Corner of the Sky photo ATCs

Can a 'corner of the sky' photo include some other non-sky bits, e.g. a sunset over a rooftop, or through the branches of a tree?

Thanks for asking, Kessie! I think it's fine if the photo includes a little bit of non-sky, as you say, as long as the focus is on the sky itself. Does that make sense? I'll alter the description above to say that.

What a great swap idea! I'm in! I'm always looking for a way to share my 'sky' photos that I've taken through my telescope, as well as pictures of the beautiful cloudscapes over the Oregon coast. Thanks so much for hosting, Beckra!

Please can I join? My ATCs would not be of the sky above me now but of where I was in July - I would love to share the cloud pictures I took then with others. Honest ... I took these pictures because of the clouds themselve and no other reason.

Wow, Starwatcher! You have photos taken through a telescope? That's great! I'm glad you're in....

And, sure, Melusine--If your photos are of the sky in a different place, that's fine, too--just include a note explaining where they're from when you send them to your partners, so they know what particular "corner of sky" you were photographing.

I also have "sky/cloud" pictures I took in Canada, Montana and here, in Alabama. Glad I can use them.

Question - do the photos have to be on photo paper? Can they be printed on ordinary paper - which is all I have access to?

Hello, Melusine--I'd like to leave the paper used up to each person's discretion. One of my favorite ATCs that I've received is a photo printed on non-photo paper....

Brilliant - thank you. Some of my negatives are hard to reprint - the film has never been cut because the objects photographed could be destroyed in the cutting process - but I can scan and print off the orginals.

Melusine--Someone in another swap I'm in suggested that Photobox (www.photobox.co.uk) is a good venue for having prints made in the UK. If you can scan in the negatives, you can use the online ordering site to have prints made from your digital images and then mailed to you. Just wanted to let you know that it's out there as an option....

i love this idea, because i love the sky! i am constantly taking pictures of clouds, sunsets, etc. thanks for the swap!

Welcome, iheartswap! This swap has really made me pay attention to the sky, and now I am taking pictures of it all the time myself!

Same here - now I'm looking much more up to the sky. Only it is usually just grey nowadays.

I wonder would in such a swap suit a photo of sky reflection in water?

Just thought I would let people know that I posted my ATCs off this evening. Keep your fingers crossed that they have a speedy trip across the pond.

pahasiga--I think it would be fine to use a reflection as long as the sky is reflected clearly enough that it's the focus (the "main event" so to speak), rather than the water....

The result of this swap is here... my 5-year-old looked out of window and demanded I take a photo of sky "because it looks so nice, like printed".

cards heading out to wishcake, art2wist and TheFrOgQueEn... will be in the mail tuesday (monday holiday here)

When I made the deadline for sending, I forgot about the Veterans Day Holiday in the US (no mail). So I hope everyone will cut each other slack if things are postmarked 11/13 instead of 11/12....

Hi to my partners--yesterday, the 12th was Veterans' Day and the post office was closed--and I forgot my envelopes at work when the mail didn't go out, so I'll have to mail them tomorrow! Sorry! Cyn

I in my infinite wisdom forgot to put postage on my letters when I sent them out, and it took until yesterday(saturday) for them to be returned to me. So I'll be re-sending them out tomorrow...

with postage.

I promise.

No really.

sigh

Wrenja, don't feel bad, You are certainly not alone in having done that! LOL

Cyn

My thanks to Starwatched and twobluecrows for their ATCs. iheartswap - yours still hasn't arrived

Opps - that should have been Starwatcher. Sorry about the "d"