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11-APR-2009

Santa Rita Mountains from Arivaca, Arizona, 2009

The most dramatic cloud images usually result from unsettled weather conditions. It has been raining much of the day, and as we reached the point where the paved road ends near the tiny town of Arivaca, we stopped the car to marvel at the sight of storm clouds slowly lifting about twenty-five miles to the east over the Santa Rita Mountain range. I use a 400mm telephoto lens to move in on the clouds that hover around Mount Wrightson, the highest peak in the area.

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Phil Douglis21-Apr-2009 21:15
As I recall we were talking about painting while we were making images of this scene together, Tim. The name "Moran" even came up from time to time. Painters see the light and interpret it with paint. We see the light and interpret it with pixels. In this case, the clouds almost function as delicate brush strokes
Tim May21-Apr-2009 20:19
So very painterly - it is as if you are painting a landscape with light and clouds.
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