Blue Sky Art Show, theme 'Undulating'

photographySep 12, 20262227,113

The Blue Sky Art Show is a weekly community event running the theme #Undulating today. Contributors are sharing work that emphasizes flowing forms and repeated curves, often in landscape and nature photography, monochrome studies, abstracted objects, and a few surreal interpretations. Look for concrete entries such as a Tufted Duck rendered in a surreal, undulating bird piece, a sand dune at Maspalomas in Gran Canaria capturing rippled desert contours, and a photo of Hadrian's Wall by Sycamore Gap showing undulating hills and trees. Expect clouds, shoreline waves, stepping staircases, orchids with wavy petals, and forest light patterns framing the theme in many styles; tag your own with #Undulating to join in.

Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

#Undulating desert waves 🌊 #BlueSkyArtShow #Scape #landscape #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #photography #ECK #Morocco

A vast desert landscape with gently rolling, undulating sand dunes beneath a clear, bright sky in the warm evening light.

24911h ago

robertjeff57-58.bsky.social1

The seemingly endless sand sea Fantastic shot

richard mortimer

@richardmortimer.bsky.social

#BlueSkyArtShow #Undulating City Road, London

22711h ago

LAURETTE 😻1

What building is that? It's an amazing structure

Jane Mayl🍷n 🍇1

In and out of The Eagle....

Jono1

Its giving pancakes and syrup

Yonxers1

The building on the right is a Zaha Hadid? We have something similar here in NYC on the High Line.

The World in Bloom

@simonecannon.bsky.social

The vibrant #pink #flowers from the Masdevallia genus, a large group of striking, cool-growing #orchids native to the cloud forests of the Andes, Quito, Ecuador. Movement in the breeze of their "tails" helps mimic flying insects to attract pollinators #BlueskyArtShow #Undulating #BloomScrolling

2189h ago

Dorota

@dorotapawlak.bsky.social

August morning beach walk. Prince Edward Island, Canada #BlueSkyArtShow #undulating #EastCoastKin #photography #scape #seascape #PEI #beach #nature #sea #travel #PhotographersOfBlueSky

2064h ago

Bill Montei

@billmontei.bsky.social

Istanbul #Undulating #BlueSkyArtShow #photography

2105h ago

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

What is this beautiful 💛✨️

AmiyaJLO1

I've had good memories of this place! 🥰

Nature’s Eye🌱

@see3trees.bsky.social

A Tufted Duck wading through surrealism. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInAbstract #blueskyartshow #undulating

A stark black and white duck with bluish gray beak wades through highly reflective water featuring orange wavy lines

1866h ago

Aleesia

@aleesia27.bsky.social

Rolling in the deep. 🌪️👀 #BlueSkyArtShow #undulating #clouds #Stunday #photography #storm #sky

Several rows of white undulating clouds stretched across the blue sky after a storm.

1706h ago

Laurie Agard1

Wow! Amazing clouds, amazing capture!

Sharon1

Wow these clouds are stunning, Aleesia 😍 Though I do hope there’s no storm damage. Take care, Aleesia ⛈️🌀🤍

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

So amazing and wonderful Aleesia 💙 have a fine weekend ✨️

Dwight1

A really cool shot, Aleesia! Zebra 🦓 Clouds ☁️ Theme perfect🤗

SilverySage1

Breathtaking. And there's space for angels to dance

Joe Lamport1

Rolling in the deep Sea below and above our feet We are immersed! #haiku

Climb To The Clouds

@climbtotheclouds.bsky.social

Good morning. Happy Saturday. Walking the contours of this world requires patience, with the determination to reach the sky. Have a great day. #BlueSkyArtShow #undulating #photography #landscapephotography #sky #clouds #ECK #EastCoastKin #vermont

Landscape scene of a field, sloping up to a treeline.
Mountains on the same slope. A small house on the middle left. Fluffy flowing clouds.

I softened the image to try to meld the landscape into a more cohesive flow.

1384h ago

Laurie Agard1

Wow gorgeous clouds! Have a great day!

💫Pyxelmajick✨💫1

Good morning Clouds 😊☕ Have a great day 🌞

𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗1

Loving this! Thank you ☺️ and enjoy your weekend Jason!

Dreamcatcher1

Beautiful thought and photo. Good morning CTTC

Jason

@bloodraynes.bsky.social

Morning #BlueSky ☕️ & welcome back to the beautiful city of Valletta, Malta and these sweeping undulating steps. Have a gorgeous day friends 😌 #ECK #BlueSkyArtShow #undulating #Malta #Photography #ClassicMono #Valletta #PhotographyOfBlueSky #StoneSteps #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Historic #Architecture

A dramatic black-and-white photograph captures a sweeping, undulating flight of ancient stone steps in Valletta, Malta, rising steeply between tall, weathered buildings.

The broad staircase dominates the image, its uneven limestone steps stretching from the foreground and narrowing as they climb towards the sky.

Several slender black metal handrails run up the centre and along the sides, following the changing levels of the steps.

On either side, tightly packed historic Maltese buildings rise several storeys high. Their pale limestone façades are heavily textured and worn, with peeling surfaces, shuttered windows, balconies and ornate wrought-iron railings.

On the left, a particularly striking window is protected by a heavy iron grille, while projecting balconies cast deep shadows across the wall.

The architecture seems to lean and overlap above the narrow stairway, creating a powerful sense of enclosure. At the top, the buildings frame a small opening of sky filled with dramatic clouds.

The absence of colour emphasises the contrast between brilliant limestone highlights and deep architectural shadows, giving the scene an atmospheric, almost timeless quality.

The sweeping perspective of the steps draws the eye upward, making the staircase feel like a journey through Valletta’s layered history, each worn stone and weathered wall telling its own story.

And finally, our picture is finished with a simple white border frame.

1478h ago

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

This is so beautiful in B&W Jason 🤍🖤

BelleAB

@belleab.bsky.social

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” 🌊 —Jon Kabat-Zinn #BlueSkyArtShow #undulating #water #waves #nature #lakewinnipesaukie #newhampshire #photography

12911h ago

Sharon1

Beautiful shot 🌊 and a lovely quote. Enjoy your weekend, Belle.

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

This is so beautiful Belle and lovely words 💙 Have a good night and lovely weekend ✨️😴

AnnaLois

@annalois36.bsky.social

Soft Underfoot Undulations for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Undulating #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #forest #Formby #sunlight #shadows (Android phone camera)

Second outing for this photograph I took in the Red Squirrel reserve at Formby. The ground was so undulating it was fun to walk there. Didn't see any squirrels this time but have seen numerous on previous visits.

Image shows a pine forest with sunlight pushing through creating dramatic shadows on an undulating forest floor of smooth ground with dropped pine needles.

12310h ago

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

What a wonderful light and beautiful photo with this mood Anna✨️🌳✨️

John McDonnell1

Best I can do at short notice on the undulating front. (But check out the tiny kite surfers & the Alt note)

Marjo Slingerland-Boks

@marjosl.eurosky.social

The last one for is this day is for the #BlueSkyArtShow #Undulating #ECK #mobilephonephotography #seascape #Beach #Funen #Denmark Always wonderful to see the sand when the tide is shifting. Have a fine weekend.

Crushing waves from the tide coming in on a beach in Funen Denmark. Sunrays are.coming through the clouds and gives some glow on the wet sand.

1139h ago

Laurette1

Wonderful photo with a beautiful sheen Marjo!💙

Pam Brown1

Love this! Have a great weekend, Marjo! 🩵💙

AnnaLois1

So beautiful Marjo! Been missing the sea 😊

Aleesia1

This is stunning, Marjo! Happy weekend, friend! 🩵🕊️🤍

Laurette

@laurette1.bsky.social

My September photo of fells near Grasmere in the Lake District. #BlueSkyArtShow #Undulating #ColorADay #GreenSat #LakeDistrict #Landscape #Photography

11311h ago

AnnaLois1

Perfect photograph for today's theme Laurette 😍

Dave Meredith

@davemeredith.bsky.social

Waves breaking over rocks on the Lake Huron shoreline at sunrise for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Undulating. #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #Velvia #2000s

11011h ago

Rosemarie2

So very gorgeous, Dave! Your lighting is always so perfect 🌟⭐️🌟

Jason1

The lighting and the shutter speed are impeccable my friend 😌👌🏼

qtipsanon.bsky.social1

QtipsANON. Great capture Dave. At first I thought they were basking seals!

Mick Lister

@listermj.bsky.social

#BlueSkyArtShow #Undulating Hadrian's Wall by Sycamore Gap, Northumberland. (July 2023) Construction of the Wall (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) began on the orders of Emperor Hadrian in AD 122 See alt for more #hadrianswall #northumberland #history #nature #trees #photography #eastcoastkin

A view looking west (just beyond Milecastle 39) along Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England on a cloudy July day.
The remains of the stone wall follow the contours of the hills in the rolling countryside.
It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that marked the northern frontier of the Roman Empire for nearly 300 years. Construction began on the orders of Emperor Hadrian in AD 122.
It took three legions, each consisting of 5,000 men as little as, perhaps, a decade to build.
It runs for 73 miles from coast to coast (Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway) to with a 25 mile extension south through Cumbria.
The area is known for its dramatic undulating landscape and well-preserved Roman forts.
The iconic tree featured in the lower centre of the frame is the Sycamore Gap Tree, famously featured in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. This sycamore tree was illegally felled in an act of vandalism in September 2023. Two men were arrested and charged with criminal damage. They were each given a prison sentence of four years and three months.

10011h ago

amackentwalks.bsky.social1

Was it a UNESCO site when Hadrian built it? Surprised UNESCO allowed that. (Joke!)

Laurette1

Gorgeous Mick and now a rare photo😔, although I believe the remains of the Sycamore has a number of shoots.💚

AnnaLois1

Brilliant Mick! Perfect for the theme 😀

Aj d'Wit (Audrey)1

Such an interesting history. I’ve only briefly heard about Hadrian’s Wall, nothing much more. Thanks for filling me in a little. Great photo. 👍🏼

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