Lenticular Clouds

in #photography6 years ago

joaomaia.jpg“I was shooting the reflections of Mt. Rundle on Banff’s Vermillion Lakes, in Canada. The sky was a deep blue, with a few wisps of white cloud which worked really nice in the reflections on the surface of the lake, since there was no wind and the water was totally still. Suddenly I noticed that the wisps of cloud just hung above Mount Rundle. More wisps came and just hovered there as if the mountain held on to them. I recognized what could only be the forming of lenticular clouds over the mountain. And what’s more amazing, they were forming at the perfect time for photography, just when the sun was setting and lighting them from below. The only thought that went through my head was something like ‘this is the most amazing sunset you have ever witnessed, so don’t mess up and bring home some photos…”