I Saw the Rains Down in...Texas! (Guadalupe Mountains National Park)
At a roadside pullout along Highway 1576 not far from Dell City and the Salt Basin Dunes in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The view is looking to the west across the salt basin to the mountains and peaks in the national park. While on the drive from the Salt Basin Dunes, I'd seen this thunder cloud formation, but I only noticed what looked to be rain showers coming down during the drive. So that's the thought behind my composition in capturing the wide open spaces with the mountains and then thunderstorm clouds with the rain coming down. I pulled back on the focal length enough to include enough of this setting to capture the drama in this afternoon rain shower. While keeping the landscape and mountains in focus was important, having the mist of rain coming down was a priority, in my mind, that was the most likely spot to draw a viewer into this image. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLab 5. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 4 where I added a Polarization and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.
I Saw the Rains Down in...Texas! (Guadalupe Mountains National Park)
At a roadside pullout along Highway 1576 not far from Dell City and the Salt Basin Dunes in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The view is looking to the west across the salt basin to the mountains and peaks in the national park. While on the drive from the Salt Basin Dunes, I'd seen this thunder cloud formation, but I only noticed what looked to be rain showers coming down during the drive. So that's the thought behind my composition in capturing the wide open spaces with the mountains and then thunderstorm clouds with the rain coming down. I pulled back on the focal length enough to include enough of this setting to capture the drama in this afternoon rain shower. While keeping the landscape and mountains in focus was important, having the mist of rain coming down was a priority, in my mind, that was the most likely spot to draw a viewer into this image. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation while playing around as I learned how to work with DxO PhotoLab 5. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 4 where I added a Polarization and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.