It’s been an interesting month for weather here in El Paso. We went from five or so straight days of rain to extraordinary sunsets:
Looking Out My Front Door
Looking Out My Back Door to the West
Looking Out My Back Door to the Northeast
Looking West Again — Same Sunset
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Hope you’re not tiring of El Paso sunsets. I know I never do. Below you’ll see a recent one, as well as a Momma Swallow and her Babies and some rather dramatic skies from a rain near-miss:
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Another spectacular sunset here as seen from the backyard of Casa Wicker. This one occurred on Saturday, March 16.
Sunset in Silhoette
You’ll notice one of the photographs does not focus on the actual sunset, but rather the clouds colored by that sunset. These particular clouds were almost 90° off from the direction of the sunset, very nearly due north of us.
Salmon Clouds against an Indigo Backdrop
The lesson? Don’t just get the spectacular colors of that gorgeous sunset. Hunt around for some clouds that are also affected by those brilliant sunset colors.
Another lesson is on orientation. Landscape orientation can look interesting, but it’s overdone and not even usually the best choice.
Landscape Orientations can be Nice, but . . .
More often than not, the underused portrait orientation can lend added, unexpected drama to the same scene:
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