{"id":97280,"date":"2021-11-14T04:59:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T11:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=97280"},"modified":"2022-01-13T04:32:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T11:32:08","slug":"fruit-fly-shaped-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/11\/14\/fruit-fly-shaped-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit Fly Shaped Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FruitFruit fly shaped cloud – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 18-200mm at 46 mm, natural light
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I’ve mentioned here on my blog a time or two, or dozens of times, that when I am in the field I pay attention to everything around me and that doing that helps me find birds and wildlife. Well, it isn’t just birds and wildlife that catches my eyes.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I see shapes that look like other things in rocks, pinnacles, cliff faces, the hills, and the clouds when I am scanning the countryside.<\/p>\n

On Friday I was looking for birds high in the sky and low on the horizon when I turned my head and spotted a fruit fly shaped cloud. I had to stop and take a series of photos before the fruit fly shaped cloud morphed into another shape. If I drew a cartoon of a fruit fly it might look just like the one I saw in the sky last week.<\/p>\n

Seeing familiar objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia<\/em>. It\u2019s a form of apophenia<\/em>, which is a more general term for the human tendency to seek patterns in random information. It is something that we all experience from time to time.<\/p>\n

Do you see the fruit fly?<\/p>\n

I know this for certain… I would NOT want to run into a fruit fly as big as this cloud was. That would scare the tar out of me!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Miscellaneous photos which are basically images that I have taken that just do not fit into one specific category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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