Winter Clouds (2022) over Sandias Single Frame, Part 4
Winter (2022/2023) clouds over the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Winter Clouds over Sandias (BW SF #4, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (15″x22″)
Winter Clouds (2022) over Sandias Single Frame, Part 3
Winter (2022/2023) clouds over the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Winter Clouds over Sandias (BW SF #3, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (12″x22″)
Winter Clouds (2022) over Sandias Single Frame, Part 2
Winter (2022/2023) clouds over the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico – couldn’t decide whether I liked the color or B&W version more, so I decided to share both versions.
Winter Clouds over Sandias (BW SF #2, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (12″x22″)
Winter Clouds over Sandias (Color SF #2, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (12″x22″)
Winter Clouds (2022) over Sandias Single Frame, Part 1
Winter (2022/2023) clouds over the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico – I shared a series of panoramas, but the single-frame images better focus the viewer on certain elements in a photograph.
Winter Clouds over Sandias (BW SF #1, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (12″x22″)
Winter Clouds over Sandias 2022, Part 4
Final 2022/2023 winter panorama of clouds over the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico- full-sized, this print is about two feet tall and 8-9 feet long.
Winter Clouds over Sandias (B&W #6, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (21″108″)
Winter Clouds over Sandias 2022, Part 3
Clouds over the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. I like this panorama quite a bit because the clouds had advanced far enough over the mountains that they don’t exit the frame of the photograph, helping to keep the ‘subject’ in the center of the image, making the edges of the photograph less distracting.
Winter Clouds over Sandias (B&W #3, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (20″x74″)
Winter Clouds over Sandias 2022, Part 2
Clouds over the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Winter Clouds and Moon over Sandias (B&W #2, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (18″x66″)
Winter Clouds over Sandias 2022, Part 1
The setting sun casts shadows across the foothills of the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. I always appreciate when the moon shows up over the clouds- see the upper right corner of the panorama.
Winter Clouds and Moon over Sandias (B&W, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (24″x66″)
Mountains to East from Sandia Crest
Early autumn clouds over the mountain range to the east of Sandia Crest.
Mountains to East of Sandia Crest (B&W#1), Sandia-Manzano Mountains, NM (12″x22″)
Panorama of Clouds from Sandia Crest
Early autumn clouds over Albuquerque from Sandia Crest.
Clouds over Albuquerque from Sandia Crest (B&W Panorama #1),
Sandia-Manzano Mountains, NM (15″x61″)
Clouds over Albuquerque from Sandia Crest
Early autumn clouds over Albuquerque, as viewed from Sandia Peak.
Clouds over Albuquerque from Sandia Crest (B&W#1), Sandia-Manzano Mountains, NM (15″x22.5″)
Building Clouds North of Albuquerque
Late spring/early summer clouds build over the desert north of Albuquerque.
Building Spring Clouds North of Albuquerque (2022), outside Albuquerque, NM (21″x46″)
Late spring rain clouds over Sandia Wilderness
Panorama of spring rain clouds over the Sandia foothills and Wilderness area near Elena Gallegos outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Rain Clouds over Elena Gallegos (Panorama #1, Color), outside Albuquerque, NM (20″x50″)
Loo with a View at Galisteo, NM
Old outhouse on the Galisteo Basin Preserve outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Outhouse and Hills, Galisteo Basin Preserve, New Mexico (16″x31″)
Bosque del Apache Sunset
Around sunset, geese begin to return to the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge after spending the day in fields throughout the Middle Rio Grande Valley.
Bosque del Apache Sunset (#1), Bosque del Apache NWR, San Antonio, NM (16″x39″)
Bosque del Apache Sunset (#2), Bosque del Apache NWR, San Antonio, NM (16″x36″)
Santa Fe, NM Summer Clouds
Bulb exposure of gathering summer rain clouds over a sculpture at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Meow Wolf Sculpture and Summer Clouds, Santa Fe, New Mexico (12″x18″)
Cerro Bonanza, NM
While driving from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, I stopped to photograph the shifting evening light on passing clouds and Cerro Bonanza.
Cerro Bonanza and Evening Clouds, near Santa Fe, NM (16″x54″)
Looking North from Sun Mountain, Santa Fe, NM
The shapes of the clouds appeared to mimic the shapes of the foothills outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Clouds over Baldy Peak and SF National Forest, near Santa Fe, NM (16″x54″)
Spring Clouds over Santa Fe National Forest
Late winter/early spring winds blow tumbleweeds against a fence as clouds pass over the Santa Fe National Forest near Route 16 and Peña Blanca, NM.
Clouds over Santa Fe National Forest, near Peña Blanca, NM (16″x47″)
Tree in Slot Canyon at Tent Rocks National Monument
Erosion has washed away the rocks and soil under the ponderosa pine hanging onto the rock walls in the main slot canyon at Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. One of my favorite trees in the world to photograph.
Tree in Slot Canyon, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, NM (18″x12″)
Spring Rain Clouds over Slot Canyon at Tent Rocks National Monument
Spring clouds over a slot canyon composed of eroded layers of volcanic rock and ash from ancient pyroclastic flows in Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, NM.
Spring Clouds over Slot Canyon, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, NM (12″x18″)
Spring Rain Clouds over Sandia Mountains
Rain clouds pass over the Sandia Mountains and Cibola National Forest at sunset outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Spring Rain Clouds and Sandias at Sunset, outside Albuquerque, NM (10″x16″)
Monsoon Clouds 2017, NM
Last July, I had the pleasure of seeing this spectacular thunderstorm roll over the Sandia Mountains while I was back in New Mexico for a conference. I pulled off NM SR556 to shoot a few single frame photographs and panoramas of the passing rainstorm as it dumped precipitation on Placitas.
Monsoon Clouds over Sandias (2017, Pano #1, Color), outside Albuquerque, NM (16″x65″)
Monsoon Clouds over Sandias (2017, SF #1, B&W), outside Albuquerque, NM (12″x18″)
Evening Shadows near Sheepshead
As we were hiking back to the car from Sheepshead, I stopped to take a few panoramas of the setting sun casting shadows across the grass and cliffs. Early morning and late afternoon are my favorite times of day in Cochise Stronghold because the grass turns a golden brown.
Last Look back at the Cliffs, Cochise Stronghold, AZ (16″x70″)
Setting Sun and Cliffs, Cochise Stronghold, AZ (13″x60″)
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