Saguaro Alley
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Last week Wednesday marked the first day out stormchasing the 2011 Arizona monsoon. In reality, nothing much happened other than few isolated, brief downpours over Phoenix. I met up with my buddy Chris Frailey who has joined the cause of tossing his gas money down into the gully where I dump mine…and we drove around Bush Highway a bit over by Saguaro Lake and got a few shots, but nothing “stormy” to speak of.
As usually happens, this picture was by accident. I was looking behind this scene as I was driving at some clouds and was trying to find some cactus to get in the shot since there was little else to use in the area. As I got out of the truck, I looked up and saw this lone cloud all lit up by the setting sun and it turned out to be a much better shot than I what I was going for.
I’m pretty beat. This holiday weekend actually seemed to last a looong time, mostly because I didn’t sleep a whole lot. Watched the entire Lord of The Rings: Extended Edition on Blu-Ray, and chased Saturday, Sunday and last night. I have a few lightning captures to post, one of them something I haven’t shot before and it will land on the blog tomorrow for Movie Title Wednesday.
Time for a break though. Tonight, I’m going to sit back and wait to see if any storms roll through downtown Phoenix, and if so, then I shoot, if not, I will be lazy on the couch.
(exif: canon 5d mark ii, canon tamron 17-35mm 2.8, 17mm, iso100, f/13)
Big thanx Mike for getting me hooked. My gas fund is really appreciative. 🙂 Looking forward to the summer of chasing.
This place is awesome man! Nice shot.
You comment about the gas money… man.. so, so true, lol.
Really great POV here Mike, those catcti look like they are touching the sky! Awesome shot dude
Love the composition here on this shot, Mike, and that fabulous cloud there really adds a dash of drama. Hope you manage to get out soon, there’s GOTTA be a storm coming your way!! I am doing my “get Mike a storm” dance right now. I don’t dance very well, so I don’t expect the greatest results, but I’m tryin’!
awesome shot – very well composed with the leading lines.