Winter Clouds (2022) over Sandias Single Frame, Part 6
Winter (2022/2023) clouds over the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Winter Clouds over Sandias (BW SF #6, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (12″x22″)
Winter Clouds (2022) over Sandias Single Frame, Part 5
Winter (2022/2023) clouds over the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Winter Clouds over Sandias (BW SF #5, 2022), Sandia Wilderness, outside Albuquerque, NM (12″x22″)
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″)
Panorama of Approaching Storm
A series of full panoramas of an approach storm over Albuquerque, New Mexico. I included both color and black and white versions – each seems to have its own focus and strengths.
Approaching Storm over Albuquerque (B&W Panorama #3, 2022), Albuquerque, NM (22″x86″)
Approaching Storm over Albuquerque (Color Panorama #3, 2022), Albuquerque, NM (22″x86″)
Storm Clouds from NM 556
Storm clouds over the Sandia Mountains, shot from NM 556 in the North Valley outside Albuquerque. Two crops- one of them removes the tree in the foreground on the left. Can’t decide which I like more, so I shared both panoramas.
Storm Clouds over Sandias from NM 556 (Color #1, 2022), Albuquerque, New Mexico (20″x54″)
Storm Clouds over Sandias from NM 556 (BW #2, 2022), Albuquerque, New Mexico (20″x40″)
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″)
Approaching Storm
I was briefly in New Mexico for a couple of days for work, and I was lucky enough to overlap with a much-needed series of rainy, cool days. Here is one photograph I took of approaching storm clouds over Albuquerque. I purposefully made the focus 95% the sky, with very little hint of ground in the frame.
Approaching Storm (BW #1, 2022), Albuquerque, New Mexico (12″x22″)
Fields and Clouds at Bosque del Apache, Part 2
Grasses glow in a field under the setting sun and winter clouds at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico.
Fields and Winter Clouds (#2, Color), Bosque del Apache NWR, NM (12″x21″)
Fields and Clouds at Bosque del Apache
Fields and winter clouds at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico.
Fields and Winter Clouds, Bosque del Apache NWR, NM (12″x21″)
Mountains and Clouds at Bosque del Apache
I love to drive down to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central/southern New Mexico and watch the cranes land around sunset. However, I’m not a wildlife photographer, so I like to arrive early to stroll around before sunset and look at the clouds, surrounding mountains, and open fields.
Bosque Mountains and Winter Clouds, Bosque del Apache NWR, NM (15″x22.5″)
Sandia Ridge in Clouds
A fin of rock along one of the ridge lines in the Sandia Mountain Range pokes up into the clouds.
Sandia Ridge in Clouds (Single Frame #1, 2021, B&W), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (22.5″x15″)
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″)
Sandia Mountain Winter Storm, Part 5
After shooting a several panoramas, I used my ND filter to make a few long-exposure photographs of the passing winter storm. I shot a series, ranging from 30 seconds to 6-7 minutes. There wasn’t enough blur in the clouds at <30-60 seconds, and at >3-4 minutes the clouds started losing most of their texture/blur, so I decided to share the 61s and 91s exposures.
Sandias and Winter Clouds (ND Single Frame 61s, 2021, Color), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (15″x22.5″)
Sandias and Winter Clouds (ND Single Frame 91s, 2021, Color), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (15″x22.5″)
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