. You post a similarly themed image over on your blog.
   
4. You paste a link to your entry in a comment here.
   
5. If you've already posted something that fits (on a blog, Facebook, MySpace, wherever) simply post the link to the existing entry.
   
6. Repeat process as often as you wish. Send this link to friends, too...the more, the merrier.
   

This was an interesting week to participate in. I find it difficult to capture the many different variations of the sky. I played with quite a few different settings to see what I could come up with. I'm still playing with the new camera and have so much more to learn. I have to say that I'm enjoying it immensely. A big hearty round of applause for Carmi for starting this up.

Firesky

This is a picture of a sunset my husband took while sitting in our front yard. I was cooking dinner and he was visiting with some neighbors when all of a sudden he came in for the camera. This picture really depicts our phenomenal sunsets. I've always thought it would be pretty cool to take a picture every night of the sunset, and then see how they compare. The colors are vibrant and powerful.

The Storm

We have been having fairly regular late afternoon, early evening storms here, which is usual for this time of year. This particular one came with a fierce wind and thunder and lightening which made you feel as though the storm was at your front door. I don't know about you but I love thunder and lightening. The louder the better. The harder the rain, the better. Let me preface all of that by saying "if I am inside." Preferably at home. I tried to capture the different variations of the sky (it was so DARK in places) by focusing on the house across the street which offered some contrast. I found that when I took a picture of the sky itself, with nothing to bounce it off of, I couldn't capture the true look.