A moody high desert morning
Mar 26, 2024 16:10:20 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
Sunday morning I woke up to a cycle of thunder, snow, rain, wind, and dazzling sunshine, which would repeat itself in different sequences. I stayed home. Knowing that today looked iffy (and it's been snowing all morning), I ventured out yesterday to the Burro Mountains where the Continental Divide Trail runs through close to its southern end. It was in the upper 30's, spitting snow, and gusty, so I didn't linger on my way to my trail camera out there except to grab this quick shot. Those low clouds hide mountains off to the southeast.
Mar 26, 2024 16:22:04 #
Mar 26, 2024 16:22:24 #
The gray flat light emphasizes a feeling of desolation. Your composition with foreground elements leading us all the way to the distant clouds is wonderful!
Mar 26, 2024 17:19:33 #
Mar 26, 2024 17:38:59 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
Curmudgeon wrote:
Beautiful, it's been that way too down here
I can imagine how pretty that is.
Mar 26, 2024 17:43:06 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
Linda From Maine wrote:
The gray flat light emphasizes a feeling of desolation. Your composition with foreground elements leading us all the way to the distant clouds is wonderful!
Thanks! Though I'll admit I have a bit of cabin fever, I've seen the aftermath of too many dry winters to complain. Rain and snow lend a magical quality to an arid environment.
Mar 26, 2024 17:50:13 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
NMGal wrote:
Nice one. Our weather was like that too.
Good! I am never one to fuss about spring snow in New Mexico.
Mar 26, 2024 21:05:39 #
Very nice scene, and I agree, it leads you right into the distant clouds. Spring weather can be so unpredictable. Well done.
Mar 26, 2024 21:10:19 #
Mar 26, 2024 21:16:06 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
Wingpilot wrote:
Very nice scene, and I agree, it leads you right into the distant clouds. Spring weather can be so unpredictable. Well done.
And you can see the highway right below those clouds. I like the variable weather though I'm never a fan of wind. Thanks for looking.
Mar 26, 2024 21:18:11 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
UTMike wrote:
Beautiful shot! I look forward to the bounty from the trail cams.
Me too. For now there is no trail cam out there; I got bored with the area. The camera probably did too, since it had been in the Burro Mountains for almost three and a half years!
Mar 26, 2024 22:45:55 #
Nice!! Love the snowy fringes on all the plants!!
Dodie
Dodie
Mar 26, 2024 22:59:02 #
SWFeral wrote:
Me too. For now there is no trail cam out there; I got bored with the area. The camera probably did too, since it had been in the Burro Mountains for almost three and a half years!
I guess your camera needs a new view on things.
Mar 26, 2024 23:10:40 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
luvmypets wrote:
Nice!! Love the snowy fringes on all the plants!!
Dodie
Dodie
It really was beautiful out there. And needless to say I had the place to myself.
Mar 26, 2024 23:15:11 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
Wingpilot wrote:
I guess your camera needs a new view on things.
I have several trail cams and I like to move them around, although a few of them have more or less permanent homes (like the one for which I lost both keys to the locking cable). I'm sure I'll place a camera back out there again. It's a good area for cougars. Also cows.
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