Some clouds feel like they're sculpted more than formed—this one rises like a monument, layered and chaotic, dense with movement. The vertical build pulls the eye from the quiet green fields all the way into the sky’s unfolding drama. It looks as if the entire weather system paused mid-transformation, frozen just long enough to be captured.
There’s a surreal scale at play here. The cluster of farmhouses tucked into the bottom corner gives a clear sense of how massive that tower of vapor is. Light pushes softly through certain edges of the cloud while other parts hold deep, brooding shadows. Those subtle warm tones on the horizon hint at a sun still working behind the scenes, even if it's nowhere in sight.
I stood still for a long time, watching it rise—there’s something about cloudscapes like this that makes you feel small in the best possible way.
Welcome to my world of photography. I am Martijn Jebbink, born in the Netherlands and living in Rome.
I grew up in a small town, surrounded by an impressive forest. In that environment I developed my own way of looking at the world. At first, I didn’t see..
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