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Mackerel Sky
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Mackerel Sky

by Bill Caldwell

Category: Earth, Sea & SkyAdded February 17, 201276 views

Lakes, Snow scenes, Trees, Shorelines & Beaches, Clouds, Patterns

Keywords: nature, scenic, clouds, sky, mackerel sky, mackerel skies, lake, lakes, shorelines, winter, snow, frozen, trees, panoramic, cirrocumulus, maine, downeast maine, downeast, meddybemps, meddybemps lake, blue, digital

Clouds fill the sky above frozen Meddybemps Lake in January in Downeast Maine. The old mariners yarn goes "Mares tales and mackerel scales make tall ships carry low sails."
Canon 5DII, EF17-40 @ 17mm, 1/400sec f8, ISO 100. 3 image pan.
Image Format: Digital Capture - Greater than 9MPImage Crop: Full FrameDigital Enhancement: Digital Composite/IllustrationModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: NA