There have been a few dramatic cloud formations in the sky recently. Most of the time I have some sort of camera with me to capture unusual motifs as these, or any kind of situation that seems interesting for that matter. These images were captured with my regular camera as well as with a smartphone.

Midday in River Bend Park, Virginia, looking over at the Maryland shore in a southeasterly direction.

The Altostratus formation was there for only a few minutes before

melting into a non-distinctive whitish blur. 

Beautiful Cirrocumulus formation which held well into the evening hours. I saw some nice pics of

these from later in the day by other photographers.

Morning mood in Scott´s Run Park, Virginia, looking over at Billy Goat Trail (part C).

Regular Cumulus clouds can look so appealing.

German School parking lot, waiting for the kids. Definitely Cirrus, ice crystals in

high winds. Violent storm above, serene and picturesque down here.

As often, hardly anything is as it seems.

Here we have the same shot with three different effects.

Stratocumulus from mellow to dramatic.

Evening light from our living room window

More dramatic skies