Storms and Clouds over the Arizona Skies
Monday was eventful in terms of capturing some cool shots of storms, clouds and falling rain around the Phoenix area. I drove out to Apache Junction and snapped some shots of the incoming storm, plus a few other cloud pictures. Mmmm, I love clouds. After the rain…the sunlight streams through a hole in the clouds. Impending storm heads to the east Valley. Shot from Idaho Road and Lost Dutchman looking West.
Storms over the Superstition Mountains
I think I talked about this road I discovered solely by accident about a month ago. Brown Road going east from the 202 turns into Lost Dutchman. At Idaho Road it’s at the peak of a low hill and suddenly you get this amazing view of the Superstition Mountains. The first time I saw it was when I was shooting around those mountains and just headed west on that road. When it reached the hill, I stopped because there were storms to the west and I could see them clearly there. However, as I got out of the car…I turned [...]
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Winter Storm Photos: Part 2
On Sunday the wife was sick so I gathered up Lyla and we went storm chasing on several occasions. Here are a few shots from our fun filled day! Great big downpour over the San Tans. Look at the green desert! All that rain is making our desert floors bloom! You’ll be seeing more clouds like this in the coming days, I’m liking the look and feel of this kind of processing. Another shot of the rain over the San Tan Mountains. Dark clouds. A low hanging, spooky cloud. Sunset, without the colors! Why? Because the colors didn’t turn out [...]
Winter Storm Photos: Part 1
Some storm photos from the weekend. These below all were shot south of town along State Route 87. We went off the road for a bit onto a side road and ended up spotting some amazing stuff, like this old bridge below adorned with graffiti. We actually found TONS of graffiti, but that’s another post for another day.
Stormy skies
On my way home from work Wednesday, I snapped some photos of the cool cloudy, stormy skies. The first one was actually BEFORE leaving wok from a nearby parking garage, the rest were shot southwest of Ahwatukee, along Riggs Road west of I-10.
Little cars in a storm
This is just a fun little experimental photo using a process called “Tilt-Shift” to give it an interesting look. Basically tilt-shift involves the blurring of portions of a photo which gives the clear areas the look of miniatures, or models. Some good examples are HERE and HERE. This one below is an HDR photo + Tilt-Shift taken from the parking garage near my office.
Funny story…
…so this car is stuck in mud in a wash/river bed where I take photos now and then. Awhile ago I was there, walked up the other side and when I looked back, a cop was by my car. He told me when I came back that it was a hot spot for stolen cars to be dumped. Crazy. So today I stop by here and I see this car. Stuck in the mud. Window open. Who would drive a Saturn down into a wash? I figured it was stolen of course, so I snapped this photo of it, looked [...]
Parting shots
I took a few more pictures on my last two days in Corvallis, Oregon. The first one below was of a very foggy morning and I just had to stop on my way into the office. I kind of like the lights in the background of this neighborhood park. The ones below were shot up top this hill and a road that I just happened to drive up. The sight was breathtaking. Particularly love the above shot…the tree at the end of the path completes it I think. I’m fascinated with road shots of late.
Fog and trees, part 2
Here is the second part of some of the photos I took on Monday morning on my way from Portland to Corvallis. I had some time to spare before I was to meet the people I was visiting, so I took these in a few random places. The final two are re-edits from Part 1 because Tyler wanted to see them without the greenish hint to them. There is a deer there to the left of the pine tree on the right… Beautiful farm with foggy hills behind A closer look at the farm. A shot I’ve always, always wanted [...]
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