April 4, 2006
View Comments | Post CommentStorms approaching
I love the weather right before storms. The smell of the air before the rain, the gathering clouds, and most of all, the wind! It's my favorite kind of weather. It really energizes me, and clears my head. It makes me self-reflective and philosophical, but frisky and playful. It makes me happy and brings out creativity, and erodes a good bit of cynicism.
Anyway, this evening, Sarah pointed out to me an impending storm taking over the NW DC sky. I popped my head out the window, and it was quite cool to see. Here's a picture of the storm coming, taken out the window of my apartment. The colors were absurdly vivid, and it was at the perfect time in between sunset and darkness.
And then the rain hit, and it rained hard. The rumbling patter of the drops was relaxing, and I ended up going for a brief walk outside in the rain, until I realized that, unlike the Florida rains I'm used to, DC rain is pretty damn cold. But anyway, good job storm; you were pleasant and beautiful.
Posted at April 4, 2006 2:34 AM | Comments (3)
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Your camera really captured the colors. That's beautiful.
Posted by: Ben Stark at April 4, 2006 7:30 AM
I agree, that's a really good picture. Nice work! What were the settings used?
-Z-
Posted by: Zeeshan at April 4, 2006 9:19 AM
F 2.8 (I'd use larger if I had a better camera), .5s shutter, autofocus. Thanks.
Posted by: David Barzelay at April 4, 2006 3:37 PM
