Rainbow and storm, a photo from Arizona, West

Photographer's Note

As we were leaving Monument Valley, there was a hellacious thunderstorm building up to the north; this airplane was about to take off anyway. We didn't stick around to find out how that went.

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marabu61 (3938) 2013-03-09 15:51

Hello Roger
Now I don't think there was any danger to the plane, they are quite sturdy these Cessna Caravans.
Great composition that evokes the feeling of waste emptyness of the midwest to me. A true mood of adventure lies in the air. The brooding storm has brought out some amazing colors here.
Love it.
have a good sunday
Daniel

ACL1978 (5789) 2013-03-09 20:03

Certainly an intimidating sky, though the faint rainbow makes it a bit happier. I like the look of the plane against the amazing backdrop here - great colors and depth.

Andrew

tyro (13111) 2013-03-10 11:30

Hello Roger,

An interesting note and an interesting word too - I've never, ever heard of "hellacious" before, but I see that it's in my computer's dictionary! Here you are:

hellacious [h*l'leISEs] adjective (U.S., slang)

1 remarkable; horrifying

2 wonderful; excellent

[C20: from HELL + -acious as in AUDACIOUS]

We learn something new every day!

A very fine photograph with the most delicious lighting - bright light on the foreground and the aeroplane, rather mystical light on the distant mountain and a rather foreboding light in the sky where we see a very broad rainbow, probably a portent of bad weather to come. Hellacious weather, probably!

Very well seen and taken with interesting light, gorgeous colours and excellent details and sharpness.

Excellent!

Kind Regards,

John.

P.S. Did you fly out in this aeroplane?

mcmtanyel (693) 2013-05-18 21:57

Hello Roger,
This is just beautiful. Wonderful colors, good framing, nice composition, good DOF. To top it off, there's an airplane (or two) in the photo. I love pictures of all kinds of vehicles. TFS.
Regards,
MT