I know that photographers generally are especially mindful of things and scenes around them, and I wonder if landscape photographers are especially mindful of clouds.
I look at them like a Native American preparing for a reaping of the maize. I've really come to understand and respect a wide variety of cloud patterns, even though there are a few configurations and situations that evade me. I really enjoy being able to predict cloud patterns for the next several hours. I'm not always right, but it is a fun game to play with myself.
These humid, windy skies in Virgin Gorda made for a tumultuous tableau. Everything would change quite quickly, so it was harder to predict several hours away. But I did have a good feeling about this time in particular...
I kept a few of the islands in the bottom of the frame so you could get a sense of perspective to see how huge the clouds actually were.
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
