{"id":3295,"date":"2012-09-18T07:42:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T12:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2013-07-02T17:49:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T22:49:52","slug":"sky-as-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=3295","title":{"rendered":"Sky as canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>&#8220;&#8230;stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God&#8230;Dost thou know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?&#8221; &#8211;Job 37:14,16<\/i><\/p>\n<p><center><a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/cloud_pano_091712lg.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"140\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center>I found myself in a unique position today just as my wife called to tell me about the beautiful clouds, looking as if painted upon the canvas of the sky. As usual I was doing some video work but took a second to employ a panoramic app for iOs and nab this shot. Puffy clouds, wispy clouds&#8230;they were all there, as if they&#8217;d been hand selected and nudged perfectly into place.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/cloud_pano_polar_091712lg.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center>Naturally, once time allowed, I couldn&#8217;t help but jump into Photoshop for a couple of minutes to make a quick polar (spherical) version of the same shot. Even though I was only able to shoot a 180 degree pan, it still turned out okay due to some Photoshop trickery I learned a while ago.<\/p>\n<p>This year I&#8217;ve developed a new love for September. I love the days which are warm, but not too warm. I embrace the cool mornings and used yesterday evening to follow up the TEA Party rally and sunset with a roaring bonfire. The crisp, clear nights are perfect for stargazing and, as I&#8217;ve noticed over the past several days, the clouds are quite remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>The past six weeks have been a blur due to a hectic work schedule, culminating in a frenetic Week Six that delivered some marathon days but satisfying progress. Now that the major rush has subsided for the time being, I&#8217;m grateful for the opportunity to, as Job was instructed, stand still and consider the wondrous works of God. Wondrous indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230;stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God&#8230;Dost thou know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?&#8221; &#8211;Job 37:14,16 I found myself in a unique position today just as my wife &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=3295\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skies-and-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3296,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions\/3296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}