(please click to view on black // canon 5d mark ii, rokinon 14mm f/2.8, iso 200, 1/60th // buy print)
Here’s an early shot from last year…July 7th. I was desperate to get some storm chasing in before our vacation to Missouri, so when the storms weren’t close to home, I ended up near New Mexico. This was along Interstate 10 and Highway 191.
This is a simple photo really, but it also contains so much of what I love about the summer monsoon season. No, there is no giant haboob or rain storm…but this scene literally has all the colors of the rainbow in it. Greens, yellows, blues, purples, oranges. Plus it has the gorgeousness of Arizona…a desert with vibrant green brush from recent rains, beautiful mountains with the last bit of the sun giving them deep shadows…and of course, some dark, menacing clouds.