Homeward bound // Leaf Dance Photography

Aren't those Organ mountains pretty? That's what they look like at 9 in the morning after it's been raining all week.  =)  Shrouded in the mist as it rises from the ground, with a few small clouds above, like when your breath freezes on cold winter's day...

If you saw my other mountain post, then you already know that I took lots of pictures on our way down to New Mexico, & they came out better than any other pictures I've taken on previous trips, so I was very pleased with them! (All those hours of reading about how to use my camera to get certain shot paid off!)
So when we started back home, I told myself I wouldn't take anymore pictures-

But- the light was completely different than it was on our way down, so the inevitable happened, bringing with it some great shots of the mountains and desert plants in morning light...   ;)

I particularly like this one! Usually this is a dried-up old riverbed when we drive past!

This is the Rio Grande!  =D

Have you ever been to New Mexico?  =D

Through His Grace,

                                    ~Jenny

New Mexico Sunset // Leaf Dance Photograpy

After a day of traveling under amazing blue skies with clouds stretching for miles, we arrived at our destination just as the sun sank from the sky, going out in a blaze of gold . . .

And it was a great view all around too, as we had a blazing sunset in the West-

-And pink Organ mountains in the East.  =)

Through His Grace,

                       ~Jenny

New Mexico // From the car window / Leaf Dance Photography

Yeah, I bring books.
 I bring my drawing tools.
I've even brought my knitting.
But- I just find the changing landscape so fascinating that I almost always end up with my eyes glued to the window, my trigger finger resting on the power button, ready to turn on my camera when I sense a good vista coming up.
(Warning, due to my fascination with clouds, this post is rather cloud heavy, so if clouds bore you, you'll probably want to look at this instead. ;))

And with New Mexico, pretty much everything is a huge vista. The clouds stretch for miles across the sky, layer upon layer, and the mountains recede to a smokey blue in the distance.

The clouds aren't always this showy, but they really outdid themselves this trip, at one point I could count 6 different types of clouds all at once!

You just can't beat that BLUE New Mexic sky  . . .

"the Heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork"

Do you see that line of clouds? Isn't that something? In the city, the houses and buildings block too many clouds to really see any pattern, but out here you get to see the whole formation! =D

We had a lovely sunset that night, which I'll share next!



Through His Grace,

                ~Jenny