Tag: rain

Wildflowers @ 11,000 Feet

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With it 100º F (37.8º C) at our house, we hopped in the Mazda Miata MX-5, put the top down and headed for the hills — well Sandia Crest at 11,000 feet (3352.8 meters) above sea level. The drive to the top was a blast as the MX-5 hugged the corners well above the posted speed limit. We could see the clouds swirling above us, and hear the birds singing with the top down, as rounded one hairpin turn after another on our way to the top. Once at the top of the Crest, the temperature was 55º F (12.8º C) with drizzling rain and cold wind. Quite a contrast from the sunny, hot valley below. We walked around on the mountain top and noticed there were lots of wild flowers blooming.

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The Week: April 27th — May 3rd

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Click here —> Photo of the Day, Etc to see the week of April 27th — May 3rd at a glance.

April 27th: Electrical work in the rain — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/who-would-have-thought

April 28th: Roses and Iris — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/fragrant

April 29th: l’orange — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/le-chat-orang

April 30th: Tar Pot & Breakfast Burritos — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/4/tar-pot-breakfast-burritos

May 1st: Gopher holes, chupacabras and la Llorona — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/plugging-gopher-holes-in-the-moonlight

May 2nd: More roses — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/fragrant-memories-at-night

May 3rd: On guard — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/the-black-guard

Lightning Show

Timothy Price14 Comments

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I was talking to an engineer, who is also an avid photographer, about taking lightning photos when I went up to pick up a piece of equipment he had been working on. We were noting that lightning is easy to photograph, but the danger made up for how easy it is to photograph. On may way home at 11:00 pm, there was a nice lightning show over the city, so I pulled off to the side of the road in the rain, set my camera on top of the car to stabilize it (didn’t have a tripod in the car), and took a few lighting photos before I got soaked in the rain. The results are interesting.

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Umbrellas

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The only umbrellas I own go on my flashes. They work great for dispersing light, but they are not much good for keeping rain off me. I’ve never found a need for a rain repelling umbrella in our arid climate, and, besides, in New Mexico, I believe an umbrella acts more as a lightning rod that a cover to keep you dry. France is another story, you really need to have an umbrella in France, and, fortunately, Sophie lent us umbrellas when we where in Aix, and there was one in the apartment that we rented in Paris.

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Spooky Side of Aix

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We walked around Aix in the rain all day on May 18th. The wet, gray weather added to the erie starkness of the old Castaño trees lining the edge of a park. Death followed a poor soul through the streets, and the moonlight in the clearing night sky lit an ancient church on our walk home late in the night. Aix-en-Provence, May 18, 2013.

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