After the Snow

So, as it turns out, we ended up (officially) with 10 inches of snow as a result of our weekend snow storm!  And, Mother Nature was kind enough to provide some really pretty post-snow images.....

I really loved the look of the one ray of sunlight shining down on the mountain range out off the back of our house right after the snow stopped on Sunday.  This would have been an absolutely perfect shot if only our neighbor's horse (or at least one!) would have been out at the corner of their pen, but, oh, well!  I think it's pretty cool anyway, watching the snow covered mountains trailing off into the horizon.

This is really a different view of the same shot, just zoomed in.  In this one, I again like the feel of the sun on the mountain with the homes in front of the mountain.  It almost feels like Mother Nature is telling everyone things will be ok.

I was driving into the airpark after having been into town (Albuquerque) for a bit yesterday when I noticed how blue the sky was - against the white snow, it just made for one of those images where you can just see how crisp and clean the air was!  No enhancements to the image either - this is the true color!

 

And, finally, this was yesterday's sunset sky.  It was such a peaceful and gentle sunset, with the colors glowing behind the snowy mountain.  Altho, if you compare this to the above shot, you can see the snow has already started to melt.  Still, there's enough on the ground so that we'll have a snowy Thanksgiving!

 

Enjoy!



Misty Morning Before The (Maybe) Storm

The weather guru's are predicting a winter storm for us here in (normally) sunny New Mexico!  I have to admit, after no real winter storm last year, I am hoping for a fabulous wintry storm this weekend.  Whatever happens, it won't last very long!  Still, this morning was really pretty, a misty morning before the storm....

I loved the sort of morning glow of this image, looking toward where the sunrise was happening (behind the cloud bank).  It was so still......

The above shot evoked such a sort of melancholy feeling.  I'm looking directly north from our back patio.  There should be the Santa Fe Mountains out there - I'm sure they're there, just hiding behind the front that is beginning to make its way toward us....

A few minutes later, the sun briefly made an appearance.  The mountain here is "our" mountain, South Mountain.  It's not part of the Santa Fe Mountains (which never appeared all day), and is much closer to us, so it was not overtaken by the storm front yet.  I really love the way a cloud bank is just sort of hanging between the ground and the top of South Mountain.  Hope we get that storm!

 

Enjoy!!

Day's End

It was actually quite rainy at Bluewater Lake State Park on our weekend, which ended up being a lucky break for us.  These images were all taken the first day we were there, toward the end of the day....

One of the things that I love most about New Mexico is the big sky.  Here I'm standing at our campsite, looking out over the lake at a rain storm that's happening in the distance.  I never get tired of watching the sky open up with a downpour, while I'm standing in absolute dryness!

 



Since it was so cloudy and rainy, we didn't get a spectacular sunset, but I really liked the peaceful feel of this shot as the day ended.

For the above image, I played around with my HDR (High Dynamic Range) software to create a sort of painterly feel to the scene.  I just love the detail that existed in the clouds.

 

Enjoy!