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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty-Five: Using clouds to imply meaning > Funnels, Death Valley Junction, California, 2007
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19-FEB-2007

Funnels, Death Valley Junction, California, 2007

Just a few miles from Death Valley National Park’s Eastern entrance, I noticed three frail funnel clouds dancing across the horizon. I don’t know if these wispy funnels were caused by gusts of swirling wind, or if they were merely the curving spaces between descending columns of distant rain. In any event, they bring the flow of the clouds in this image almost down to ground level. It is an image of nature doing what it does best – showing off.

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Phil Douglis04-Mar-2007 22:27
Wonderful to have you back in my galleries, Marisa. You see the subtlety of this cloud formation -- it is a soft touch, a delicate image, and the curves do indeed link the layers at top and bottom. The image moves horizontally and vertically at the same time. Thanks for this comment.
Guest 04-Mar-2007 21:45
What I like of this one, Phil, is the way the funnel clouds contact the ground. It's like a soft touch, in the middle of such an arid and hostil enviroment. Beauty can be found in so many different ways! And, from the point of view of the composition, I like how the subtle curves join two horizontal layers, giving motion and integration to the image.
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