  We report Venus image observations around the two maximum elongations of the
planet at June and October 2015. From these images we describe the global
atmospheric dynamics and cloud morphology in the planet before the arrival of
JAXA Akatsuki mission on December the 7th. The majority of the images were
acquired at ultraviolet wavelengths (380-410 nm) using small telescopes. The
Venus dayside was also observed with narrow band filters at other wavelengths
(890 nm, 725-950 nm, 1.435 {\mu}m CO2 band) using the instrument
PlanetCam-UPV/EHU at the 2.2m telescope in Calar Alto Observatory. In all
cases, the lucky imaging methodology was used to improve the spatial resolution
of the images over the atmospheric seeing. During the April-June period, the
morphology of the upper cloud showed an irregular and chaotic texture with a
well developed equatorial dark belt (afternoon hemisphere), whereas during
October-December the dynamical regime was dominated by planetary-scale waves
(Yhorizontal, C-reversed and {\psi}-horizontal features) formed by long
streaks, and banding suggesting more stable conditions. Measurements of the
zonal wind velocity with cloud tracking in the latitude range from
50$^{\circ}$N to 50$^{\circ}$S shows agreement with retrievals from previous
works.
