09.10
Driving home from Saint Louis, Missouri, the sun started setting and the light show was on. I divided my attention between the visual spectacle to my left, and with a higher percentage of it, on the road in front and behind (got to keep safe!).
I took one quick capture of a hole in the clouds that had the sunlight giving the darker clouds a nice golden rim, but it was not the one that pushed to the front as I reviewed my images later, from the safety of my non-moving comfy chair. This one was the one that I had to get.
If I had my way, I would have had my camera on an interval timer of one every second as we motored north. This cloud-bank, full of rain, was dancing with the open sunset sky. The open sky was winning, and eventually, the darkness won out over all, but not before leaving that large rain cloud far behind. Every time I looked over after putting my camera down, the scene had changed dramatically. The sky was in constant and swift motion, it seemed.
This is kind of grainy with digital noise in the image, but my Pentax K-5 is able to pull a decent image out, even at ISO 6400. I still marvel at that number, having spent time using Kodak Tri-X black & white film which was a very high (for film) equivalent to ISO 400. That used to be the highest that most folks would use. This, I took out my car window, hand-held doing nearly 70 miles per hour, without looking through the viewfinder. Digital imaging is wonder-filled.
We made it home safe and sound, notwithstanding my photographic urges while hurtling down the highway.
I got this photograph, and lived to soak it in once again.
Stupendous, Matt! Calm with a sense of foreboding.